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Pairs #10 (History Edition)

Select the other half of each pair. Assume the word “and” (or an ampersand) between the hint and the answer.

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Last updated: December 15, 2023
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Gertrude Stein
American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector Gertrude Stein and her life partner, Alice B. Toklas.
Nicholas
Nikolai II, the last Romanov Emperor of Russia, and his Empress, Aleksándra Feodorovna.
Hadrian
Emperor Hadrian of Rome and his lover Antinous, from Bithynia (in modern-day Turkey).
Lewis
Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, explorers of the Missouri River and elsewhere, 1803-1806.
Henry II
Henry II, King of England and his mistress, Rosamund Clifford.
Leopold
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, wealthy University of Chicago students convicted of the 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks.
Edward VIII
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, who abdicated his throne to marry US divorcée Wallis Simpson.
LBJ
Former US President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his wife, former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson.
JFK
Former US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his wife, former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
Abelard
12th century theologian and philosopher Pierre Abélard and his student-cum-wife, Héloïse d’Argenteuil.
Louis XV
King Louis XV of France and his chief mistress, the Marquise de Pompadour.
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her two-time husband (m. 1929–1939 and 1940–1954), fellow Mexican painter Diego Rivera.
Napoleon
Emperor Napoleon I of France and his wife, the Empress Joséphine.
Victoria
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert (of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).
Antony
Mark Antony, ancient Roman military leader and Triumvirate member, and his lover, Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
Ron
Former US President Ronald Regan and his wife, former First Lady Nancy Regan.
Prince Rainier III
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and his wife, US film actress Grace Kelly.
William
The joint reign over the United Kingdom of King William III (Willem Hendrik, Prince of Orange) and Queen Mary II between 1689-1702. They issued the charter under which the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was founded in 1693.
Dante
Poet Dante Alighieri (“The Divine Comedy”) and his supposed literary muse, Beatrice Portinari.
Ike
Former US President Dwight Eisenhower and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
Bonnie
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, lovers and serial criminals in the US in the early 1930s.
Adolf
Adolf Hitler and wife Eva Braun.
Barack
Former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
FDR
Former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Charles
Charles, then Prince of Wales, and his first wife Diana (née Spencer), Princess of Wales.
Albert
Alexandra
Alice B. Toklas
Antinous
Beatrice
Clark
Cleopatra
Clyde
Diana
Diego Rivera
Eleanor
Eva
Grace Kelly
Héloïse
Jackie
Joséphine
Lady Bird
Loeb
Madame de Pompadour
Mamie
Mary
Michelle
Nancy
Rosamund Clifford
Wallis Simpson
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