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  | THE DUTCH COLONIAL EMPIRE |  |
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  | THE CULTURAL 19th CENTURY |  |
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    | The Netherlands' colonial empire was mainly split between these 2 directional trading companies | (Tristan: What are the East and West Trading Companies?) ...
 (Ken: [To Stephanie] That we will accept, yes.)
 
 the (Dutch) East India Trading Company & West India Trading Company
 
 
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    | This singer has said "No Body But Yours" to wives Miranda Lambert & Gwen Stefani | Blake Shelton 
 
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    | Thomas Wilson's exhaustive work "The Treasures of Terpsichore" cataloged popular English country these | dances 
 
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    | French for "in the manner of", it can precede neige, Suisse or king | à la 
 
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    | The FDA calls it "a highly addictive chemical compound present in a tobacco plant" | nicotine 
 
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    | Tradition says that St. Priscilla allowed this New Testament figure also called Simon to use her home as his HQ while in Rome | Peter 
 
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    | Batavia, founded in 1619 on Java, resembled a dutch town with canals; 3 centuries later, it was renamed this | (Ken: And we'll finish off THE DUTCH COLONIAL EMPIRE, if it's not finished off already.) [Laughter]
 
 Jakarta
 
 
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    | Since her 2022 diagnosis, this Canadian singer has opened up about her battle with stiff person syndrome | Celine Dion 
 
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    | No no, my friend, quite the opposite--or in 2 French words, this | au contraire 
 
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    | A substance's lowest possible energy state is this 2-word term, -273.15 degrees C. or an equally frosty -459.67 F. | absolute zero 
 
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    | This Nobel Prize winner reached the ranks of the blessed in the church's then shortest time & was canonized in 2016 | Mother Teresa 
 
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    | The Dutch moved into the Caribbean to mine salt used to pack & preserve this fish; they love the maatjes type | (Stephanie: What is sardine?) 
 herring
 
 
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    | This singer/rapper's "Old Town Road" used a sample from Nine Inch Nails' "34 Ghosts IV" | Lil Nas X 
 
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    | This "Deerslayer" author came up with the Bread and Cheese Club, a meeting of early 19th century minds | (Will: Who is Irving?) 
 James Fenimore Cooper
 
 
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    | Another term for megalomania is the French "folie de" this | (Ken: Folie de [*], delusions of [*].) 
 grandeur
 
 
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    | Fe2O3 is the chemical formula for this 4-letter concern | rust 
 
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    | On May 30, 1431 the English threw her ashes into the Seine River | Joan of Arc 
 
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    | In 1633, when New Netherland occupied part of New York state, ancestors of this 19th c. U.S. president settled in Rensselaer County | Martin Van Buren 
 
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    | Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Beauford & Stefan Lessard, his "Band", are 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees | (Will: Who is the [*] Band?) 
 Dave Matthews
 
 
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    | Rachmaninoff's first opera, "Aleko", was based on a work by this 19th century Russian poet | Pushkin 
 
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    | A big party thrown by the Vanderbilts at their home known as the Petit this inspired a storyline on "The Gilded Age" | (Tristan: What is Versailles?) ...
 (Ken: Doesn't look very petite, that's the Petit [*].)
 
 Chateau
 
 
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    | Jöns Jacob Berzelius honored the gods of his Swedish ancestors naming this element, now a powerful nuclear reactor fuel | thorium 
 
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    | The sixth station of the cross is this saint "wipes the face of Jesus"; tradition says she used her veil | St. Veronica 
 
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    | The Dutch seized Fort Willoughby from the British in this future capital of Suriname & renamed it Fort Zeelandia | Paramaribo 
 
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    | "Snow Angel" is the debut album of this woman, who left TV's "The Sex Lives of College Girls" to focus on being a pop star | Reneé Rapp 
 
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    | French for "half world", this term described a class of women who'd lost status due to indiscreet behavior | demimonde 
 
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    | The French now use visage for "face"; an older, shorter form gave us this alternative to "regarding the matter of" | vis-à-vis 
 
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    | It's "a" mixture or blend of mercury with another metal | (Tristan: What is alloy?) (Ken: Can you be more specific, Tristan?)
 (Tristan: What is a mercurial alloy?)
 
 an amalgam
 
 
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    | This Italian-born patron saint of immigrants came to New York City in 1889 to help immigrants | Mother Cabrini 
 
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