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| In 1728 this Dane proved that Asia & North America were separated by water |
Vitus Bering
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| Sam Smith's recent book "The Jordan Rules" takes a look at this Chicago Bulls star |
Michael Jordan
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| According to Jacob's dream in Genesis 28, it's what the angels used to get to & from heaven |
a ladder
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| Stretching over 1200 miles, it's the world's longest chain of coral formations |
the Great Barrier Reef
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| This surrealist Spaniard said, "I have always been an anarchist and a monarchist at the same time" |
DalĂ
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| Portland Head Light, Maine's oldest lighthouse, was commissioned by this president in 1791 |
Washington
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| In 532 Justinian ordered the Church of Santa Sophia to be built in this Byzantine city |
Istanbul (Constantinople)
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| In 1970 this famous pediatrician wrote "A Teenager's Guide to Life and Love" |
(Benjamin) Spock
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| This "crusade"ing evangelist wrote the 1975 book "Angels: God's Secret Agents" |
Billy Graham
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| In 1812 Czar Alexander I moved the seat of the Finnish government from Turku to this city |
Helsinki
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| In the 1930s Ben Shahn produced a series of paintings about this executed anarchist duo |
Sacco & Vanzetti
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| 18th century Italian adventurer whose name is synonymous with "great lover" |
Casanova
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| What is known of this country's Aryan Period comes from archaeology & religious texts called Vedas |
India
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| In 1959 "I Remember" was published, a book of notes & reminiscences by this author of "Dr. Zhivago" |
Pasternak
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| Muslims call him Jibril, in the Bible he's called by this name |
Gabriel
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| This country is made up of about 480 islands & the Jutland Peninsula |
Denmark
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| This Frenchman who painted "The Death of Marat" had visited Marat the day before his death |
David
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| Compounds of this metallic element are the light-sensitive chemicals used in photographic film |
silver
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| When this kingdom was formed in 1815, William VI, Prince of Orange, was put on the throne |
the Netherlands
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| "Up With Hope" profiles this leader who sought the Democratic pres. nomination in 1984 & 1988 |
Jesse Jackson
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| This angel told Joseph Smith where a set of golden plates was buried |
Moroni
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| The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf of Oman to this gulf |
the Gulf of Arabia (or the Persian Gulf)
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| He created an opera version of his illustrated children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" |
Maurice Sendak
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| The new trans-national "euro" version of this board game uses the ECU as its currency |
Monopoly
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| In 1871 this Prussian unified the separate German states into a single German empire |
Bismarck
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| This expert on "The American Language" wrote of his life in "Happy Days", "Newspaper Days" & "Heathen Days" |
Mencken
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| Mentioned in Isaiah 6, these highest-ranking angels have human form & 6 wings |
(Mike: Who are archangels?) (Roseanna: Who are cherubim?)
seraphim
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| Czechoslovakia is divided into 4 regions: Moravia, Slovakia, Silesia & this |
(Mike: What is Slovenia?) (Alex: No, sorry, you picked the wrong one. If you were a beer drinker, perhaps you would have been able to come up with [*].)
Bohemia
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| She was the only American who exhibited work with the Impressionists |
(Mike: Who was Grandma Moses?)
(Mary) Cassatt
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| The U.S. Embassy in London was designed by this Finnish-American architect |
Eero Saarinen
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