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noun • United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943) • United States evangelist (born 1918) • United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957) • a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) | ||||||||
| 36% | 4 | City that's northwest of Cuzco ... or a city that's northwest of Columbus | ||||||
noun • capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century | ||||||||
| 30% | 5 | Searcher for the Northwest Passage | ||||||
noun • son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557) • Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) | ||||||||
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1 | City that's northwest of Cuzco ... or a city that's northwest of Columbus
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17 Jun 2000 | New York Times / 17 Jun 2000 |
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10 Jun 1984 | New York Times / 10 Jun 1984 |
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30 Jul 1996 | New York Times / 30 Jul 1996 |
