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Harold II was killed in this battle in 1066
Hastings
Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England. His death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England.
Traditionally, SCOTUS begins its term on the first Monday in this month
October
The title character of this Chekhov play is bitter toward the relative who’s estate he manages
Uncle Vanya
Elvira warns Zerlina about the title character of this Mozart opera
Don Giovanni
In 2013, Donna Tartt had a bestseller about a painting of this colorful bird
The Goldfinch
“Battle of the Amazons” by this Baroque painter has the full-figured women he’s known for
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition.
Of the 13 nations through which the equator passes, it’s the only on whose coastline borders the Caribbean Sea
Columbia
She came into power after the death of her father, Ptolemy XII
Cleopatra
In 1829, this Italian composed his famed opera “William Tell”
Rossini
is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini
It flows 1,240 miles to empty into the Pacific at Astoria
Columbia
Astoria is a city in Oregon.
On Christmas Day, 1066 he became king of England
William the Conqueror
Dhaka is the capital of this county whose population is more than 140 million
Bangladesh
Meaning “great ballet” this company was known for its “Moscow style”
Bolshoi
She wrote the play “A Raisin in the Sun”
Lorraine Hansberry
She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation. The title of the play was taken from the poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes: “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”
Hansberry’s family had struggled against segregation, challenging a restrictive covenant in the 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee.
She’s Queen Elizabeth II’s only daughter
Anne (Princess Royal)
The “Winner” of this title event in this classic Shirley Jackson short story is stoned to death
The Lottery
With a controversial Law-&-Order program, Rodrigo Duarte was president of this country from 2016-2022
The Philippines
It’s Norway’s second largest city and its principal port
Bergen
This policy, Russian for “Openness” was begun by Mikhaïl Gorbachev in 1985
Glasnost
It’s the original day job of Figaro, a leading character in two comic operas by Rossini and Mozart
Barber
Carrying up to 400 passengers, this first jumbo jet entered airline service in 1970
Boeing 747 
The creator of “The West Wing” adapted “To Kill a Mockingbird” as a Broadway play
Aaron Sorkin
Category: what’d the Captain say?
A command to turn this 8-letter way means to head into the breeze
Windward
Large Durham boats for hauling iron were used by George Washington cross this river in December 1776
Delaware