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| Under Tito, this country was expelled from the Soviet bloc in 1948 |
Yugoslavia
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| 1 of the 2 musicals for which Rodgers & Hammerstein won a Pulitzer Prize |
Oklahoma! (or South Pacific)
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| In 1950 she was named AP Woman Athlete of the 1st Half of the 20th Century |
"Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
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| It's said that for months after this project he could only read a letter when he held it above his head |
the painting of the Sistine Chapel
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| In May 1991 this former Sec'y of State turned up as a weatherman on "CBS This Morning" |
Henry Kissinger
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| Brillat-Savarin said, "A meal without wine is like" one of these "without sunshine" |
a day
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| The Enlightenment, which began in Europe in the 1600s, was also known as "the Age of" this |
the Age of Reason
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| Julian Adderley's nickname, it's a mispronunciation of "cannibal" |
"Cannonball"
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| From 1954-1960 this etiquette expert hosted a show called "It's in Good Taste" |
(Dallas: Who is Emily Post?)
Amy Vanderbilt
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| Vasari categorized him as a painter, a sculptor &, for his work on St. Peter's, as this |
an architect
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| Senate Majority Leader from 1980-84, he became Pres. Reagan's Chief of Staff in 1987 |
Howard Baker
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| When asked what sort of death was best, this Roman answered, "A sudden death"-how prophetic |
Julius Caesar
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| It began in Germany on Oct. 31, 1517 |
the Protestant Reformation
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| This jazz saxophonist wrote the pieces "Now's The Time" & "Yardbird Suite" |
(Dallas: Who is Charlie Bird?)
Charlie Parker
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| Her words to "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" 1st appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in February 1862 |
Julia Ward Howe
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| Though he died in Rome, he was buried in this city where he spent his youth |
Florence
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| In recognition of his 48 years in the House of Representatives, he was known affectionately as "Mr. Sam" |
Sam Rayburn
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| Oscar Wilde wrote, "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at" these heavenly bodies |
the stars
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| The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his empire among his heirs |
Charlemagne
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| This tenor made his operatic debut at the Teatro Nuovo in his hometown of Naples in 1894 |
Caruso
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| While with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, this biologist wrote "Under the Sea" & "The Sea Around Us" |
Rachel Carson
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| One of the few pagan rather than Christian works he did was a statue of this Greek god of wine |
Bacchus
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| The last name of the brothers who were governors of N.Y. & Arkansas during the '60s |
the Rockefellers
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| "The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom", he wrote in "Prometheus Unbound" |
(Bill: Who is Milton?)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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| After fleeing from Norway, Viking Ingolfur Arnarson became the first settler of this country |
Iceland
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| This period of music is said to have ended with the death of Bach in 1750 |
Baroque
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| This director of the Boston Cooking School introduced the use of precise measurements for all ingredients |
(Alex: Pick a name.) (Dallas: [No response] (Alex: Can't come up with anything?)
Fannie Farmer
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| This statue was moved to its present spot in 1973 & a copy was put at the old spot, the Piazza Della Signoria |
David
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| In the 1980 pres. election, this independent candidate received about 7% of the popular vote |
John Anderson
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| Lord Byron wrote, "Maidens, like" these insects, "are ever caught by glare" |
moths
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