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    | On becoming House Speaker in 2007, she said, "Today we have broken the marble ceiling" | 
    Nancy Pelosi
 
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    | Since 1923 it's been played at its self-named stadium in Pasadena, California | 
    the Rose Bowl
 
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    | Chopping an onion releases a compound that causes these glands to produce tears | 
    the lachrymal glands
 
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    coo
 
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    Greece
 
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    glazed
 
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    | Jane Colden, who died in 1766, was the first female one of these plant scientists in the colonies | 
    a botanist
 
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    | Now at Sun Life Stadium, it was played at its self-named stadium in Miami until 1996 | 
    the Orange Bowl
 
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    skipping stones
 
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    | The cry of an owl; it's also an extremely funny person like moi | 
    a hoot
 
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    | It left the Union--of Soviet Socialist Republics--April 9, 1991 | 
    Georgia
 
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    Danica Patrick
 
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    | Sweet!  This New Orleans Bowl game celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009 | 
    Sugar Bowl
 
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    | As we humans get older, less & less of this pigment is added to beginning hair cells, leading to gradual graying | 
    (Alex: I know all about it.)
  melanin
 
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    | Despite its name, the mute swan, when angry, makes this noise, like a snake | 
    a hiss
 
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    | There's a British colony on this southern Spanish peninsula | 
    (Sarah: [Exhales deeply] Sorry.)
  Gibraltar
 
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    | Someone intimidating is said to "reduce you to" this | 
    jelly
 
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    Amelia Earhart
 
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    | Party on, amigo, & name this Bowl game held in Arizona since 1971 | 
    the Fiesta Bowl
 
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    | This type of "burn" happens when water molecules escape from food preserved there & begin to migrate | 
    freezer burn
 
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    | It's the harsh, 3-letter call of a crow or raven | 
    a caw
 
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    | In this area of Lower Manhattan, independent spirits like Eugene O'Neill & Margaret Sanger found a "Voice" | 
    Greenwich Village
 
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    (Zack: What is stale?)
  old-fashioned
 
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    | In 1976 she began giving her "view" as the first woman co-anchor on a nightly network news show | 
    Barbara Walters
 
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    | It's played annually in San Antonio, not too far from the site of an 1836 battle | 
    the Alamo Bowl
 
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    | The world's smallest flowers, Wolffia globosa, each consist of 1 pistil & 1 this, the pistil's male counterpart | 
    the stamen
 
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    a cackle
 
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    | This major seaport sits at the center of the Italian Riviera | 
    Genoa
 
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    Edible name of the band heard here
  "He's going the distance / He's going for speed..." | 
    Cake
 
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