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  1. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    8: ... by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
    10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed ...
    13: ... normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was crea...
    15: ...under the direction of her governess, the [[Margaret Pole%2C Countess of Salisbury|Countess of Salisbu...
    19: ...marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]]. Shortl...
  2. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    2: ..._(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</sm...
    7: ..., '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor...
    9: ...I of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous...
    11: ...ouncil|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
    13: ...r of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
  3. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    13: ...y]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning b...
    15: ...be nominated for [[sainthood]] &mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
    22: ...er Lady Althorp's adultery with wallpaper heir [[Peter Shand Kydd]], Diana's mother sued for custody o...
    24: ...e 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[S...
    28: ...dy Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales|...
  4. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
    24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
    27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
    29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
    31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ...
  5. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
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    60: ...n as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937]].
    65: ...ex constitutional developments in the early twentieth century.
    67: ...the 32 counties, with an as of yet undecided new set of measures to be introduced for the area tempora...
  6. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    11: ..."center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Guatemala|In Detail]])
    43: | [[Quetzal (currency)|Quetzal]]
    51: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
    60: ...the [[11th century]], the lowlands area of the [[Peten]] region of Guatemala was the heart of the flou...
    67: ... 100,000 Guatemalans were killed. A 36-year war between the guerrilla and the Guatemalan Government e...
  7. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|F...
    18: ...mes = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Tony Blair]] |
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    50: ...rnish language|Cornish]]: ''An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Gl館''
  8. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    46: ...into Western and Eastern halves. Others place it yet further in 476, when the last western emperor, [[...
    51: ...ed by the rift caused by the 9th century dispute between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) a...
    53: ... who was motivated, at least partly, to re-interpret Roman history in different terms. Nevertheless, t...
    57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, so...
    59: ...norities and sizeable communities of religious heretics often lived on or near the borderlands, the [[...
  9. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    20: such as ''[[Triphyophyllum]]'', which secrete mucilage, but whose leaves do not
    22: ...whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
    30: rolled leaf, whose margins have been sealed together. These plants live in areas of
    41: are usually known as trumpet pitchers. ''S. purpurea'' (the huntman's cup) has...
    45: [[operculum]], which is essentially a flared leaflet that covers the opening of the
  10. Socrates (7975 bytes)
    2: ...{polytonic|&Sigma;&omega;&kappa;&rho;&#8049;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf;}} S&#333;krᴦamp;#275;s) was a Greek (...
    5: ...ner accustomed to wilder horses might be more competent than one not. Socrates enjoyed going to [[Symp...
    9: ...ee leading public figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the youth of Athens. Accordin...
    11: ...auty, and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet believed they knew much led Socrates to the concl...
    15: See [[Trial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and execu...
  11. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    5: ... a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population, with e...
    9: Both Houses of Congress meet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Was...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    26: ...vities of Congress can also be found on the internet, on the legislative database [[THOMAS (database)|...
    29: The powers of the Congress are set forth in [[United States Constitution/Article One...
  12. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    2: ... Prix|2004]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]], one of the nineteen annual Formula One races]]
    7: ..., on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
    9: ...rope]], which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in the [[Americas]...
    22: ...rrari]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for dom...
    26: ...nwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships between [[1962]] and [[1973]].
  13. Computer (32773 bytes)
    16: ...lved by computers, and in doing so founded [[theoretical computer science]].
    20: ... brain which recognizes that those patterns form letters and numbers, and attaches meaning to them. A...
    22: ==Etymology==
    24: ...ers were introduced by the OED2 to differentiate between the different types of machine. These qualifi...
    26: ...ter]]" for definitions, translations and detailed etymology.
  14. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    2: ...,743. The Salt Lake City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] [[metropolitan area]], defined as [[Salt Lake County, U...
    15: ...ed in the East. Upon arrival their religious prophet [[Brigham Young]] reportedly stated, "This is the...
    17: ... The [[United States]] [[Congress]] rebuffed the settlers in [[1850]] and established the [[Utah Terri...
    19: [[Image:Salt_lake_city_main_street_c1920_pc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Salt Lake City circ...
    20: ... found that it had been evacuated. This division set up [[Camp Floyd]] approximately 40 mi (65 km) sou...
  15. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...''Rossiya'' or ''Rossija''), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and...
    4: ...oviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR).
    6: ...ble, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
    13: ...vading [[Goths]], [[Huns]], and Turkic [[Avars]] between the third and sixth centuries CE. The Iranian...
    19: ...rthern part of Russia together with [[Novgorod]] retained some degree of autonomy during the time of t...
  16. Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
    18: ...ting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between members of various creeds and sects. He was b...
    20: ... which he viewed as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization."
    22: ...ect spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English --->
    23: ...ans he met were members of the [[Theosophical Society]], which had been founded in 1875 by [[H.P. Blav...
    25: ...rning to Rajkot to make a modest living drafting petitions for litigants but was forced to close down ...
  17. Native American (42651 bytes)
    1: ...[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
    3: ... number of distinct [[tribe]]s, [[state]]s, and [[ethnic group]]s, many of them still enduring as poli...
    5: ...Canada]]). The latter share their cultural and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not nativ...
    7: ... Canadians who belong to the same cultural and genetic mega-group of Amerindians mentioned above. The ...
    19: ...] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], between 17,000&ndash;11,000 years ago.
  18. Chile (39914 bytes)
    1: ...[[South America]] occupying a long coastal strip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacific Oce...
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    61: ...e, but the area's remoteness prevented extensive settlement.
    64: ...]] and [[hunting]]. The first permanent European settlement, [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], was founded...

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