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Duke Leto bites the dust early on in this classic Frank Herbert sci-fi work |
Dune
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You can camp overnight at the Global Gathering Weekend Rave near Stratford-upon-Avon in this country |
England
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This Tuskegee scientist increased yields by alternating the planting of cotton & peanuts |
George Washington Carver
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On Sept. 29, 2005 John Roberts was sworn in as this |
(Alison: What is [*]?) (Alex: That's right. He is also Chief Justice of the United States.)
Supreme Court Justice
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Myology is the study of these, like biceps |
muscles
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So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the... |
Sixth Man
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Cardinal Wolsey has the Duke of Buckingham arrested & offed in this Shakespeare history play |
Henry VIII
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This Black Rock Desert event hasn't had an official rave since 1996, but nuzzle a speaker & feel the fire's glow |
Burning Man
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When this Russian made his periodic table, he left room for the still-undiscovered gallium |
Mendeleev
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This Cabinet department is nicknamed "Foggy Bottom" |
the Department of State
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I'm into proxemics, as people are always invading my personal this |
space
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Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the... |
Cranium
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"The Duke" & "The King" commandeer this title character's raft in an 1884 novel |
Huckleberry Finn
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In 1999 the Love Parade drew 1.5 million ravers to this once-divided European capital |
Berlin
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In 1867 this British surgeon published "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" |
(Joseph) Lister
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The states with more than 30 electoral votes are California, New York & this |
Texas
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If you study petrology, you might have these in your head |
rocks
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11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to... |
Toastmaster
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John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, bought the farm with Richard III at Bosworth Field, ending this conflict |
the Wars of the Roses
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Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state |
(Nico: What is North Carolina?) (Ben: What is Texas?) ... (Alex: Andrew Johnson most closely associated with [*].)
Tennessee
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The "motion" of particles in a still liquid was named for this Scottish botanist |
Robert Brown
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The Justice Department was created in 1870, but this top job there had existed since 1789 |
Attorney General
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Lose a syllable from statistics to study this, when forces combine to form an equilibrium |
statics
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From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's... |
(Alex: You love it Alison, I know. You want to finish the category, don't you?) (Alison: Yep.)
Arbitrator
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Later known as the Duke of Windsor, this king had to abdicate the throne in 1936 |
Edward VIII
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Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country |
(Alison: What is Canada?)
Australia
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The galvanometer, which measured electric currents, is named from a scientist from what's now this country |
(Alex: Luigi Galvani.)
Italy
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This House Democrat is the first woman to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress |
Nancy Pelosi
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A phycologist needs no cough to study these aquatic organisms, which include seaweeds like kelp |
algae
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Uh oh! He just sold you a lemon of a car! "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's... |
Caveat Emptor
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