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    | Romanians call this "beautiful blue" river Dunarea | the Danube 
 
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    | Forefather's Day, December 21, honors the 1620 landing of the pilgrims at this spot | Plymouth Rock 
 
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    | Poe was referring to these when he wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!" | bells 
 
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    | Mark Antony declared her "Queen of Queens" | Cleopatra 
 
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    | Matthew 3 begins with this man "preaching in the wilderness of Judaea" | John the Baptist 
 
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    | On Oct. 31, 1993, at 2 A.M., all Amtrak trains stopped for this length of time | (Alex: Because you switch from daylight saving to standard, they stopped for [*].) 
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    | Pickled herring & omelets are among the taste treats in this ever-popular Swedish buffet | a smorgasbord 
 
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    | On October 12, the date of this U.S. holiday, Honduras & the Bahamas celebrate Discovery Day | Columbus Day 
 
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    | Because of her seclusion, she was called "The Nun of Amherst" | Emily Dickinson 
 
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    | Some folks called this great 19th century orator "The God-like Daniel" | Daniel Webster 
 
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    | The shepherds were told how to recognize Jesus: he'd be the baby wrapped in these | swaddling clothes 
 
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    | Amount of time Rip Van Winkle lost while asleep on the mountain | 20 years 
 
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    | In Ireland, the Irish form of this Celtic language is usually called Irish | Gaelic 
 
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    | The earliest that this holiday can occur is March 22; the latest, April 25 | Easter 
 
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    | Poem containing the line, "With my crossbow I shot the albatross!" | "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 
 
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    | The teacher and spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" | Nathan Hale 
 
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    | Mark 3 says Jesus ordained this many people & gave them the power to cast out devils | 12 
 
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    | Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands skipped Aug. 21, 1993 when it moved from one side of this line to the other | the International Date Line 
 
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    | Wayang puppet plays are a traditional entertainment on the island of Java in this country | Indonesia 
 
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    | On Feb. 29, 1952 this president signed a bill designating September 17 as Citizenship Day | Truman 
 
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    | This Frost poem ends, "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference" | "The Road Not Taken" 
 
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    | He was a beekeeper before he became world-famous for climbing Mount Everest in 1953 | Edmund Hillary 
 
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    | The epistles to his colleagues Timothy & Titus are called the pastoral epistles | Paul 
 
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    | The Grimms' Sleeping Beauty, Briar-Rose, was 15 when she went to sleep which made her this old when she awoke | 115 
 
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    | Found in Tibet, the dzo is a cross between a cow & this beast of burden | (Matt: What is an ox?) 
 yak
 
 
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    | National Freedom Day, Feb. 1, commemorates the signing of the 13th Amendment, which abolished this | slavery 
 
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    | After visiting this ruined medieval church July 13, 1798, Wordsworth put his thoughts into a poem | Tintern Abbey 
 
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    | Gujarati was the native language of this 20th century leader, the prophet of nonviolence | (Mahatma) Gandhi 
 
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    | Following the crucifixion, he provided his own tomb for Jesus | Joseph of Arimathea 
 
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    | The Proust title that literally translates to "In Search of Lost Time" is known as this in English | (Alice: What is Remembrance of Things,Times, Past? Things?). ...
 (Alex: Alice mixed up a word; should have gone with her first instinct.)
 
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