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    One of the "Stan"s: Tashkent | 
    Uzbekistan
 
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    | He hit the first home run in All-Star game history (take a wild guess) | 
    Babe Ruth
 
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    | In 2006 in Berlin, Italy won this sports tourney by beating France, 1-1 (technically, that was the final score) | 
    the World Cup
 
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    | "Beadle", meaning a minor official, comes from Middle English for one of these old-time announcer guys--hark! | 
    a herald
 
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    | Your bold, audacious bets could be called this, perhaps from a blend of "bold" & "audacious" | 
    bodacious
 
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    Island country in the Indian ocean: Port Louis | 
    Mauritius
 
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    | Their home parks have included the Union Grounds, Crosley Field & Riverfront Stadium | 
    the (Cincinnati) Reds
 
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    | As world champ of this Parker Bros. game, Antonio Fernandez won $15,140, the total amount of "cash" in the game | 
    Monopoly
 
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    | In hunting season, Beadle County, South Dakota is a bad place to be a ring-necked one of these, the state bird | 
    a pheasant
 
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    | I expect to be treated like a VIP, so remember that the "I" stands for this adjective | 
    important
 
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    | A former Soviet republic: Chisinau | 
    Moldova
 
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    | The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles; these N.L. birds are a distant second, with 10 | 
    the Cardinals
 
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    | In 2007 Nigel Richards took home $15,000 as the letter-perfect world champ of this Hasbro game | 
    (Aaron: What is Boggle?)
  Scrabble
 
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    | In this Sondheim musical, Beadle Bamford gets sliced up for pie filling (don't worry, he wasn't a good guy) | 
    Sweeney Todd
 
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    | Also a type of fabric, this synonym for lavish describes my suite (& it rhymes with lush) | 
    plush
 
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    In western Africa: Yamoussoukro | 
    (Larissa: What is Nigeria?)
  Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast)
 
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    | Researchers have knocked a point off his record lifetime batting average, reducing it to .366 | 
    (Ty) Cobb
 
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    | In 2007 16-year-old Ayan Tariq bested 31 others to win $100,000 playing this title ex-coach's football video game | 
    (John) Madden
 
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    | George Beadle won a Nobel Prize for studying the genetics of a bread type of this fuzzy fungus | 
    mold
 
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    | I must see the "O" show--it boasts this type of swimming, also an artistic Olympic event | 
    synchronized
 
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    In the Pacific: Honiara | 
    the Solomon Islands
 
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    | "Avian" nickname of 1960s reliever Phil Regan, notorious for "stealing" wins from starting pitchers | 
    "The Vulture"
 
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    | In 1972 "Amarillo Slim" won this annual event | 
    the World Series of Poker
 
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    | In this author's "Night", Moshe the Beadle warns the Jews of Sighet about the looming holocaust, but they don't listen | 
    (Elie) Wiesel
 
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    | From the Latin for "great-souled", it will describe your immense generosity after you win big bucks | 
    magnanimous
 
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