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| '''"Buda" and "Pest" or "Budapest"?''' | | '''"Buda" and "Pest" or "Budapest"?''' | ||
| − | | In 1873, the | + | | In 1873, the cities of {{w|Buda}} and {{w|Pest, Hungary|Pest}} joined together to form the city of {{w|Budapest}}. |
| 1868–84 | | 1868–84 | ||
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| '''Austria-Hungary?''' | | '''Austria-Hungary?''' | ||
| − | | {{w|Austria-Hungary}} formed in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. ( | + | | {{w|Austria-Hungary}} formed in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. (However, during that time period, it was frequently called simply "Austria"; it is more consistently called "Austria-Hungary" in historical maps created later, for example, in history textbooks illustrating the alliances of {{w|World War I}}.) |
| 1910–28 | | 1910–28 | ||
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| '''How far east do the American prairies reach?''' | | '''How far east do the American prairies reach?''' | ||
| − | | As settlers made their way west, the prairie land in the {{w|Great Plains}} region was steadily replaced by farmland and ranches. By the 1920s, most of the land had been converted to agricultural use, and the last of the prairie was largely obliterated by the {{w|Dust Bowl}}s in the 1930s. The dividing lines correspond roughly to the three types of prairie: {{w|tallgrass prairie}} grew between the Mississippi and Indiana, {{w|mixed grass prairie}} covered Nebraska and other states on the {{w|100th meridian west}}, and {{w|shortgrass prairie}} covered the remaining area east of the Rocky Mountains. There's some overlap in the dates, since it's fairly arbitrary at what point you say the prairies stopped existing. There are still patches of prairie (covering about 1% of their former reach), but these are probably not visible in a satellite image. | + | | As settlers made their way west, the prairie land in the {{w|Great Plains}} region was steadily replaced by farmland and ranches. By the 1920s, most of the land had been converted to agricultural use, and the last of the prairie was largely obliterated by the {{w|Dust Bowl}}s in the 1930s. The dividing lines correspond roughly to the three types of prairie: {{w|tallgrass prairie}} grew between the Mississippi and Indiana, {{w|mixed grass prairie}} covered Nebraska and other states on the {{w|100th meridian west}}, and {{w|shortgrass prairie}} covered the remaining area east of the Rocky Mountains. There's some overlap in the dates, since it's fairly arbitrary at what you point you say the prairies stopped existing. There are still patches of prairie (covering about 1% of their former reach), but these are probably not visible in a satellite image. |
| 1970s- | | 1970s- | ||
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| '''Is it larger than a breadbox?''' | | '''Is it larger than a breadbox?''' | ||
| − | | A typical, generic question asked | + | | A typical, generic question asked Steve Allen on ''{{w|What's My Line?}}'', and is often used when playing {{w|Twenty Questions}}. However, instead of asking further questions to narrow down the choices, the comic just gives a guess for each response. The comic guesses a breadbox itself as something about the same size as a breadbox. |
| Doesn't bite and not a map | | Doesn't bite and not a map | ||
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| '''Does the screeching chill your blood and herald death?''' | | '''Does the screeching chill your blood and herald death?''' | ||
| − | | ''Note: Title text question.'' Likely, if a banshee is being held, or flapping around the room, one would have | + | | ''Note: Title text question.'' Likely, if a banshee is being held, or flapping around the room, one would have problems than its identification. Also, heralding of death is a difficult quality to identify. |
| Bites, and screeches and flaps around the room breaking things if let go | | Bites, and screeches and flaps around the room breaking things if let go | ||
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