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"In a certain village in La Mancha, which I do not wish to name, there lived not long ago a gentleman..."
Don Quixote
The word city is a common noun, while Yazoo City is this kind of noun
a proper noun
A political scandal forced this country's premier, Noboru Takeshita, to resign in 1989
Japan
To assist him in the Battle of New Orleans, this general recruited 2 battalions of free blacks
Andrew Jackson
About 60 tombs have been discovered in this valley in Western Thebes
the Valley of the Kings
"Marley was dead: to begin with"
A Christmas Carol
A dependent clause may begin with a relative one of these, such as who or which
a pronoun
The 19 counties of this Scandinavian country include Hedmark, Finnmark & Oslo
Norway
On July 4, 1845 this republic voted to give up its independence & become a U.S. state
Texas
A spot near Badwater in this valley is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
Death Valley
"Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens..."
Around the World in Eighty Days
From the Latin for "neither", it's the gender of a word that's neither masculine nor feminine
neuter
Daily Double!!!! House maximum??
This country leads Europe in the production of automobiles with almost 5 million a year
In 1795 this "Mad" general made a treaty with the Indians in which they gave up half of what became Ohio
"Mad" Anthony Wayne
Sir James Ross named Mount Erebus on this continent after one of his ships
Antarctica
"Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..."
The House of the Seven Gables
In the phrase, "To boldly go where no one has gone before", "To boldly go" is a "split" one of these
an infinitive
This country's senate is called the Seanad Eireann
Ireland
Daily Double!!!!!! All of the chips?
This 1854 act was named for 2 territories, which were allowed to decide the slavery issue for themselves
This California mountain, the tallest in the lower 48 states, was named for a geologist
Mount Whitney
"Mr. Jones of the Manor Farm had locked the hen-houses...but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes"
Animal Farm
In & on are 2 of the most common of these words used at the beginnings of phrases
prepositions
This South American country is named for its liberator
Bolivia
In October 1780 this British general was defeated by patriot troops at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
Cornwallis
They're the only 2 mountains in the world taller than Kanchenjunga
Mount Everest & K2