HISTORY
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LITERATURE
GEOGRAPHY
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THIS MAN ONCE LENT HIS NAME TO THE MODERN CITIES OF HERAT AND BAGRAM. A CITY NEAR THE WEST EDGE OF THE NILE DELTA IS NAMED FOR THIS FAMOUS CONQUEROR

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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NAME THESE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT MAKE UP PROTEINS

AMMINO ACIDS

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THIS 1997 FILM STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND KATE WINSLET WAS THE FIRST FILM TO GROSS A BILLION DOLLARS AND WON 11 ACADEMY AWARDS

TITANIC

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THIS GERMAN THINKER AUTHORED THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO ALONG WITH FREDERICK ENGELS. HE IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF COMMUNISM

KARL MARX

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THIS RIVER FLOWS THROUGH FOUR NATIONAL CAPITALS IN EUROPE, MORE THAN ANY OTHER RIVER

DANUBE RIVER

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THE NATIVE DWELLERS OF BRITANIA BELONGED TO THIS ETHNIC GROUP, WHICH INCLUDE THE BRITONS AND PICTS. TODAY THE NAME OF THIS ETHNIC GROUP IS OFTERN USED TO BROADLY DENOTE IRISH AND SCOTTISH CULTURE.

CELTIC0

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THIS PLANETSS ORBIT HOSTS TWO "CAMPS" OF TROJAN ASTEROIDS. NAME THIS LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

JUPITER

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NAME THIS TYPE OF METAMORPHIC ROCK USED IN FAMOUS SCULPTURES LIKE THE STATUE OF DAVID OR THE PIETA

MARBLE

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THIS CHARACTER IS RESCUED BY THE BANDAR-LOG MONKEYS WHEN KAA HYPNOTIZES AND EATS THEM. NAME THIS "MAN CUB" WHO IS RAISED BY THE PANTHER BAGHEERA AND BALOO THE BEAR

MOWGLI

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NAME THIS GULF LOCATED BETWEEN TEXAS AND FLORIDA INTO WHICH THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOW

GULF OF MEXICO

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TO PROTECT ROMAN BRITAIN FROM NORTHERN CELTS, ROME BUILT ONE OF THESE STRUCTURES IN THE 120s THAT IS NOW NAMED AFTER THE EMPEROR HADRIAN

WALL

HADRIAN'S WALL

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A COMMON MODEL ORGANISM IN THIS KINGDOM INCLUDE THOSE THAT CAUSE RINGWORM AND ATHELETES FOOT. THIS KINGDOM INCLUDES YEASTS AND MUSHROOMS

FUNGI

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GERMAN COMPOSER ENGLBERT HUMPERDINCK WROTE AN OPERA ABOUT WHAT TWO CHILDREN WHO ESCAPE A WITCHES GINGERBREAD HOUSE BY SHOVING HER INTO AN OVEN

HANSEL AND GRETEL

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THE LABYRINTH ON CRETE IN CLASSICAL GREEK MYTHOLOGY WAS HOME TO THIS HALF HUMAN, HALF-BULL MONSTER.

MINOTAUR

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THERE ARE OVER 150 CANALS, INCLUDING THE GRAND CANAL, IN THIS ITALIAN CITY ON THE ADRIATIC

VENICE

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NAME THIS 1815 BATTLE FOUGHT IN MODERN DAY BELGIUM, WHICH MARKED THE DEFEAT OF THE EMEPEROR NAPOLEON. THE VICTORS WERE BRITISH GENERAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND PRUSSIAN GENERAL VON BLUCHER.

WATERLOO

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IN EISTEIN'S EQUATION E=mc squared.  WHAT DOES c, THE "UNIVERSAL SPEED LIMIT" STAND FOR

THE SPEED OF LIGHT

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THIS COMPOSER'S SIXTH SYMPHONY DEPICTS A THUNDERSTORM IN THE FOURTH OF ITS FIVE MOVEMENTS. HIS THIRD SYMPHONY WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED TO NAPOLEON. NAME THE COMPOSER

LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN

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THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS NOVEL WRITTEN BY JACK LONDON WINS A $1600 BET BY PULLING A HALF TON SLED FOR 100 YARDS IN WHAT STORY WHICH WAS WRITTEN AS A COMPANION BOOK TO WHITE FANG

CALL OF THE WILD

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NAME THIS CITY HOME OF THE RED SOX, FENWAY PARK AND THE GREEN MONSTER

BOSTON

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THIS POLICY WAS FIRST PUT FORWARD IN A PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN 1823 TO CONGRESS THAT DECLARED THAT ANY EUROPEAN INTERVENTION IN THE AMERICAS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HOSTILE ACT AGAINST THE U.S. IT IS NAMED FOR THE PRESIDENT WHO PROPOSED THIS DOCTRINE

MONROE DOCTRINE

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THE ONLY MARSUPIAL NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA IN A NOCTURNAL URBAN SCAVANGER WHO OFTEN PLAYS DEAD IN RESPONSE TO FEAR

OPPOSSUMS

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IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY THESE NINE GODDESSES WERE THE PATRONS OF THE ARTS

THE MUSES

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IN THIS STORY BY O. HENRY DELLA SELLS HER HAIR TO BUY A PRESENT FOR HER HUSBAND, AND HER HUSBAND JIM SELLS HIS WATCH TO BUY A PRESENT FOR HER

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

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NAME THIS RIVER THAT CARVED OUT THE GRAND CANYON

COLORADO RIVER