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| On Armistice Day, 1921, the first of the unknown soldiers was buried at this nat'l cemetery |
Arlington
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| James the Less is the patron saint of these fashion items; don't keep the fact under yours |
hats
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| This Austrian's older sister, Maria Anna, was a child prodigy, too; they often performed together |
Mozart
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| Anemia is a possible complication of this disease transmitted by Anopheles mosquitos |
malaria
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| While living in Samoa, he wrote "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped" |
Stevenson
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| In 711, with the help of the Berbers, the Muslims crossed this strait to take Spain & Portugal |
the Strait of Gibraltar
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| After the capture of the Serapis in 1779, his damaged ship the Bonhomme Richard was left to sink |
John Paul Jones
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| In the 1760s this U.S. city was named for the patron saint of the then king of France |
(Alex Trebek: The king of France was Louis XV.)
St. Louis
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| 4 generations of this "Turandot" composer's family had been prominent musicians in the town of Lucca |
Puccini
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| Of heat exhaustion, heat prostration & heatstroke, the 2 that are synonymous |
(Kevin: What are, I'm guessing, heat stroke and heat prostration.) ... (Alex Trebek: Heatstroke is not synonymous with the other two, it's more serious.)
heat exhaustion & heat prostration
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| The Martian invasion in this 1898 work takes place in Woking, England, not New Jersey |
[Leslie did not include the leading article in her response.]
The War of the Worlds
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| Among the construction projections of the Umayyad Empire was this city's Dome of the Rock |
Jerusalem
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| In 1877 federal troops were withdrawn from the South, marking the end of this post-Civil War period |
Reconstruction
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| Known for his mysterious "fire", he's a patron saint of sailors |
St. Elmo
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| The father of this "Firebird" composer was a famous singer with the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg |
Stravinsky
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| Koplik's spots on the inside of the cheeks are a symptom of this disease that's also called rubeola |
(Leslie: What is mumps?)
measles
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| Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn, initiates the storytelling competition in this work |
The Canterbury Tales
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| Abd al-Malik made this the official language of the empire |
Arabic
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| Forerunner of the CIA, this intelligence agency the OSS, was in existence from 1942-45 |
(Alex Trebek: The OSS was the Office of Strategic Studies--Services, sorry.)
the Office of Strategic Services
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| This martyr is considered the patron saint of lovers |
(Alex Trebek: We have about a minute to go.)
St. Valentine
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| This "William Tell" composer's father was the town trumpeter in Pesaro & his mother was an opera singer |
Rossini
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| The action of a hormone called cholecystokinin makes this bile-storing organ contract |
(Kevin: What is the liver?)
the gallbladder
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| His "Women in Love" continues the story of 2 sisters first featured in "The Rainbow" |
D.H. Lawrence
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| The rates of this in the empire were set differently for Muslim converts & non-believers |
taxation
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| To bring farmers together, Oliver Hudson Kelley founded this fraternal order in 1867 |
the Grange
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| As the first person from this country canonized, Stanislaus is its patron saint |
Poland
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| This composer of "Prince Igor" was the illegitimate son of a Georgian prince & an army doctor's wife |
(Alex Trebek: Well done in that category.) [Applause]
Borodin
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| Overactivity of this gland is the most common cause of exophthalmos, or abnormal bulging of the eyes |
(Alex Guard: What is the pituitary gland?)
the thyroid
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| Betsey Trotwood is the eccentric but kindhearted great-aunt of this Charles Dickens character |
David Copperfield
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| Muawiya moved the capital from Medina to this Syrian city that he'd helped capture in 635 |
Damascus
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