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| In the 16th century Swiss bishop Matthaus Schiner helped create this group that serves in a different country |
the Swiss Guard
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| A federal law signed Aug. 6, 1965 banned literary & other tests for people to do this |
to vote
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| In "Arrival", she plays Dr. Louise Banks, a linguist sent to communicate with some new neighbors |
Amy Adams
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| This instructional driver's license for the young can be obtained at age 14 in Iowa |
a learner's permit
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| Admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1981, he was inspired to write his first novel by a trial he observed in 1984 |
John Grisham
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| The Celtic Helvetii tried to move from Switzerland to Gaul but this man, then Roman governor, barred them in 58 B.C. |
(Amy: Who is Augustus?)
Julius Caesar
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| This speedy southwestern bird of Warner Bros. fame enjoys a good dust bath |
the roadrunner
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| As Dr. Dick Solomon on this sitcom, John Lithgow led a team of loopy aliens sent to study Earth |
(Jeffrey: What is 3rd Rock? ...What is 3rd Rock from the Moon--from the Sun?)
3rd Rock from the Sun
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| Figuratively, it's a place to start a project or career; literally, it's where a Saturn V rose from |
a launching pad
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| The photo of this author seems to have been taken far from the madding crowd |
Thomas Hardy
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| Nez Perce tribe |
(Jeffrey: What is Oregon?) (Amanda: What is Washington?)
Idaho
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| In the 1850s Neuchatel was at the same time part of Switzerland & property of this German state's Friedrich Wilhelm |
Prussia
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| Seen here, it's the designated flower for the month of March |
the daffodil
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| This WB TV series about high school students, some with powers not of this Earth, bore the name of a town in the Southwest |
Roswell
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| In regard to phonograph records designed to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute, "LP" stands for this |
long play
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| He wrote, "The portrait should bear the burden of his days, and... keep the unsullied splendour of eternal youth" |
Oscar Wilde
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| St. Regis Mohawk tribe |
New York
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| 1856 saw the creation of the powerful bank now known as this Suisse |
Credit (Suisse)
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| An 1890 LDS church manifesto mandated a halt to this practice |
polygamy
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| An alien mother ship hovers over Devils Tower at the end of this classic film |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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| This city was founded by conquistador Alonso de Mendoza in 1548--its full name means "Our Lady of Peace" |
La Paz
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| In "Rikki Tikki Tavi", he wrote, "Turn for turn and twist for twist... hah! The hooded death has missed!" |
Kipling
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| Passamaquoddy tribe |
Maine
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| The Swiss defeated the Austrian forces of this family at 1386's Battle of Sempach |
the Hapsburgs
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| The centers of California's wine industry are the Napa Valley & this valley where Glen Ellen comes from |
Sonoma
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| In a John Sayles film, an alien (Joe Morton) arrives in Harlem & becomes this "from Another Planet" |
Brother from Another Planet
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| "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" is the title in the original Italian of a 1921 play by this writer |
Luigi Pirandello
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| "Catch as Catch Can" is a posthumous collection of stories by this real-life WWII bombardier |
(Amanda: Who is Faulkner?) (Alex: No, you had to think of Catch-22 and [*].)
Joseph Heller
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| Standing Rock Sioux tribe (1 of 2 states) |
South Dakota (or North Dakota)
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