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Not a single person was killed in the April 1861 battle over this fort, but it did launch the Civil War |
Fort Sumter
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On its north, Denmark; on its south, Switzerland |
Germany
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In the first episode of this series, Red Reddington, "the Concierge of Crime", surrenders at FBI headquarters |
The Blacklist
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As a character on "The Knick", this infamous disease carrier is cleared of blame by an ignorant judge |
Typhoid Mary
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Lawyers grudgingly call this "witness" who isn't violent, just unfriendly to the case |
hostile
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2 half brothers of this First Lady died fighting for the Confederacy |
Mary Todd Lincoln
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On its north, Egypt; on its southeast, Ethiopia |
Sudan
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White House party crasher Michaele Salahi was on the D.C. version of this Bravo reality series |
Real Housewives
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Though "Queen of" another people, this 16th c. royal was brought up at the French court of Catherine de Medicis |
Mary, Queen of Scots
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This adjective for anyone who stubbornly refuses to go along could apply to the Minotaur |
bullish (or bull-headed)
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In mid-1861 Montgomery, Alabama was out & this city was in as capital of the Confederacy |
Richmond, Virginia
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On its northwest, Croatia; on its southeast, Bulgaria |
Serbia
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Agent 86 & Agent 99 worked for the Washington-based intelligence agency CONTROL on this spy sitcom |
(Ryan: What is The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?)
Get Smart
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This Democratic senator from Louisiana lost a 2014 runoff election to Bill Cassidy |
Mary Landrieu
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Activist Hu Jia is not popular with China's brass & is considered one of these, from the Latin for "to sit apart" |
a dissident
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Amaize, Golden Bantam, Illini Xtra Sweet |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
corns
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A favorite of Lee, this general actually favored preservation of the Union but went with Virginia after secession |
Stonewall Jackson
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On its west, Guatemala; on its northwest, Mexico |
(Ryan: What is Honduras?)
Belize
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Emily Deschanel plays a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in D.C. on this Fox series |
Bones
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She was the first American to win the Olympic women's gymnastics individual all-around title |
Mary Lou Retton
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This long word is found before "opposed" to refer to contrary opinions, or the 2 geometric points seen here |
(Alex: You got it, with less than a minute to go now.)
diametrically
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Banana, spaghetti, ambercup |
squash
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In November 1861 this Union man became general in chief of all armies; by March 1862, he lost the gig |
(Ryan: Who is Scott?)
George McClellan
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On its northwest, Ecuador; on its southeast, Bolivia |
Peru
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4 Republican senators live together in this Amazon series created by Garry Trudeau |
Alpha House
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One of the first sci-fi writers; her novels include 1826's "The Last Man", about a world destroyed by plague |
Mary Shelley
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13-letter word for an English Protestant not in the Church of England, or one who eschews customs or fads |
(Ryan: What is antiestablishment?)
nonconformist
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Big Daddy, Tokyo Long White, Walla Walla Sweet |
(Ryan: What are carrots?)
onions
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