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    | People of this nation AKA Nippon wrote with a brush, so painting became the preferred form of artistic expression | Japan 
 
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    | In 1869 this state's Rutgers beat Princeton in the first college game | New Jersey 
 
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    | 2008 brought a season of "intolerably high, architectonic", even "misogynistic" these | [Andrew chooses the clue with an effeminate affect.] ...
 (James: The wrong category for us.)
 (Alex: James says it's the wrong category, Andrew.  Do you agree?)
 (Andrew: It is.  I'll go with YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOM! for $200.)
 
 heels on women's shoes
 
 
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    | The Cleveland Peninsula is about 40 miles northwest of Ketchikan in this state | Alaska 
 
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    | Now Madam Speaker, she has represented California in Congress since 1987 | Nancy Pelosi 
 
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    | "Barking up" this originated with hunting; a dog would sometimes make a mistake locating its prey | the wrong tree 
 
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    | This Spaniard's contributions include pioneering Cubism & making collage an art technique | Picasso 
 
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    | 2007 Cotton Bowl champion Auburn is located in this state | (Andrew: What is Georgia?) 
 Alabama
 
 
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    | An nytimes.com slide show has colorful remakes of the "classic voluminous" this coat of spies & reporters | (Danny: What is a pea coat?) 
 a trenchcoat
 
 
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    | This country is a broad peninsula on the west coast of the island of Great Britain | Wales 
 
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    | This ex-Speaker of the House left Congress in 2007 | (Denny) Hastert 
 
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    | Said too much? Revealed a secret that you didn't mean to?
 You've had a "slip of" this
 | the tongue 
 
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    | Bernini's work for St. Peter's exemplifies this style of sculpture that dominated from 1600 to 1750 | baroque 
 
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    | The Mountaineers of this state had a fiesta at Oklahoma's expense in 2008 | West Virginia 
 
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    | This French-named line of polo shirts is not just for tennis but "Palm Beach retirees, preppy college students" | (Danny: What is Le Tigre?) 
 Lacoste
 
 
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    | This country's Chukchi Peninsula is the easternmost mainland part of Asia | Russia 
 
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    | As of 2008, the Daniels--Inouye & Akaka--have served a combined 63 years in the Senate for this state | Hawaii 
 
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    | An auto mechanic is popularly referred to as this kind of primate | a grease monkey 
 
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    | Seen here, "The Dance", by this "wild man" of art, was painted during his Fauvist period | Henri Matisse 
 
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    | The 2008 BCS Championship Game was a big & easy win for the State University of this state | Louisiana 
 
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    | Nytimes.com reported on the "terrifying schmaltz" of the Gucci show at this Italian city's fashion week | Milan 
 
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    | The town of Tarifa, on the southernmost point of this peninsula, dips into the Strait of Gibraltar | the Iberian Peninsula 
 
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    | Chip Pickering, Gene Taylor & Trent Lott have repped this state in the 110th Congress | (Danny: What is Tennessee?) 
 Mississippi
 
 
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    | To be rowdy or make trouble is to do this, referring to Abel's brother | raising Cain 
 
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    | Though his eyesight began to fail, he continued painting water lilies at his Giverny home | Monet 
 
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    | In 2006-07, the only undefeated team in Division 1-A was from this capital city, the "Crossroads of the Oregon Trail" | (Andrew: What is Kansas City?) 
 Boise
 
 
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    | The nytimes.com "On the Runway" blog says of this house's 2008 collection, "YSL: The Chic Is Real"
 | Yves Saint Laurent 
 
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    | In 1825 a flood created Limfjord Sound, separating the northern tip of this Danish peninsula from the mainland | Jutland 
 
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    | The 2 senators in the 110th Congress whose affiliation is Independent are Vermont's Bernie Sanders & him | (Andrew: Who is Jim Jeffords?) ...
 (Alex: Of Connecticut, yes.  The Senate.)
 
 Joe Lieberman
 
 
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    | It describes a small, out-of-the-way place, or an aperture in Hadrian's famous structure | (Danny: What is... castle?) 
 a hole in the wall
 
 
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