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    | The revenge of the 47 ronin, a 1703 incident in this country, is remembered there each December 14 | 
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    | Despite playing only 28 games at first base in 1999, Rafael Palmeiro won this MLB defensive award | 
    (Ken: What's a Golden Glove?) ... (Alex: A [*].  Golden Glove refers to boxing.)
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    | In the 1st century Kanishka ruled a chunk of central Asia from what's now Peshawar in this country | 
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    | Known as "The Wizard", this Hall-of-Fame Cardinal set records for most assists & total chances accepted | 
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    | Shakespeare said of this handsome mythological man, "hunting he lov'd, but love he laugh'd to scorn" | 
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    | Born in Minneapolis, he made billions off oil & picked up a little art along the way | 
    (Brad: Who is Getty?) (Alex: More specific?) (Brad: Uh, [*]?)
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    | Gneiss & chlorite are regional types of this class of rock that forms when heat & pressure cause changes | 
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    | Fingers were pointed at Syria when this ex-P.M. of Lebanon was killed in February 2005 | 
    (Jerome: Who is Bashir?)
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    | Terry Sawchuk & Chico Resch wore blockers & catch gloves as stars in this sport | 
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    | Chilean poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga combined the names of 2 of her favorite poets to get this pen name | 
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    | Vegas celebrity weddings go back at least to 1943 when trumpeter Harry James married this sex symbol of the day | 
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    | Remember Caesar's famous phrase & you'll know this first-person past tense of pando, "I extend" | 
    (Jerome: What is pindo?) ... (Alex: Veni, vidi, vici.  Pando: [*].)
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    | Cuprite is an important ore at the Bisbee, Arizona mine called this metal's "Queen" | 
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    | In 1975 the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia & the left-wing group with this Laotian name took over in Laos | 
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    | He was a bank clerk in the Yukon before he published "Songs of a Sourdough" in 1907 | 
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    | His triumph as Richard III in 1741 made him the leading British actor of his time | 
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    | These alpine mountains in Italy are named for the magnesian limestone of which they're made | 
    (Ken: Oops.  What are the Apennines?)
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    | These mercenaries from the Magar, Gurung & other Nepalese tribes defended the British Empire in WWs I & II | 
    (Alex: Yes, Ken gave that response two days ago to another clue.)
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    | William Cullen Bryant was just 17 when he wrote this poem whose name comes from the Greek for "view of death" | 
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    | The cover of her "Ballad Of Sexual Dependency" shows her photo of Nan & Brian in bed | 
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    (Alex: Sorry, Brad, not quickly enough.  Did you have it though?) (Brad: I did.) (Alex: Good for you.) [Brad lets out audible breath]
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