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    | Before starting the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729, he worked for nearly a year in a London printing office | 
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    | In 1995 she reprised her role of Victor/Victoria for the Broadway stage | 
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    | This South American river has more than a thousand known tributaries | 
    the Amazon
 
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    | In 1726 this "Messiah" composer became an English citizen | 
    Handel
 
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    Caesar
 
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    Whitman
 
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    New Zealand
 
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    Pantalone
 
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    the Empire State Building
 
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    | In 1805 this explorer was sent to take a "peak" at the upper Mississippi | 
    (Zebulon) Pike
 
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    Liam Neeson
 
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    the Black Sea
 
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    | His 1742 "Aria with Thirty Variations" is usually called the "Goldberg Variations" | 
    Bach
 
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    | The Itaipu, one of these 5 miles wide on the Brazil-Paraguay border, inspired a Philip Glass symphony | 
    (Kirstin: What is Koyaanisqatsi?)
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    | When he left office in 1987, this Democrat had served an unprecedented 4 terms as Alabama governor | 
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  George Wallace
 
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    Schubert
 
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    Cyprus
 
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    (Alex: A moment ago, Bernie, you were in a distant third position; now you are in the lead.)
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    | In 1780 this "Swamp Fox" was appointed Brigadier General of the South Carolina militia | 
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    | Deborah Zerby is the real name of this actress who starred in "True Grit" | 
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    (Kirstin: What is the Great Slave Lake?) ... (Alex: [*], yes, she had a choice, and she picked the wrong one.)
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    | This "Grand Canyon Suite" composer was once and arranger & pianist for Paul Whiteman | 
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