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| What was U.S. President McKinley's pet parrot named? |
Washington Post |
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| The pulp of the pods of this Eastern Mediterranean tree is used as a chocolate substitute. |
Carob |
see also corresponding 'Chocolate Substitute' Sudoku puzzle
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| What is Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility? |
The point farthest inland from any ocean. |
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| What is the lowest and oldest city in the world? |
Jericho, West Bank |
see also corresponding 'Lowest City In World' Sudoku puzzle
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| What are the most common fossil animals? |
Brachiopods, the most common fossil animals, are a type of shellfish. |
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| The language of this small Balkan country has 2 main dialects: Gheg & Tosk. |
Albania |
see also corresponding 'Balkan Dialects' Sudoku puzzle
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| What flower has the largest bloom? |
The Rafflesia Arnoldii, found in Indonesia rainforests, is the flower with the
largest bloom - it can grow 3 feet across and can weigh up to 15 pounds. |
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| The golden hamster was discovered in this country in 1930. |
The golden (or Syrian) hamster was discovered in Aleppo, Syria, in 1930 by
Professor Aharoni and the first group of their descendants was smuggled into
the United Kingdom in 1932 in the pocket of a zoologist. |
see also corresponding 'Golden Hamster' Sudoku puzzle
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| When was the first commercial distillery established? |
In 1783, Evan Williams established the first commercial distillery, Old Evan Williams Distillery,
to produce bourbon whiskey in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. |
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| This is the basic unit used in time-and-motion studies of operational efficiency, and may be any one of 18 standard proto-activities listed by psychologists Frank & Lillian Gilbreth. |
A Therblig is one of 18 kinds of elemental motions used in the study of motion economy
in the workplace. A workplace task is analyzed by recording each of the therblig units
for a process, with the results used for optimization of manual labor by eliminating
unneeded movements. The word therblig was the creation of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth,
American industrial psychologists who invented the field of time and motion study
around 1920. It is a reversal of the name Gilbreth, with 'th' treated as one letter. |
see also corresponding 'Operational Efficiency Unit' Sudoku puzzle
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| How can you escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws? |
Push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly. |
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| In which Shakespeare play does a ghost walk on the battlements? |
Hamlet |
see also corresponding 'Shakespeare Ghost Walk' Sudoku puzzle
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| Taphephobia is the fear of this. |
The fear of being buried alive. |
Taphephobia
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| What game is played at Roland Garros? |
The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros, named after the famous French
aviator Roland Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May
and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. |
see also corresponding 'Roland Garros Game' Sudoku puzzle
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| Why won't a compass work on the moon? |
The moon doesn't have a magnetic field. |
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| This is the shortest English word containing all five principal vowels in reverse alphabetical order. |
Suoidea |
see also corresponding 'Reverse Vowel Word' Sudoku puzzle
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| What actor starred as Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 Billy Wilder film The Spirit of St. Louis? |
Jimmy Stewart |
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| This plant, also known as Leucophyllum frutescens, and often called barometer bush, tends to bloom when rain is coming. |
Texas Sage |
see also corresponding 'Barometer Bush' Sudoku puzzle
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| This dance was named for aviator Charles Lindbergh. |
The Lindy Hop. |
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| Named for an English physicist, this is the amount of work done when 1 amp passes through 1 ohm of resistance for 1 second. |
Joule |
see also corresponding 'Work Done' Sudoku puzzle
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| His 1493 stop at Puerto Rico is the foundation for the claim he 'discovered America' (meaning the United States).
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Christopher Columbus |
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| Formerly part of Yugoslavia, this country uses the Dinar as its currency. |
Serbia |
see also corresponding 'Dinar Country' Sudoku puzzle
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| This liberating document took effect January 1, 1863. |
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the
rebellious states 'shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.' While the
Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave, it was an important turning point
in the American Civil War (1861-65), transforming the fight to preserve
the nation into a battle for human freedom. |
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| Which country was the last to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year? |
The 1936 Winter Olympics (officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games), was celebrated
in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad), was
held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. |
see also corresponding 'Last Same Olympic Game Years' Sudoku puzzle
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| Which hotel started a Pampered Pets service in 1998, serving anchovy-flavored popcorn as a bedtime treat? |
The Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
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| Which country was the first to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year? |
The 1924 Winter Olympics (officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games), were a
winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The 1924 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad), was
celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France. |
see also corresponding 'First Same Year Olympics' Sudoku puzzle
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| What is soccer legend Pele's real name? |
Edson Arantes do Nascimento |
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| This is the largest country (by size) in Africa. |
Algeria (2,381,714 sq km) |
see also corresponding 'Largest African Country' Sudoku puzzle
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| Which classical music composer, pianist and conductor studied law at the University of Saint Petersburg? |
Igor Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) enrolled to study law at the University of
Saint Petersburg in 1901, but he attended fewer than fifty class sessions during his
four years of study, and eventually received a half-course diploma in April 1906. |
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| Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole. |
Canada |
see also corresponding 'Former North Magnetic Pole' Sudoku puzzle
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| Winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, this international organization once used the slogan We Have Two Billion People in our Waiting Room. |
Doctors Without Borders |
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| From the French for caterpillar, this tufted fabric makes cozy robes & bedspreads. |
Chenille |
see also corresponding 'French Caterpillar Fabric' Sudoku puzzle
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| The scratch test is usually administered when a Doctor suspects a patient has what? |
Allergies |
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| What name did B.B. King give to his guitar? |
Lucille |
see also corresponding 'BB King Guitar Name' Sudoku puzzle
BB King's Guitar
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| Where in Germany is a passion play staged once every ten years? |
Oberammergau |
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| What name is shared, coincidentally, by Canada's equivalent of the Grammy Awards, and by the beach that Canadian forces took on D-Day? |
Juno |
see also corresponding 'Canadian Shared Name' Sudoku puzzle
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| What was the license plate number on the Volkswagen that appeared on the cover of The Beatles' album Abbey Road? |
LMW 281F - the car's owner was a resident of Abbey Road, and it was pure coincidence the
car was parked there. According to Wikipedia, the car was sold at auction in 1986 for
$23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. |
Paul Cole - standing behind The Beatles' walk on Abbey Road
The Joe-kster's Walk of Fame along Abbey Road
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| If the mother of the 35th U.S. President married the father of the 43rd, she would have been named this. |
Rose Bush
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (mother of 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy);
George H. W. Bush (father of 43rd President, George W. Bush) |
see also corresponding 'US President Marriage' Sudoku puzzle
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| What is the last animal in the dictionary? |
The zyzzyva, a tropical American weevil. |
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| Who was the first announcer to say, He shoots, he scores! during a hockey game? |
In 1922 Foster Hewitt was 20 years old when he was assigned to announce the first
radio broadcast of a hockey game by his employer, Canada Covers America First!, a radio
station owned by the Toronto Star newspaper. Reporting on the game from a cramped
glass box far above the ice, it was during this game that Hewitt first uttered
his famous phrase, He shoots, he scores! |
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| This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal. |
Waterford |
see also corresponding 'Famous Irish Crystal City' Sudoku puzzle
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| In the original fairy tale, what were Cinderella's slippers made of? |
Her slippers were originally made of fur. The error comes from a poor translation -
someone interpreted the French word vair (meaning fox fur) as verre (meaning glass). |
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| What does the G in G-string stand for? |
Groin |
see also corresponding 'G-String Letter' Sudoku puzzle
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| The water moccasin, the most poisonous snake in North America, is also known as this. |
Cottonmouth |
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| What animal rotates its feet? |
The kinkajou is a small mammal that lives in rain forests from Mexico to Brazil. It can
rotate its feet and turn around by simply pointing them forward or backward. These
fruit-eating animals are related to raccoons, and have long tails (similar to monkeys)
that help them balance and hang from trees. |
see also corresponding 'Rotating Feet Animal' Sudoku puzzle
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| What is a major-domo? |
A chief steward |
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| Equinophobia is the fear of this. |
Horses |
see also corresponding 'Equinophobia Fear' Sudoku puzzle
Equinophobia
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| Dr. Seuss wrote this book to win a bet that he couldn't write a book using only 50 different words. |
Green Eggs and Ham |
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| This is the inner construction of a down sleeping bag used to keep the down from shifting. |
Baffling |
see also corresponding 'Inner Sleeping Bag' Sudoku puzzle
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| What does a limnologist study? |
Lakes, rivers - any kind of inland water. |
Limnologist
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| The fez, the most recognizable symbol of the Shriners, originated in this country. |
Morocco |
see also corresponding 'Shriners Pez' Sudoku puzzle
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| What involuntary movement of the orbicularis oculi muscle do adult humans perform over 15,000 times per day? |
You blink a lot. |
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| In a Shakespeare play, this close friend of Macbeth's is with him when he encounters three witches. |
Banquo |
see also corresponding 'Macbeth Friend' Sudoku puzzle
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| From A Bug's Life, this is the first rule of leadership. |
Everything is your fault. |
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| This is the largest city and capital of Armenia. |
Yerevan is situated along the Hrazdan River, which is not navigable, on the Ararat Plain.
Former names include Erivan and Erebuni. |
see also corresponding 'Armenia Capital' Sudoku puzzle
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| According to a Polish proverb, even a clock that does not work is this. |
Right twice a day. |
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| This is the common name for Lophophora Williamsii, a cactus listed as a controlled substance unless it's being used in bona fide religious ceremonies. |
Peyote is a spineless cactus with a long root - it grows in the southwesterm
United States and Mexico. Its crown, or button, is used for psychedelic purposes. |
see also corresponding 'Lophophora Williamsii Name' Sudoku puzzle
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| According to Lee Segall, a man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is this. |
Never quite sure. |
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| From 1872 to 1874, Captain John Moresby mapped the coast of this island. |
Port Moresby is the largest city on the island of New Guinea.
Captain Moresby claimed he was naming the port after his father. |
see also corresponding 'John Moresby Island Mapping' Sudoku puzzle
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| What are the longest English words in which no letter appears more than once? |
Three words with 15 letters: dermatoglyphics, misconjugatedly, and uncopyrightable
14-letter runners up: ambidextrously, benzhydroxamic, hydromagnetics, hydropneumatic, pseudomythical, schizotrypanum, sulphogermanic, troublemakings, undiscoverably, and vesiculography. |
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| In Greek tragedy, this king married his own mother. |
Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes and a tragic hero in Greek mythology. He
fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and
thereby brought disaster on his city and family. |
see also corresponding 'Greek King Tragedy' Sudoku puzzle
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| This is the term for determining the order of nucleotides in a DNA molecule.
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Sequencing. |
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| In ancient Greece, courtesans wore sandals with patterned nails studded into the sole so that their footprints would leave this message. |
Follow me |
see also corresponding 'Ancient Footprint Message' Sudoku puzzle
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| What is the longest palindrome word in any language? |
The Finnish word saippuakivikauppias which translates to door-to-door salesman of lye for soap.
If that job seems specialized, consider the outdated German term for a revenue agent: Obertranksteuerdonativcautionszinsgelderhauptcassir, which translates to
first main cashier of duty on drinks and bail rent moneys. |
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| Warsaw lies on this river. |
Vistula. |
see also corresponding 'Warsaw River' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Jerome Silberman change his name to? |
Gene Wilder. |
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| She became a widow on the Ides of March, 44 B.C. |
Calpurnia, the daughter of Piso Caesonius, was the third wife of Julius Caesar, whom she married in 59 B.C.
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see also corresponding 'Ides Of March Widow' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Nicolas Kim Coppola change his name to? |
Nicolas Cage. |
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| The first stagecoach line was established in 1732 between Burlington and Perth Amboy in this U.S. colony. |
New Jersey. |
see also corresponding 'First Stagecoach Line' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Maurice J. Micklewhite change his name to? |
Michael Caine. |
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| Chorophobia is the fear of this. |
Dancing. |
see also corresponding 'Chorophobia Fear' Sudoku puzzle
Chorophobia
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| What did Charles Lutwidge Dodgson change his name to? |
Lewis Carroll. |
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| This word comes from the Greek meaning salt makers, and includes the elements astatine, bromine, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine. |
Halogens. |
see also corresponding 'Salt Maker Word' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Cherilyn Sarkisian change her name to? |
Cher. |
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| The stench of the River Thames in 1858 was known as this. The curtains of the House of Commons were soaked in chloride to try to reduce its noxious effects. |
The Great Stink of 1858 finally persuaded the British Parliament to
invest in a fully functional sewage system for London. |
see also corresponding 'River Thames Stench' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Virginia Patterson Hensley change her name to? |
Patsy Cline. |
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| What does the Latin abbreviation i.e. mean? |
The abbreviation i.e. (Latin for id est) means not 'for example' (e.g.) but 'that is.' |
see also corresponding 'Latin Abbreviation' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Nathaniel Adams Coles change his name to? |
Nat King Cole. |
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| Made mainly of minerals, this tough outer layer of dental tissue does not regenerate when damaged. |
Enamel. |
see also corresponding 'Dental Tissue Layer' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Margarita Cansino change her name to? |
Rita Hayworth. |
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| In a Puccini opera, this prima donna is pursued by the evil Scarpia, chief of the Roman police. |
Tosca. |
see also corresponding 'Puccini Prima Donna' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Lucille LeSueur change her name to? |
Joan Crawford. |
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| Used to describe the tailbone and the appendix, this is the term for body parts that have become useless over the course of evolution. |
Vestigial. |
see also corresponding 'Useless Evolution Body Parts' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Decian Patrick McManus change his name to |
Elvis Costello. |
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| He was the first sitting United States President to visit Canada. |
On July 26, 1923 Warren G. Harding toured Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia as
the first sitting American President ever to visit Canada. Harding died of a
heart attack a week later (on August 2, 1923) in San Francisco. |
see also corresponding 'First U.S. President To Visit Canada' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Frank James Cooper change his name to? |
Gary Cooper. |
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| The tetragrammaton JHVH, the Hebrew name for God, gives us this word. |
Jehovah. |
see also corresponding 'JHVH Tetragrammaton' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Herbert George change his name to? |
H.G. Wells. |
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| Englishman Robert Recorde introduced this to the world in 1557. |
Recorde chose a pair of parallel lines for the equal sign (=)
because 'no two things can be more equal.' |
see also corresponding 'Robert Recorde Invention' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Harry Lillis Crosby change his name to? |
Bing Crosby. |
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| This spider was originally named for an Italian city. |
The spider originally bearing the name tarantula was Lycosa tarantula, a species
of wolf spider native to Mediterranean Europe. The name derived from that of the southern
Italian town of Taranto. The term tarantula subsequently was applied to almost
any large, unfamiliar species of ground-dwelling spider, |
see also corresponding 'Italian Spider' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Bernard Schwartz change his name to? |
Tony Curtis. |
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| Blubber Bay is located on this British Columbia island. |
Texada Island. |
see also corresponding 'Blubber Bay Island' Sudoku puzzle
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| What did Joe Yule, Jr. change his name to? |
Mickey Rooney. |
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| This Finnish composer wrote of his Second Symphony: It is as if the Almighty had thrown down the pieces of a mosaic for heaven's floor and asked me to put them together. |
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), referring to his Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43. |
see also corresponding 'Second Symphony Mosaics' Sudoku puzzle
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