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What is Glacier National Park?Goatskin is the number one choice for use in this Irish drum.
What is a bodhran?This is another name for the snow leopard.
What is 'Uncia irbis' or 'Uncia uncia'?Which author wrote the series of books about a norwegian detective, Harry Hole?
Rich, I was thinking just of its other name "ounce". You went full Latin on me :)Who is Jo Nesbø?
This is the name of Elvis Costello's backing band.
Who are The Imposters (or The Attractions if you mean that time period)?This event took place on the Ides of March, 44BC.
Assasination of Julius Caesar! Et tu Brutus?Who played Julius Caesar in the 1953 film version?
Who is Louis Calhern?This actor, who portrayed Antony in "Julius Caesar," won Oscars nearly 20 years apart.
who is Marlon Brando?She writes the long-running Commasario Brunetti series.
Who is Donna Leon?This fairy-tale castle, started by Ludwig II in 1869, is located in Bavaria.
What is the Neuschwanstein Castle?(thank goodness for cut and paste)
He printed the first book.
Who is Gutenberg?These two MLB spring training leagues are currently playing in Florida and Arizona.
What are the grapefruit and cactus leagues?This huge green fruit has orange flesh inside and can weigh up to 15 kg.
What is an orange watermelon? This European city just suffered a deadly bombing at its airport.
What is Brussels?This gorgeous actor includes Bane in Dark Knight Rises and John Fitzgerald in The Revenant, amongst his roles.
Who is Tom Hardy?Tom Hardy appeared in the 2011 "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" which was based on the book by which author?
Who is John LeCarre?This fine actor portrayed George Smiley of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" on television in the 1970s.
Who is Alec Guinness.The Bourne series was first written by this author.
Who is Robert Ludlum?This Australian actor was one of several actors approached to play Jason Bourne in the Bourne movies before Matt Damon was cast.
Who is Joe Dimaggio?This last great battle of the Pacific War started on Easter Sunday, 1945.
What is the Battle of Okinawa?1916 Easter
What is the Easter Uprising of 1916?Erle Stanley Gardner is famous for creating this lawyer.
Who is Perry Mason?Which actor is most famous for portraying Perry Mason in the 1950s/60s t.v. series?
Who is Raymond Burr?He wrote the 87th Precinct novels which influenced many authors of
contemporary police procedurals.
Who is Ed McBain?An amino acid that Is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Bodybuilders use it often in aiding the quick repair of muscles after hard workouts.
Who is Ed McBain?Which cop did Bruce Willis portray in the Die Hard movies?
I answer yours...you answer mine?! LolWho is John McClane? (I was going to spell the last name completely different)
Just a guess--What is BCAA?This novel features the Bennett family of Longbourn.
What is Pride and Prejudice?The author of the Danish "Department Q" novels.
Who is Jussi Adler-Olsen.This author is the writer of the Varg Veum series of crime novels.
Who is Gunnar Staalesen?This author writes the Inspector Rebus novels.
Who is Ian Rankin?This small town of 3500 was the last capital of the Confederacy in 1865.
What is Richmond, VA? (been there!)This fictional Chief Medical Examiner worked in Richmond for the Commonwealth of Virgina.
What is Danville, VA????Who is Kay Scarpetta?
Four candidates at the Republican Presidential convention in 1860.
Who are Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, Salmon Chase and Edward Bates.Who won the men's marathon event in London 2012?
Denise wrote: "What is Danville, VA????Who is Kay Scarpetta?
Four candidates at the Republican Presidential convention in 1860."
You're right that it was Danville, VA after Richmond had to be evacuated.
Who is Stephen Kiprotich?This major league pitcher holds the record with 7 no-hitters.
Who is Nolan Ryan?This famed golf tournament, played in April, features a green jacket.
What is the Master's Tournament?The setting for Cara Black's "Murder..." book series.
What is Paris?This is the American author of the Inspector Thomas Lynley mysteries.
Who is Elizabeth George?This Englishman has tonight won the IBF world heavyweight belt in boxing, beating Charles Martin in 2 rounds.
Who is Anthony Joshua?The case of the Crown versus Penguin Books opened on Friday, October 21, 1960, when courtroom officials handed copies of this most notorious novel to each member of the jury.
What is Lady Chatterley's Lover?This famous monument, completed in 1836, holds the remains of the Unknown Soldier of WWI, and commemorates French victories between 1792-1815.
What is the Arc de Triomphe?This famous ship sank on April 15, 1912.
What is the Titanic?Who directed the blockbuster movie, "Titanic"
Who is James Cameron?This raid on Japan was launched from the carrier, HORNET, on April 18, 1942.
What is the Doolittle Raid?This performer won an Oscar in 1984 for appearing in the role of Billy Kwan in "The Year of Living Dangerously".
Who is Linda Hunt?These are the names of the majestic lion statues in front of the main New York Public Library on Fifth Ave.
answer: Who are Patience and Fortitude?
Who are Lady Aster and Lord Lenox?This thriller, a blockbuster published in 2015, will soon be released as a movie starring Emily Blunt.
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This amazing national park in Montana has a counterpart in Canada.