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  | THE RHYME OF SIR NEVILLE MARRINER |  |
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  | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY |  |
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    | Sir Neville Marriner, famous conductor/ played this classical fiddle & was an instructor
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    | A hangman's loop lops off an "O" & turns into a body part | a noose and a nose 
 
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    | 2004: Him as Frasier Crane
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 Kelsey Grammer
 
 
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    | In phonetics, these can be pulmonic, like T or F, or non-pulmonic, like clicks | a consonant 
 
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    | William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural speech in history; this man in 1793 at his second gave the shortest | Washington 
 
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    | The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" | (Johnny: What is Mediterranean? ...What is the Med--M-E-D-E... M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N? No.) 
 M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N
 
 
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    | Neville went for Baroque with this man's "Four Seasons"/ The critics all loved it & they had their reasons
 | Vivaldi 
 
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    | Pull, pull, pull an "O" from a word meaning to encourage your team with cheers & you're left with one meaning decay | root and rot 
 
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    | This is the most famous language of the Italic language family | Latin 
 
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    | This keystone state's name is spelled incorrectly in the U.S. Constitution | (Johnny: [*]. What is [*]?) 
 Pennsylvania
 
 
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    | This 19,340-foot African peak is said to be the highest "walkable" mountain in the world | (Alex: Less than a minute now.) 
 K-I-L-I-M-A-N-J-A-R-O
 
 
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    | Sir Nev had 3 Grammy awards in his tally/ With one for this film about Wolfie & Sali
 | Amadeus 
 
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    | When "O" skips out of a track for a record needle, a small orchard of citrus trees grows in its place | (Tristan: What is an orange grove?) 
 groove and grove
 
 
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    | Alexandra D'Arcy wrote a book on this word, as in "I'm, ____ totally mad because Kim was all, ____, why can't I date Kevin?" | like 
 
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    | In 1999 the Senate voted 50-50 on the charge that Bill Clinton obstructed justice, this many votes shy of conviction | (Tristan: What is 10?) (Alex: No, you need two-thirds of the Senate to convict.)
 
 17
 
 
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    | It's Paraguay's largest city | (Tristan: What is Asuncion?) (Alex: You have to spell it.)
 
 A-S-U-N-C-I-O-N
 
 
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    | Critics agree the results were quite Bela/ When Nev did the works of this composing fella
 | Bela Bartok 
 
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    | To sag from lack of support loses the support of its second "O" & ends up meaning "to fall" | droop and drop 
 
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    | Now known more for political work, this linguist came up with the concept of universal grammar | (Johnny: Who is Will?) 
 Noam Chomsky
 
 
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    | This man's political rise began when he was just 30 & the people of Nebraska elected him to Congress | William Jennings Bryan 
 
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    | The Dole Pineapple Company once owned 98% of this 5-letter Hawaiian island | (Tristan: Oh. What is O-A-H-U?) 
 L-A-N-A-I
 
 
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    | Fans of Sir Neville habitually hearten/ to hear him with this band that mentions St. Martin
 | (Vicki: What is St. Martin in the Field?) [Originally ruled correct; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 22]
 
 the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
 
 
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    | Drop an "O" from the word represented on the left to get the person on the right | (Alex: Tristan?) (Tristan: Ohhhh... what is...)
 
 googol & Gogol
 
 
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    | Among the Uralic languages are Finnish, Estonian & this main language of the Carpathian basin | Hungarian 
 
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    | Military engagements authorized by Congress include the 1801 First & 1815 Second of these African wars | (Vicki: What are the Boer Wars?) (Alex: Say it again?)
 (Vicki: The Boer Wars?)
 
 the Barbary Wars
 
 
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    | The dodo once made its home on this island about 500 miles east of Madagascar | M-A-U-R-I-T-I-U-S 
 
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