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| France's Cotentin Peninsula extends northward into this channel |
the English Channel
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| The Liberty Bell tolled the death of this President in December 1799 |
Washington
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| It's popularly referred to as a hook and ladder |
a fire engine
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| At the end of the ballet "Liebeslieder Walzer", the dancers listen to a song sung in this language |
German
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| The work of Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz influenced this man's special theory of relativity |
Einstein
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| This poet helped compile "The Scots Musical Museum", an 18th c. collection of Scottish folk songs |
(Rabbie) Burns
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| The Rhine forms the western border of this 62-square-mile country nestled between Austria & Switzerland |
(Jay: What is Luxembourg?)
Liechtenstein
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| This part of the bell is 3'2" long |
the clapper
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| Term for the triangular frame at the front of a locomotive that clears the track of obstructions |
a cowcatcher
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| Yves Saint Laurent designed the costumes for a 1961 ballet based on this Edmond Rostand play |
Cyrano de Bergerac
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| Col. Edward House wasn't part of Wilson's cabinet but did help draw up this treaty at the end of WWI |
the Treaty of Versailles
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| In 1386 this poet was elected to Parliament as a Knight of the Shire for Kent |
Chaucer
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| Citizens of this European territory in the Far East are called Macanese |
Macau
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| It was first cast in 1752 by Thomas Lester's foundry of Whitechapel in this city |
London
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| It's the national airline of Denmark, Norway & Sweden |
SAS
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| Maya Plisetskaya choreographed a 1972 ballet based on this Tolstoy novel & danced the title role herself |
Anna Karenina
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| T. Dobzhansky wasn't a fly-by-night name in this field of biology, but more of a "fruit fly-by-night" |
(Jay: What is entomology?)
genetics
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| Soon after his 1809 birth, his parents died & he was taken to the Richmond, Va. home of Mr. & Mrs. John Allan |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| Newfoundland's highest peak, Mount Caubvick, lies on the border with this province to the west |
(Jay: [Without signaling] What is [*]?) (Alex: Jay, you didn't ring in first. Bob did.) ... (Bob: I knew it anyway.) [Laughter]
Quebec
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| This metal makes up about 2/3 of the bell; the other 1/3 consists mostly of tin & silver |
(Bob: What is brass?)
copper
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| In 1732 America's first regular stagecoach line began service between Amboy & Burlington in this colony |
New Jersey
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| In 1954 Margot Fonteyn played the "avian" title character of this Stravinsky-Fokine ballet |
The Firebird
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| The capital of this Australian island state was named for Robert Hobart |
Tasmania
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| After her death in 1886, this poet's sister Lavinia found her poems & had them published |
Emily Dickinson
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| When Eritrea became independent on May 24, 1993, this nation lost its border on the Red Sea |
Ethiopia
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| On Jan. 26, 1763 the Liberty Bell was rung to signify the end of this war |
the French and Indian War
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| During the 1930s France launched its Normandie luxury liner & England launched these 2 "royal" ones |
the Queen Elizabeth & the Queen Mary
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| Scene 2 of this 1942 ballet features a pas de trois by a roper, a wrangler & a cowgirl |
Rodeo
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| In the 18th c. Tobias Furneaux became the first explorer to accomplish this...both ways |
go around the world
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| This English poet was the inspiration for Shelley's elegy "Adonais" |
(David: Who was Lord Byron?)
Keats
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