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In 1244 Muslim mercenaries recaptured this holy city, setting off the Seventh Crusade |
Jerusalem
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Term for the imaginary line connecting the North & South poles; the Earth spins around it |
the axis
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El Greco's "Laocoon" features a priest of this city who warned against accepting the wooden horse |
Troy
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Though the Bartlett type of this ripens in summer, most other varieties wait until fall |
the pear
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Part of this play is set in "that same ancient vault where all the kindred of the Capulets lie" |
Romeo and Juliet
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"Brother Against Brother" by Time-Life Books is a history of this war |
the Civil War
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Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in 1804 & king of this country in 1805 |
(John: What is Spain?)
Italy
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For the Earth it's about 93 million miles; for Venus it's less |
(John: What is the orbit?)
the distance to the Sun
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A 1782 Gilbert Stuart portrait shows William Grant in this activity on the frozen Serpentine |
ice skating
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The kosher & pickling types of this seasoning are not iodized |
salt
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Act II of "Julius Caesar" opens in Brutus' orchard in this city |
Rome
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The recent book subtitled "Reckless Youth" deals with this president's early years |
Kennedy
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Erected in 1020, Hawk's castle in Switzerland was the original seat of this ruling family |
the Hapsburgs
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The movements of these cause volcanic eruptions & earthquakes |
crustal plates (tectonic plates)
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The gallery contains an "Adoration of the Magi" by this "Birth of Venus" artist |
Botticelli
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The smaller of the hard-shell varieties of these can be eaten on the half shell |
clams
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In this play Ariel sometimes enters like a water-nymph & sometimes like a harpy |
The Tempest
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"Hope and Suffering" is a 1983 collection of sermons & addresses by this South African bishop |
Tutu
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In 1059 Pope Nicholas II legalized the marriage of this future king of England & Matilda of Flanders |
William the Conqueror
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Of the 3 types of rocks, the one gneiss is |
(Allen: What is igneous?)
metamorphic
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Number 1 (Lavender Mist) is one of this artist's most important "drip" paintings |
Jackson Pollock
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Restaurateur Alfredo di Lelio is credited with inventing this dish in 1914 |
fettuccine Alfredo
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Time acts as the chorus in this play that has a time of year in its title |
(David: What is A Winter's Tale?) (Allen: What is Winter's Tale?)
The Winter's Tale
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"A Thief in the Night" by John Cornwell investigates the mysterious death of this Pope |
John Paul I
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In 1977 he became the first Soviet leader to act as Communist Party chief & president of the USSR |
Brezhnev
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1 of the 2 metals that together make up about 13% of the weight of the Earth's crust |
(John: What is nickel?)
iron (or aluminum)
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A William Hogarth painting of a scene from this John Gay work shows Macheath in shackles |
The Beggar's Opera
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A traditional Korean meal usually includes several types of this pickled vegetable dish |
(Allen: What is cabbage?)
kimchi
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After this prince dies, Fortinbras says, "Let four captains bear" him "like a soldier to the stage" |
Hamlet
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Dr. Deepak Chopra offers "the quantum alternative to growing old" in "Ageless Body, Timeless" this |
Mind
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