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| This ancestral home of George Washington was named for a British admiral under whom his half-brother served |
Mount Vernon
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| In 1869 Hippolyte Mege-Mouries of France invented this butter substitute by using beef fat |
margarine
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| This city was founded in A.D. 43 as the Roman town of Londinium |
London
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| He created Holden Caulfield, one of the most popular teenaged characters in literature |
J.D. Salinger
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| If you missed this comet in 1986, you'll have to wait until 2061 to see it |
Halley's Comet
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| He wasn't yet 20 when he died in the 1300s B.C.; he'd been pharaoh since he was 9 or 10 |
Tutankhamun
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| As a first baseman for Yale in 1947 & 1948, he had a total of 1 home run |
George (H.W.) Bush
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| This early 20th C. invention by Willis Carrier helps you keep a cool head on hot summer nights |
air conditioner
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| Cape Hafun in this famine-stricken country is the easternmost point on the African mainland |
Somalia
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| This writer, born Judy Sussman, has written many books for teens, including "Forever..." |
Judy Blume
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| This planet's Great Red Spot is only half the size that it was at the turn of the century |
Jupiter
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| When this 16-year-old graduated from Paris' Ecole Militaire in 1785, he ranked 42nd in a class of 58 |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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| In 1962 Richard Nixon held his "last press conference" after losing a race for this California office |
governor
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| With $1300, Stephen Wozniak & this partner formed the Apple Computer Company in 1976 |
(Becky: Who is Macintosh?)
Steve Jobs
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| Most of Vienna lies on the right bank of this river, Europe's second longest |
the Danube
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| She published "In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women" in 1973, 10 years before she won a Pulitzer Prize |
Alice Walker
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| A planet's albedo is the ratio of the amount of this reflected by it to that falling on it |
light
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| As a 16-year-old in 1837, this British nurse heard God tell her she had a mission in life |
Florence Nightingale
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| In 1829 he abandoned regular cabinet meetings in favor of discussions with his "Kitchen Cabinet" |
Andrew Jackson
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| In 1858 Cyrus Field laid the 1st transatlantic cable from Ireland to this Canadian province |
Newfoundland
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| Mount Erebus on Ross Island is the largest of this continent's active volcanoes |
Antarctica
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| Her original name was Howard Allen O'Brien, as the vampire Lestat could tell you |
Anne Rice
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| The star he observed & described in 1572 is still called Tycho's Star |
Tycho Brahe
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| The Black Prince was only 16 when he commanded part of his father's army in this really long war |
the Hundred Years' War
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| This president campaigned for reelection in 1900 using the slogan "The Full Dinner Pail" |
William McKinley
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| In 1769 he patented a "Method of Lessening the Consumption of Steam & Fuel in Fire Engines" |
(Jesse: Who was Fulton?)
James Watt
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| Rising over 14,000 feet, this dangerous pyramid-shaped peak lies near the village of Zermatt, Switz. |
the Matterhorn
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| Her 1990 novel "Plains of Passage" continues the prehistoric love story of Ayla & Jondalar |
Jean Auel
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| Areography is the study of the geography of this planet |
Mars
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| She was 19 when her half-sister Mary Tudor became queen of England in 1553 |
(Becky: Who was Mary, Queen of Scots?)
Elizabeth (the 1st)
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