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    | In July 1789 Congress created this first cabinet department; Thomas Jefferson was selected to head it | the State Department 
 
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    | It's the set of triggered federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1, 2013 | sequester 
 
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    | In Act II this character says, "Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love" | Juliet 
 
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    | An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries | (Alex: With less than a minute to go.) 
 a border
 
 
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    | Cytokinesis is the money part of this asexual process by which amoebas reproduce | (Kristen: What is mitosis?) 
 fission
 
 
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    | "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating, so won't the real Slim Shady please stand up?" | Eminem 
 
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    | In 1795 in Chapel Hill it became the first state university to admit students | the University of North Carolina 
 
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    | A "drawdown" is usually of troops, like the 34,000 coming home from this country between early 2013 & '14 | Afghanistan 
 
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    | It's no mistake: this early gagfest is set in Ephesus | A Comedy of Errors 
 
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    | A classic syllogism concludes "Socrates is" this absolute, proved true in 399 B.C. | mortal 
 
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    | Also called thrombocytes, these disklike cell fragments are important in the clotting process | (Kristen: What are white blood cells?) 
 platelets
 
 
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    | In "Who Am I?": "Bow wow wow, yippee yo, yippie yay, bow wow wow yippie yo (the bomb)" | [Kristen laughs] (Alex: What, I didn't do it right?)
 (Kristen: You did it great.)
 
 Snoop Dogg
 
 
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    | In 1790 Dobson's Encyclopaedia, the American version of this, began printing, taking 7 years to complete | the Encyclopedia Britannica 
 
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    | 2013 brought the first of these powwows of cardinals in 8 years | (Kristen: What is... a... pope selection?) 
 conclaves
 
 
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    | Baptista's daughters are Kate & her | Bianca 
 
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    | A collision between 2 objects; an athlete who helps his team is called that type of "player" | impact 
 
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    | Whether dominant or recessive, different forms of the same gene are called these | alleles 
 
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    | In "Gold Digger": "Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon, with a baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm" | (Alex: Yeah, I sound just like him, don't I?) (Cindy: Absolutely, Alex.)
 (Alex: Thank you.)
 (Cindy: HIP-HOP SKILLZ for $1600.)
 (Alex: I'm only here for humor.)
 
 Kanye West
 
 
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    | In this 1797 affair French agents demanded the U.S. loan France $10 million before our diplomats could meet Talleyrand | (Cindy: What is the ABC Affair?) (Alex: Oh, you're at the wrong end of the alphabet.  It's [*].)
 
 the XYZ Affair
 
 
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    | Those who oppose a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants call it this type of collective pardon | amnesty 
 
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    | We never tire of this Prince of Tyre | Pericles 
 
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    | An electrician on the set of a TV show | a gaffer 
 
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    | "Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, rockin' my peers & puttin' suckas in fear... Mama said knock you out" | (Jed: Who is... Tupac?) ...
 (Alex: Who is [*]?  Like me.)
 [Laughter]
 (Cindy: Let's finish HIP-HOP SKILLZ.)
 (Alex: You just want to get rid of me.)
 
 LL Cool J
 
 
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    | This 1786-1787 rebellion of debtor farmers in Massachusetts was named for its leader | Shays' Rebellion 
 
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    | Change the last syllable in "thunderstorm" to get this weather event that hit the Great Plains in winter 2013 | thundersnow 
 
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    | Son of a gun! Pistol is married to this mistress (perhaps swiftly) in "Henry V" | Mistress Quickly 
 
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    | The name of this cold region is from the Greek for "of the bear" | (Kristen: What is Siberia?) 
 Arctic
 
 
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    | Red tide is caused by a proliferation of these 15-letter aquatic organisms | dinoflagellates 
 
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    | "Your mom busted in & said, 'What's that noise?' Aw Mom, you're just jealous, it's" them | the Beastie Boys 
 
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