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| The 1783 Treaty of Paris gave the U.S. all land east of this river except Spanish Florida |
the Mississippi River
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| This middle name of actor Michael Douglas should remind you of his father |
Kirk
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| In Mexico this dog is known as the Chihuahueno |
the Chihuahua
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| He wrote, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?" |
Bob Dylan
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| On Feb. 11, 1979 followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew this country's Pahlavi Dynasty |
Iran
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| Clyde Beatty preferred to be called a lion trainer because this other term implies lions can be domesticated |
a lion tamer
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| The first of 5 Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament in early 1774 closed this city's port |
Boston
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| Since he stopped using the initial J. for James, Sen. Thurmond has gone by this middle name |
Strom
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| A schnauzer is born with a long one, but a veterinarian often docks it a few days after birth |
a tail
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| Ben Franklin rhymed, "Nothing but" this "is sweeter than honey" |
money
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| Giza is 1 of 3 cities in this country with a population exceeding 1 million |
Egypt
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| In 1985 a statue of this huge elephant was erected in St. Thomas, Ont., where he died 100 years earlier |
Jumbo
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| After this June 17, 1775 battle, the American troops retreated via the Charlestown Neck |
Bunker Hill
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| It was the middle name of American sculptor Daniel French |
Chester
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| This Chinese dog, one of the world's most unusual-looking, is known for its loose, wrinkled skin |
a shar-pei
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| Speaking of the NL Pennant Race, this former Yankee catcher said, "It ain't over till it's over" |
Yogi Berra
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| This island nation north of Indonesia was named for Philip II of Spain |
The Philippines
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| These performers are called "Joeys" in honor of Joseph Grimaldi, who was the father of their art |
clowns
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| At the Battle of Monmouth, her husband, John Hays, was a gunner in a Pennsylvania regiment |
Molly Pitcher
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| Samuel Morse had 2 middle names, Finley & this |
Breese
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| The Sealyham terrier is named for an estate in Pembrokeshire in this country, part of the U.K. |
(Neil: What is England?)
Wales
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| Bartlett's attributes the phrase "It'll play in" this Illinois city to John Ehrlichman |
Peoria
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| It's the largest republic in the Commonwealth of Independent States |
(Peter: What is Canada?)
Russia
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| This big ape was known as Buddy before he was renamed for a giant in a 16th century satire |
Gargantua
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| This Prussian wrote a manual for "The Order and Discipline of the Troops", used until the War of 1812 |
Baron von Steuben
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| This playwright & novelist had the middle names Fingal O'Flahertie Wills |
(Neil: Who was Singh?)
Oscar Wilde
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| The Brabancon is a smooth-coated type of this dog with a Belgian city in its name |
the Brussels Griffon
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| In "Gravity's Rainbow", he wrote, "Yet who can presume to say what the war wants, so vast and aloof is it" |
Thomas Pynchon
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| In Feb. 1993 Michal Kovac was elected the first president of this new European republic |
Slovakia
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| A former fire-eater named Guy Laliberte founded this highly unusual circus in Montreal in 1984 |
(Bob: What is the Cirque Soleil?) [originally ruled correct, reversed before clue 27]
Cirque du Soleil
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