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| The Chukchi tribe is known for raising this dog breed |
huskies
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| This conqueror's father, the Duke of Normandy, was known as Robert the Devil |
William the Conqueror
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| The 1st of these instruments used to listen to internal body sounds was made by Rene Laennec c. 1815 |
a stethoscope
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| Groomed for public office by his father, he became Chicago's mayor in 1989 |
(Bev: Who is Daley?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
Richard (M.) Daley
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| Like Billy Pilgrim, hero of "Slaughterhouse-Five", he was at the destruction of Dresden |
(Kurt) Vonnegut
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| A judge who hands out the maximum sentence to a lawbreaker is said to have done this |
throw the book at him
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| At age 17 this "White Fang" author headed to Japan & Siberia to hunt seals |
Jack London
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| Maria Nagoi, the seventh & last wife of this dreadful czar, oulived him |
Ivan the Terrible
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| In 1906 this organization established a bureau to investigate quackery & charlatanry |
the AMA (the American Medical Association)
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| In 1991 Edwin Edwards, a 3-term governor of this state, beat David Duke to return to office |
Louisiana
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| He wrote "The Thin Man" at a hotel managed by author Nathanael West |
Dashiell Hammett
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| Some men keep one of these "small" items containing the phone numbers & addresses of available women |
(Bev: What's a black book?) (Alex: Be more specific.) ... (Alex: Mine was very small, by the way.)
a little black book
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| This Karamazov creator was once exiled to Siberia |
Dostoyevsky
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| Mongol who reportedly said, "A man's highest joy in life is to break his enemies" |
Genghis Khan
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| Also called Bright's disease, acute nephritis is a disease that affects this organ |
the kidney
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| In 1982, with no previous political experience, he won the Nebraska governorship |
Bob Kerrey
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| The original first name of this author of "Riders of the Purple Sage" was Pearl |
Zane Grey
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| In April 1926 "Lolly Willowes, or the Loving Huntsman" became its first selection |
the Book of the Month Club
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| This lake is about the size of Belgium |
Baikal
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| Justinian I, who ruled this empire in the 6th century, married an actress with a dubious past |
(Pamela: What is the Roman Empire?) ... (Alex: Yes, the [**]. When people say the Roman Empire, we assume they mean the traditional Roman Empire.)
the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire)
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| This Baltimore university's hospital opened in 1889 & its medical school, 4 years later |
Johns Hopkins
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| This Democrat died in 1925, less than a week after winning the Scopes "Monkey Trial" |
(Pamela: Who is Darwin?)
William Jennings Bryan
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| William Carlos Williams wrote an introduction to his 1956 collection "Howl and Other Poems" |
(Allen) Ginsberg
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| Also known by this title, the "I Ching" is one of the central texts of Confucianism |
Book of Changes
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| Until 1984 it was the only thoroughfare from one end of Siberia to the other |
the Trans-Siberian Railroad
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| This Dutch governor of New Netherland had a wooden leg decorated with silver bands |
Peter Stuyvesant
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| This ancient Greek physician first described the action of muscles in respiration |
(Bev: Who is Hippocrates?) (Pamela: Who is Aesculapius?)
Galen
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| In 1977, after 16 years as Senate majority leader, this Montana Democrat became ambassador to Japan |
(Mike) Mansfield
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| Like Oskar, hero of "The Tin Drum", this author was born in Danzig |
Gunter Grass
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| The first edition of this liturgy of the Church of England was published in 1549 |
(Mary: What is the English [*]?)
The Book of Common Prayer
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