ASIAN GEOGRAPHY
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This 150- by 2.5-mile area created in 1953 is now home to more than 100 endangered & protected species
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MAMMALS
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A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist & governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it Ornithorhyncus paradoxus
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself
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RANKS & TITLES
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Canada, Belgium & the U.S. are among nations that bestow this artistic title that dates to the Greeks & a tree sacred to Apollo
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QUOTES ABOUT 19th CENTURY AUTHORS
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This author "showed that abysses may exist inside a governess", a heroine who was a "commonplace spinster"
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a (duck-billed) platypus
Robert E. Lee
(Poet) Laureate
Charlotte Bronte
The extra clues have two requested triple stumpers followed by a third one.
STATE OF THE ESTATE $400: The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, AKA The House of the Seven Gables
NEWER WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: UNESCO mentioned the picturesque & romantic movements when it added this English "district" beloved by Coleridge
WORLD LEADERS $1000: Popular in 37 A.D., this man whose name means "little boot" was sent walking 4 years later
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Lake District
Caligula