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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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    | Plays about driving include Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" & this Alfred Uhry work | 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...
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 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 dialog for "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" was drawn from the hearings of this committee during the 1950s | 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.) 
 Timbuktu
 
 
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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?) 
 coming up roses
 
 
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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] 
 (Cecil) Rhodes
 
 
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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.) 
 the Phoenix 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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    | "What's The Story" this A.M. opener with 20-foot vines | morning glory 
 
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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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