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    | The Comstock Lode on Mt. Davidson in western Nevada was the richest find of this element in the U.S. | 
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    (Jeff: What is "The Woman in White?")
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    | Friar with an everlasting name in the Bluegrass State | 
    (Alex: You can find "Tuck" in "Kentucky".)
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    | (Sarah of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in New York City)  This great champ who trained at Gleason's Gym invented the "Rope-a-dope" technique to tire his opponents | 
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    | (Hi, I'm Richie McDonald) They say this is good news, but not in my band Lonestar's No. 1 song with this title | 
    "No News"
 
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    | Trumpeter Armstrong, who could be found in a gulf state | 
    Louis (from "Louisiana")
 
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    (Ron: What is selenium?)
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    | The song "On the Beach at" this place, which became a stateside standard, was first published in Honolulu in 1915 | 
    Waikiki
 
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    | The Woolf is at the door as this stately name | 
    Virginia
 
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    | (Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  From the Middle English for "thrust", it's a term used for practice fighting | 
    sparring
 
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    Lance Armstrong
 
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    (Ron: What is silicon?)
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    | Undistinguished congressman Joseph Hopkinson is remembered for writing "Hail" this, now the VP's intro music | 
    Columbia
 
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    | The Everglades & this first name of "Tank Girl" Petty are found in the Sunshine State | 
    (Ron: What is Florida?)
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    | By setting many of the rules still used today, the 8th Marquess of this turned boxing from fisticuffs into an art form | 
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    | In Genesis he loses one garment to his brothers & another to Potiphar's wife | 
    Joseph
 
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    | It was named for the moon as it was found with tellurium which was named for the Earth | 
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    | In this 1938 song the title line is followed by "Where you're terrific if you're even good" | 
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    | (Cheryl) The subject of the film "Raging Bull", this Gleason's Gym trainee held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 | 
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