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After the Arab conquest in the 7th century, the Berbers picked up this religion, but are a bit less orthodox about it |
(Ken: What is Christianity?) (Keith: What is Judaism?)
Islam
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Natascha Badmann was a champ in the duathlon (running & biking), then added this sport to triumph in the triathlon |
swimming
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In 1931 this Indian pacifist signed an agreement with Lord Irwin to stop his campaign of civil disobedience |
Mahatma Gandhi
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Thomas Hardy novel in which Jude Fawley lives to see all his childhood hopes & dreams dashed...then he dies |
Jude the Obscure
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This word for stealing livestock also refers to a soft sound made by leaves |
(Jim: What is rustle?)
rustling
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Berbers account for a quarter of Algeria's population & a third of this neighbor to the west |
(Keith: What is Libya?) (Ken: What is Tunisia?)
Morocco
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) She won the first of 9 Wimbledon singles trophies in 1978, 3 years after defecting from Czechoslovakia |
Martina Navratilova
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While the Huang He is called "China's Sorrow", this river is "China's Fortune" |
the Yangtze
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AR |
(Ken: What is...) [The time expiry signal sounds.] (Ken: [*]?)
Arkansas
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Hardy novel in which the title heroine makes a series of unfortunate decisions...then she's hanged |
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Also known as Cos lettuce, it's traditionally found in Caesar salad |
Romaine
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The North African area that was home to pirates was called this after the Berbers |
(Keith: What is Barbaria?) [Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before Final Jeopardy! after further research]
the Barbary Coast
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When her baby arrived early in June 2003, the father, also a sprinter, said, "I didn't expect him to be this fast" |
(Keith: Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?)
Marion Jones
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Russia claims & occupies all of the Kuril Islands, but this country lays claim to some of the southern islands |
Japan
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Hardy novel in which Clym returns to the heath where his mom dies from a snakebite... then his wife drowns |
The Return of the Native
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Oklahoma City National Memorial) A place for quiet thoughts, this kind of pool here in Oklahoma City shares its name with one near the Lincoln Memorial |
reflecting pool
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Some say the Berbers were the first to breed these from polecats they captured in Spain |
ferrets
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Tennessee basketball's "3 Meeks" were Tamika Catchings, Semeka Randall & her |
Chamique Holdsclaw
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The Al Bu Said family, based in Muscat, began ruling this country in the 1740s |
Oman
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Think outside the box: PR |
Puerto Rico
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Hardy novel in which the drunken Henchard sells his wife & baby, with truly ghastly results...then he wanders off, dies |
(Keith: What is Far from the Maddening Crowd?)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
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This Icelandic city's marathon has had a good run; it had its 20th anniversary in 2003 |
Reykjavik
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The mother of this "City of God" saint was a Berber |
(Alex: The mother was St. Monica & her son was [*].)
St. Augustine
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In 1998 this Korean golfer became the youngest winner of the LPGA's U.S. Women's Open |
Se Ri Pak
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Tibetans practice this form of Buddhism whose chief sect is the Yellow Hat |
Lamaism
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A U.S. territory: AS |
American Samoa
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Finally, a Hardy book that (sorta) ends happily! Bathsheba marries Gabriel! (everyone else is dead or institutionalized) |
Far from the Madding Crowd
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From a Latin word for "reddish", it's another name for German measles |
rubella
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