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| Driving down the price of gold was among proposed U.S. sanctions against this country |
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South Africa
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| His play "The Jeweller's Shop" opened in London 3 days before he paid a papal visit to Great Britain |
Pope John Paul II
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| His wife, Safia, has been quoted as saying "If I thought he was a terrorist, I would not stay with him" |
Muammar Gaddafi
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| Basketball's former Fort Wayne Pistons now represent this city |
Detroit
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| Rounding this in 1616, Dutch explorer Willem Schouten named it after his home town of Hoorn |
Cape Horn
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| In order to install air conditioning, Springfield, Ill. closed this landmark in fall of 1986 |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)
Lincoln's home
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| He named one of his novels "An Eye for an Eye", although he saved Leopold & Loeb from execution |
Clarence Darrow
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| On May 20, 1986, Sharon Wood became 1st North American woman to reach the top of this |
Mount Everest
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| Only NFL franchise shift which the NFL has actively opposed involved the move of this team |
(Alex: The Raiders moving from Oakland to L.A..)
the Raiders
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| Canadian province found by John Cabot in 1497, which may be how it got its name |
Newfoundland
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| Traditional gift for a 14th anniversary that Mr. & Mrs. Babar would be horrified to get |
ivory
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| Alabama senator Jeremiah Denton wrote of his ordeal as 1 of these in "When Hell was in Session" |
POW (prisoner of war)
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| Of Bardot, Deneuve, or Fonda, the 1 not suing Roger Vadim for invasion of privacy |
Jane Fonda
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| Entire 1944 World Series was played in St. Louis with the Cardinals vs. this team, now the Orioles |
St. Louis Browns
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| In 1520, he found the strait at 52 deg. 30' south that now bears his name |
Ferdinand Magellan
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| A survey of U.S. corporate executives showed 62% arrived at work during this hour |
7-8 in the morning
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| Before becoming British PM, he wrote an 1837 novel based on his own affair with a married woman |
Benjamin Disraeli
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| She 1st defected to the West in 1967, returned to Russia in 1984, then came back to the U.S., April 16, 1986 |
(Alex: Stalin's daughter; you got the pronunciation right too -- nice going!)
Svetlana Alliluyeva
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| 1 of 2 current Major League Baseball teams that were formerly "The Washington Senators" |
Minnesota Twins (& the Texas Rangers)
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| He discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke, but translated "The Arabian Knights" by himself |
Sir Richard Burton
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| Of "Rad", "Rag", "Ram", "Ran", "Rap" & "Rat", the 2 that were theatrical releases of the '80s |
Ran & Rad
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| Oscar-winning late French actress whose only novel chronicled the rise of anti-Semitism |
Simone Signoret
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| In election here in '80, Vigdis Finnbogaddotir became 1st elected female president in the world |
(George: What is Finland?)
Iceland
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| When the NBA's Philadelphia '76ers played in Syracuse, they were known by this name |
the Nationals
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| In the 16th century, area Tycho Brahe was noted for exploring |
the solar system (space, the heavens)
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