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1. According to Victor Hugo's famous novel, who worked as a bellringer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame?
2. Which famous psychologist studied conditioned responses by ringing bells whenever he fed a group of dogs?
3. According to the Christmas carol, 'Silver Bells,' when you 'hear them ring' what sound will you hear?
4. According to the Christmas song 'Carol of the Bells' what 'is their song'?
5. What word is used to refer to the pre-Civil War U.S. South?
6. What man with a ringing name is usually credited with inventing the telephone?
7. One of these words can complete two common expressions: "______ of bells" and "_____ of laughter." Which word is it?
8. What Philadelphia Bell is famously cracked?
9. In the 19th century (and today too, but less so), beauties from the American South were known by what word, from the French meaning 'beautiful'?
10. What is the capital of Serbia?
11. What word is used for a musical instrument consisting of an arrangement of bells?
12. A bell rings at the most holy part of the Catholic Mass, when Catholics believe that the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ. What is this process called?
13. What English sermonist admonished that we should 'never send to know for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee'?
14. People who are crazy are said to have what flying animal in their belfry?
15. There is a flower (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) with 'bells' in its English name, since each blossom looks a little like a bell, and there is a cluster of them on each stem which causes the plant to bend at the top, like a shepherd's crook. What color are these perennial flowers, according to the common name?
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