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| On June 15, 1775 he was chosen to command the Continental Army |
Washington
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| The Persians originally called this flower nilak, meaning "bluish" |
lilac
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| His father, the composer William Southcombe Lloyd Webber, was the director of the London College of Music |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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| This home of the "Fighting Irish" is governed by a board of 42 lay people & 8 priests |
Notre Dame
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| "The Blue and the Gray" is an account of this event drawn from private diaries & state papers |
the Civil War
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| One is hit on the head (4) |
nail
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| On June 15, 1924 congress passed a law making these native-born people U.S. citizens |
the Native Americans (or the Indians)
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| Popular at Easter, a white one of these flowers is sacred to the Virgin Mary |
lily
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| Jacques Brel became famous in France, but he was born in this Belgian capital |
Brussels
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| This New Jersey school is the fourth-oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. |
Princeton
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| In a 1952 book Dixon Wecter detailed this author's early years in Hannibal |
Mark Twain
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| About his jacket, critics pandit (5) |
Nehru
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| In '80 Pres. Carter announced a grain & high-tech embargo against the USSR for invading this country |
Afghanistan
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| An old legend says those who wear this flower will be remembered by their lovers, hence its name |
forget-me-not
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| He wrote his first opera, "La Princesse Jaune", in 1872, 14 years before "Carnival of the Animals" |
(Judy: Who is Mussorgsky?)
(Camille) Saint-Saëns
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| The Bodleian Library at this university is England's second largest |
(Mike: What is Cambridge?)
Oxford
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| In 1989 this news partner of Jim Lehrer wrote a bestselling memoir called "Wordstruck" |
(Robert) MacNeil
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(Alex: "There is no clue, but we need 7 letters.")
nothing
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| In the early 1800s, this lexicographer served in the Massachusetts legislature |
(Noah) Webster
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| Miniature ones of these flowers include the Starina & the Baby Betsy McCall |
a rose
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| This Russian ballet composer was deeply hurt when his patron Madame von Meck cut him off in 1890 |
Tchaikovsky
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| This Evanston, Ill. university was the nation's first to have a school of speech |
Northwestern
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| Leon Edel won a 1963 Pulitzer for Volumes II & III of his biography of this "Turn of the Screw" author |
Henry James
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| Country city (9) |
Nashville
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| This English firm owned the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party |
(Judy: What is the West Indian Company?)
British East India Company
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| The jonquil is a species of this flower named for a mythical youth |
the narcissus
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| He also wrote a "Hollywood Suite", but his "Grand Canyon Suite" is more famous |
Grofé
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| Baylor University was founded in Independence, Texas & moved to this city in 1886 |
Waco
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| In 1993 this self-help book by M. Scott Peck celebrated its 9th year on the New York Times bestsellers list |
(Mike: What is I'm OK – You're OK?) (Alex: No.) (Mike: Yeah, OK.) (Alex: Now you know what it is?) [Mike nods] (Alex: What would you, if you...) (Mike: No) (Alex: ...second choice?) (Mike: Nah, forget it.) (Alex: No? What is [*]? [*]. You're down to $6,200, you retain the lead, however, and we have almost three full categories left.)
The Road Less Traveled
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