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Ceilidh
A traditional Scottish social gathering involving folk music and group dancing.
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The Globe Theatre
This is a replica of a theatre which was once destroyed by fire and is known as the home of Shakespeare's plays.
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The Walters Art Museum
This collection, named for the father and son who substantially amassed it, is home to over 20,000 pieces of artwork from around the world.
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The Hope Diamond
According to legend, this 45-carat deep-blue gem, is said to carry a curse of bad luck and death to all who touched it.
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Abraham Lincoln
This president's Gettysburg Address, delivered on November 19, 1863, is named for this town.
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Haggis
A traditional Scottish delicacy containing sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with onions, oatmeal, spices and traditionally encased in a sheep's stomach and simmered.
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The London Eye
It is known as the giant Ferris wheel located on the South Bank of the river Thames.
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The Hard Rock Cafe
This venue is not so much named because it is and 'impenetrable stone tavern', but instead takes its name from a certain musical genre.
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The giant squid
This adult female sea creature measures thirty-six feet long, weighs more than 330 pounds and is displayed in The Sant Ocean Hall.
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Keystone
Because of its role in holding together the states of the newly formed Union, Pennsylvania is known, symbolically, as this wedge-shaped stone.
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Sheep
The type of animal most commonly seen when driving along Scottish country roads.
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Big Ben
This famous bell is located in the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster.
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Historic London Town and Gardens
At this colonial seaport located in Anne Arundel County, visitors can literally dig into history as they uncover artifacts in a real-life archaeological excavation.
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
This fantasy-adventure-comedy movie about a divorced father trying to impress his son, and starring Ben Stiller, was filmed in part at the Smithsonian.
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Firefly
The insect that brightens many summer's nights is known by its Latin name Poturis Pensylvanica De Geer.
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William Wallace
He is known as the guardian of Scotland and defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297.
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Bath
Natural mineral water springs up in this town west of London.
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Fort McHenry
"O say can you see" that this fort is known as the birthplace of The Star-Spangled Banner.
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The Butterfly Pavilion
This colorful and lively exhibit could have been called the Lepidoptera Gazebo, but thankfully is known by this name instead.
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The Ruffled Grouse
Settlers relied on this plump, red-brown state bird with the feathery legs as part of their food supply.
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The Royal Mile
The name given to the succession of streets lined with shops, approximately one Scots mile long, between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace.
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Tower of London
This castle on the North Bank of the river Thames had a reputation as a medieval torture chamber and is the place where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned and executed.
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The Inner Harbor
Surrounding this estuary, you can find a multitude of entertaining destinations from a ball park to an aquarium, from a science center to museums and restaurants, from a concert hall to the Baltimore Convention Center.
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The African Elephant in the Rotunda
Upon entering the museum from the National Mall side, visitors are greeted by a diorama with an imposing 8-ton mammal standing guard in this centrally-located domed room. Name the mammal and the room.
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Robert E. Lee
This general commanded the Confederate Army during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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