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    | New senator Mark Begich of this state replaced Ted Stevens | Alaska 
 
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    | In 1972 the ironically named Frank Shorter was the Olympic champion of this long running event | the marathon 
 
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    | ZZ is the snooze of a symbol for this Posturepedic mattress company | Sealy 
 
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    | This 1951 J.D. Salinger work | The Catcher in the Rye 
 
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    | It can be any refuge, or a small, fertile green region in the desert | an oasis 
 
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    | This roamin' Roman conquered Brittany in 56 B.C. | (Tiffiny: Who is Nero?) (Nina: Who is Hannibal?)
 
 Julius Caesar
 
 
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    | This state's former governor Mark Warner donned his senatorial cap in 2009 | Virginia 
 
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    | BID is the winning symbol for this auction house that held its first one in 1744 | (Michael: What is Christie's?) 
 Sotheby's
 
 
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    | Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1935 book | Little House on the Prairie 
 
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    | This type of down comes from the duck of the same name | eider 
 
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    | Brittany got its name because it was a refuge for Celts fleeing Anglo-Saxon persecution on this nearby island | Great Britain 
 
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    | One of the two states that got new senators with the last name Udall in 2009 | (Michael: What is Ohio?) 
 New Mexico (or Colorado)
 
 
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    | Al Oerter set an Olympic record in winning this throwing event in 1956... & again in 1960... & 1964... & 1968, too | the discus 
 
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    | CAKE is the delicious symbol for this restaurant chain, but there's a 45-minute wait to buy a share | Cheesecake Factory 
 
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    | Anthony Burgess' 1962 tale of juvenile delinquency | A Clockwork Orange 
 
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    | Michael Faraday introduced this term for an electrically charged atom | an ion 
 
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    | Dukes of the Montfort family struggled to keep Brittany neutral during this lengthy English-French war | the Hundred Years' War 
 
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    | In New England Jeanne Shaheen defeated John Sununu to become this state's first female senator | (Alex: Less than a minute now.) 
 New Hampshire
 
 
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    | Born in Siberia on April 19, 1987, she signed with IMG models in 2003 & won Wimbledon in 2004 | Maria Sharapova 
 
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    | PZZA is the symbol that made a lot of dough for John Schnatter & this company | (Michael: What is Domino's?) 
 Papa John's Pizza
 
 
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    | Giovanni Boccaccio's 1353 collection of tales | The Decameron 
 
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    | A trapeze artist | an aerialist 
 
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    | In the 9th century Nomenoë, Brittany's national hero, drove out this "Bald" Frankish king's forces | (Tiffiny: Who is Charlemagne?) 
 Charles
 
 
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    | This Southern state got a new senator, Kay Hagan, & a new governor, Beverly Perdue | North Carolina 
 
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    | Berik Kupeshov, Assan Bazayev & a guy named Lance are on the Astana cycling team, named for this country's capital | Kazakhstan 
 
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    | LVB are the initials of Beethoven & the symbol for this company that sells a Ludwig-loving instrument | (Michael: What is...) 
 Steinway
 
 
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    | Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel of mouse & man | Flowers for Algernon 
 
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    | Closely related to the tuba, this instrument seen here was invented in Germany in 1843 | (Michael: What is a sousaphone?) ...
 [Applause for Nina's run of the category]
 
 a euphonium
 
 
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    | In the 1970s Bretons fought off government attempts to build one of these in the Commune of Plogoff | a nuclear power plant 
 
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