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Golden Retrievers were originally bred in this part of Great Britain, where they probably dragged their owners up to Edinburgh Castle on a daily basis.
What is Scotland?
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
Who was Henry VIII?
My contractor thought he had to get a shot from his doctor when I said he needed to install this type of vent for the new fireplace.
What is a flue?
The largest city in New Mexico, this town celebrates hot air balloons every year in a world famous festival.
What is Albuquerque?
Dickens had a pet raven named Grip and brought the bird to the US, which made a big impression on this Baltimore based writer and poet.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
The original job of Golden Retrievers did not involve being a seeing eye dog, but this type of assistant to hunters.
What is retrieving water fowl?
Not only was he the first Hanover to actually be born in England, he also had the longest reign of any other king.
Who was George III?
My contractor thought I wanted him to make a paper mache home art project when I asked for these laminate kitchen counters made from paper, fabric, and resin.
What is formica?
This Wild West dentist, better known for a shoot out at the OK Corral, once owned a saloon in Las Vegas, NM.
Who was Doc Holliday?
Not only was Dickens best friends with this writer of "The Woman in White," but they were connected by the marriage between Dickens's daughter, Catherine, and his son, Charles.
In dog shows, Golden Retrievers belong to this group.
What is the Sporting Group?
This very unpopular king signed a document in a meadow called Runnymede after losing a war to a group of rebellious barons.
Who was King John?
When I asked for these kinds of tiles for the kitchen backsplash, my contractor put up tiles with pictures of sandwiches.
What are subway tiles?
Santa Fe, New Mexico, was founded by Spanish explorers in this year, ten years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, making it the oldest state capital in the US.
What is 1610?
Charles Dickens's daughter called this Danish fairy tale writer a "bony bore" when he stayed with the family in London for five weeks.
The word for the hair on the front legs of a Golden Retriever sounds like it belongs on a Golden Eagle instead of a canine.
What are feathers?
He was the first king to be buried in Westminster Abbey, appropriately enough.
Who was Edward the Confessor?
Instead of creating a kitchen island, my contractor built this kind of geographic feature that is still connected to the wall.
What is a penninsula?
The Pueblo in this artsy town has been occupied for well over 1,000 years.
What is Taos?
After returning from an innocent trip abroad, this writer attended a lecture in NYC given by Dickens in 1867. He was not impressed by the speaker, but he was with his date, Olivia Langdon.
Who was Mark Twain? (Samuel Clemens)
(Olivia Langdon became Twain's wife)
The Golden Retriever was first recognized by the American Kennel Club the same year that F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby."
What is 1925?
This great-granddaughter of Henry VII ruled for nine days, whether she wanted to or not.
Who was Lady Jane Grey?
I told my contractor I wanted these kinds of windows for better insulation, but when he showed up with two boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, I knew it was time to let him go.
What are idiots?
(Mentally ill persons)
(Any other synonym is acceptable)
Don't be an idiot! This Russian writer may have traveled to London in 1862 but the rumors of his meeting with Dickens are unfounded.
Who was Fyodor Dostoevsky?