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  | THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI |  
   
 
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    | In 1212 many children took vows to go to retake this holy city | 
    Jerusalem
 
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    Joshua 6: The Israelites vs. this city | 
    Jericho
 
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    | In 2013 Jeff Koons set a living-artist record with $58.4 million for a dog that looks like it's made of these, kids'-party style | 
    balloons
 
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    | The name of this wrestling hold, whether full or half, may ultimately honor a British naval hero | 
    Nelson
 
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    | Mississippi's lowest point is along the shores of this body of water | 
    the Gulf of Mexico
 
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    | Last name of Seth, Brian Austin & CeeLo | 
    Green
 
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    | Originally feting a Voortrekker victory, the Day of the Vow was used in 1961 as a day of uprising against this policy | 
    apartheid
 
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    1 Samuel 17: This Israelite vs. this Philistine | 
    David & Goliath
 
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    | Delta disallowed 250,000 frequent flyer miles this string instrument accrued by having its own seat next to Lynn Harrell | 
    a cello
 
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    | Fittingly, it means "empty orchestra" in Japanese | 
    (Nikhil: What is kabuki?)
  karaoke
 
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    | In 1792 a French-Canadian trader named Louis LeFleur was the first to settle in this state capital | 
    Jackson
 
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    | This actor covers a lot of ground, voicing a panda on film & playing both Orson Welles & Elvis on TV's "Drunk History" | 
    Jack Black
 
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    | This member of The Mamas & The Papas vowed to become the most famous fat girl in the world | 
    Mama Cass Elliot
 
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    1 Samuel 4: Philistines vs. Israelites, with the winner to get this fancy chest | 
    the Ark (of the Covenant)
 
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    | The New York Philharmonic & the School of American Ballet are based at this complex | 
    Lincoln Center
 
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    | This word for a house of ill repute comes from the Italian | 
    bordello
 
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    | This Mississippi city was named for the trees that provided building timber but are also sung about for their honey | 
    Tupelo
 
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    | Taylor Swift sang, "Losing him was blue like I'd never known... but loving him was" this title color | 
    red
 
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    | Manhattan prosecutor Preet Bharara has vowed sweeping reform at this island penitentiary | 
    Rikers Island
 
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    Mark 11:15: Jesus vs. these financial professionals | 
    the money changers
 
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    | One of the first stops of this trane was a sax solo on a 1951 recording of "We Love To Boogie" | 
    John Coltrane
 
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    | The Oxford English Dictionary says the name of this cosmetic may be from the Catalan for "soot, black smear" | 
    mascara
 
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    | Perhaps this author's early boyhood in New Albany, Miss. was in his mind as he lay dying in Byhalia | 
    Faulkner
 
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    | In a Halloween TV special, some kids got candy, but this kid?  "I got a rock" | 
    Charlie Brown
 
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    | In 1789 the French third estate vowed to hold out for a Constitution at a meeting held on one of these fields of play | 
    a tennis court
 
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    Revelation 12: This archangel & his angels vs. a big red dragon | 
    (Scott: Who is Gabriel?)
  Michael
 
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    | Around 1900 this young Italian painter was influenced by a group called the Macchiaioli, or "stainers" | 
    (Scott: Alex is too good.  I got to do a True Daily Double.) ... (Scott: [Sighs] Who is Boccioni?)
  Modigliani
 
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    | This 3-letter word is a long, narrow inlet or arm of a river | 
    ria
 
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    | While he was governor from 2004 to 2012, Mississippi got out of last place in per-capita income for the first time in 25 years | 
    Haley Barbour
 
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    | The natural combination of dancing & the Philadelphia Eagles loomed large in this 2012 film | 
    Silver Linings Playbook
 
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