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    | Muhammad Ali, an officer in this empire's army, drove the French out of Egypt in 1801 & became the country's ruler | 
    the Ottoman Empire
 
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    | In 1984, his second year in the league, this Dolphin QB became the first to throw for 5,000 yards in a single season | 
    (Dan) Marino
 
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    Driving Miss Daisy
 
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    | "Gilding" this flower means adding unnecessary ornamentation | 
    the lily
 
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    | This judge didn't need his hotel Bible when he & his men killed 120,000 Midianites | 
    Gideon
 
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    | In 1887 Ethiopia's Menelik II founded this city in the Entoto Mountains | 
    Addis Ababa
 
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    | Members of the NFL in 1922 & '23, the all-Native American Oorang Indians were led by this legend | 
    (Jim) Thorpe
 
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    | There's only 1 character in "The Belle of Amherst" & it's her | 
    (Cyd: Who is...) (Alex: Say something.) (Cyd: Wh-who is... [mumbling indistinctly] Who is Deo Volente?) (Alex: No. I thought you were trying to start the word with "E". Eh-Eh-[*].)
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    | If someone calls you a "shrinking" one of these, it doesn't mean you're getting smaller, it means you're shy | 
    violet
 
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    | This biblical book with a female name records the killing of 75,000 Persians by the Jews | 
    Esther
 
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    | In 1859 Spain attacked this country over possession of Ceuta, a city on the Strait of Gibraltar | 
    (Leslie: What is Portugal?)
  Morocco
 
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    | On Dec. 13, 2009 Brandon Marshall of this team set a one-game record with 21 receptions--in a loss to the Colts | 
    the Broncos
 
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    the House Un-American Activities Committee
 
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    | Taking this flower's "path" seems easy at first, but could end in tragedy | 
    primrose
 
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    | The Lord himself slew 50,070 "raiders" of Beth Shemesh for looking into this holy object | 
    the Ark of the Covenant
 
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    | In August 1826 Gordon Laing became the first European to set foot in this Mali trading post | 
    (Alex: Correct, with about a minute to go.)
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    | New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey's record 63-yard field goal was kicked in this school's stadium | 
    Tulane
 
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    | This 1955 play was based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 | 
    Inherit the Wind
 
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    | "Everything's" doing this, a phrase about emerging from hard times in good shape, is a "Gypsy" song title | 
    (Leslie: What is coming up daisies?)
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    | During the time of Samuel, the Israelites lost 30,000 soldiers fighting this neighboring group | 
    the Philistines
 
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    | In 1888 this son of a British clergyman founded the De Beers mining company | 
    [No applause for Ryan's run of the category]
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    | When a team switched cities in 1988, this new full team name contained 2 birds, one real & one mythic | 
    (Alex: [*], yes, leaving St. Louis. They're now known as the Arizona Cardinals.)
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    | In 2008 Mike Nichols directed a Broadway revival of this playwright's "The Country Girl" | 
    Clifford Odets
 
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    | II Kings recounts the slaughter by an angel of the Lord of 185,000 soldiers of this kingdom to the north of Israel | 
    Assyria
 
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