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To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, in 1987 Congress met in this former national capital

Philadelphia

100

Winnibigoshish Lake is one of this state's many, many lakes

Minnesota 

100

Add 5 letters to the U.K.'s largest city to get this name of Northern Ireland's second-largest

Londonderry

100

Barack Obama & John Boehner, who held this post from 2011 to 2015, nearly reached a grand bargain on taxes & spending

Speaker of the House

100

Upon marriage, Diana received the title princess of this place that Charles was already prince of

Wales

200

Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953

Seoul 

200

It's only about 130 miles from Vienna to this capital of Hungary

Budapest

200

Dunfermline, Scotland, birthplace of this industrialist, even has its own theatre & concert "hall" named for him

Carnegie

200

George Washington set a precedent in 1796 when he decided not to do this; FDR broke with the precedent in 1940 by saying, I'm doing it

run for a third term

200

Rembrandt did some work for Frederick Henry, Count of Nassau, prince of this house & leader of the Young Dutch Republic

House of Orange

300

In 1991 newly built Abuja took the capital status from this much larger city to its northeast

Lagos

300

Time flies, this Pacific island nation hasn't had Western in front of its name since 1997

Somoa

300

It's where you can visit the Ulster Museum & nearby Botanic Gardens

Belfast

300

Many think Arthur Burns, chair of this body, cut interest rates under pressure from Richard Nixon, permitting inflation

the Federal Reserve

300

Edward the Black Prince was one of the noted commanders during this lengthy war pitting the English vs. the French

the Hundred Years' War

400

This European city has only been a national capital since the 1250s; before that, you visited the King in Coimbra or GuimarĂ£es

Lisbon

400

About 80 miles from Cairo, this city known for its canal is a departure point for the Hajj

Suez

400

The Church of England has 2 archbishops--the one of this city ranks second to the Archbishop of Canterbury

York

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400

"Ignorant" nickname for the American Party, anthmmigrant, anti-Catholic & active in the 1850s

the Know-Nothing Party

400

Prince Albrecht, pretender to the title king of here, was a grandson of Ludwig III, its last holder

Bavaria

500

In 1284 a parliament began meeting at Moot Hill in Scone; in 1452, it moved to this city

Edinburgh

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500

This river's name is derived from the Delaware word "oolikhana", meaning "good river"

the Allegheny 

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500

Dylan Thomas called this "sea" city of his birth "an ugly, lovely town... crawling, sprawling by a long & splendid curving shore"

Swansea

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500

Thomas Dewey was elected governor of this state 3 times

New York

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500

This prince of Monaco never remarried after the death of his beloved Princess Grace in a 1982 car accident

Rainier