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| He was involved with a Philistine woman from Timnath & a Gaza harlot before taking up with Delilah |
Samson
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| Indonesia is one of the world's leading producers of these beverage leaves |
tea
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| Ra-226, the most abundant isotope of this element, has a half-life of 1,620 years |
radium
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| The original building of this Washington, D.C. complex is called the Castle |
the Smithsonian
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| He was still a youth when his father, Eric the Red, was exiled from Iceland for killing a neighbor |
Leif Erikson
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| His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" is told completely in the first person |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| It's the surname of the Judas who betrayed Jesus |
Iscariot
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| The National Library of Turkey is in this capital city |
(Heather: What is Istanbul?)
Ankara
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| The name of this element comes from Greek meaning "water forming" |
hydrogen
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| A Warrens, Wisconsin museum features hands-on exhibits pertaining to this red bog fruit |
a cranberry
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| This New Jersey-born explorer tried to climb the Colorado peak now named for him but failed |
(Zebulon) Pike
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| "Frankenstein" author whose futuristic 1826 novel "The Last Man" describes how a plague destroys mankind |
(Mary) Shelley
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| Japheth, one of his sons, was ancestor to the Gomer, Riphath & Ashkenaz nations |
(Anthony: Who is Abraham?)
Noah
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| Queen Beatrix's alma mater is the University of Leiden in this country |
the Netherlands
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| Compounds of this yellow element, symbol S, are responsible for the scent of skunks |
sulfur
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| You can see a 2-headed calf at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in this oldest Florida city |
St. Augustine
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| Thomas Livingstone Mitchell found a vast expanse of fertile ground in this country's Victoria state |
Australia
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| She published her first book cf poetry, "April Twilights", in 1903, 10 years before "O Pioneers!" |
Willa Cather
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| Ishbosheth was the fourth son of this first king of Israel |
(Heather: Who is David?)
Saul
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| In Gaelic this country's prime minister is known as the taoiseach; currently it's John Bruton |
Ireland
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| Compounds containing this element are called fluorides |
fluorine
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| The Taos, New Mexico home of this frontiersman & guide for John C. Fremont is now a museum |
Kit Carson
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| In 1811 Thomas Manning became the first Englishman to reach this forbidden capital of Tibet |
(Joe: What is Lhasa apso?) ... (Alex: Lhasa apso is a dog.)
Lhasa
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| He wrote novels that were serialized in magazines before writing great plays like "Pygmalion" |
Shaw
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| Hushai remained faithful to this king during Absalom's attempted coup |
David
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| This Canadian island province is named for a son of King George III |
Prince Edward Island
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| This metal is used to make bullets because its high density meets little air resistance |
lead
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| An Aquatic Hall of Fame Museum in this Manitoba capital has models of well-known sailing ships |
(Heather: What is Alberta?) (Anthony: What is Saskatchewan?)
Winnipeg
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| In 1531 Diego de Ordaz set out to explore this Venezuelan river then called the Huyapari |
the Orinoco
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| He wrote his famous 1868 story "The Luck of Roaring Camp" for the Overland Monthly, which he edited |
Bret Harte
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