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    | You wrote the novels "Hawaii" & "Alaska"; too bad you never got around to "Rhode Island" | 
    (James) Michener
 
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    | Before she became a "Pretty Woman" in 1990, she was a pretty girl from Smyrna, Georgia | 
    Julia Roberts
 
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    | In 2010 this Cornhusker univ. left the Big 12 for the Big 10, which already had 11 teams, making it basically the Big 12 | 
    Nebraska
 
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    | It's not my first time at this public exhibition of cowboy skills, from the Spanish for "cattle ring" | 
    rodeo
 
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    | 17th century astronomer Galileo | 
    Galilei
 
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    | Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country | 
    Ethiopia
 
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    | You met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763; it was the start of a beautiful friendship | 
    (Joe: Who was Pope?)
  (James) Boswell
 
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    | No wonder she wanted to take a "Midnight Train" back there--she was born in Atlanta in 1944 | 
    (Joe: Who is Aretha Franklin?)
  Gladys Knight
 
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    | In 1924 North Carolina's Trinity College was endowed by a tobacco magnate & changed its name to this | 
    (Lanny: What is... UNC?  I don't know.)
  Duke
 
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    | It's from the Old English for simply "woman"; that ain't no lady, that's my this | 
    wife
 
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    | 21st century magician Penn | 
    Jillette
 
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    | Of the countries that fit the category, it stretches farthest east | 
    Somalia
 
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    | You suffered through glaucoma before publishing "Ulysses" on February 2, 1922, your 40th birthday | 
    (James) Joyce
 
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    | She was a Junior Miss Georgia before heading for Hollywood & stardom with "The Natural" & "Batman" | 
    Kim Basinger
 
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    | Notre Dame's "Word of Life" mural, depicting Christ as a teacher, is known on the football-loving campus as this | 
    Touchdown Jesus
 
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    | This word from the Arabic for "weight of 4 grains" is worth its weight in gold | 
    carat
 
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    | 16th century artist Michelangelo | 
    Buonarroti
 
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    | Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg | 
    Liberia
 
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    | In 2011 Oprah sat down with you again--to discuss the fallout from your "Million Little Pieces" scandal | 
    James Frey
 
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    | This "Queen of Southern Cuisine" was born & raised in Albany, Georgia, where she learned to cook from her grandmother Paul | 
    Paula Deen
 
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    | Ben Affleck moved west & attended this Los Angeles college whose name means "western" | 
    Occidental
 
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    | "Growing" from the Italian, this music term means a gradual, steady increase in loudness | 
    crescendo
 
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    | 14th century writer Dante | 
    Alighieri
 
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    | In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe | 
    (Joe: What is South Africa?) (Lanny: What is Kenya?)
  Botswana
 
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    | Already a Joan Crawford movie, your "Mildred Pierce" came to TV in a 2011 version more faithful to the book | 
    James M. Cain
 
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    | This actress who went to school in Augusta didn't know 'bout birthin' babies in "Gone with the Wind" | 
    (Jeff: Who is Hattie McDaniel?)
  Butterfly McQueen
 
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    | A noted Commodore from this university was Al Gore, who studied at both its divinity & law schools | 
    Vanderbilt
 
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    | This punctuation word (it's from the Greek for "putting in beside" & you're staring right at 2 of 'em) | 
    parentheses
 
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    | 17th century Dutch master painter Rembrandt | 
    van Rijn
 
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    | It has ports on the Atlantic & you'll find Namibia on its southern border | 
    Angola
 
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