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    | The largest travel organization, it offers trip planning & roadside assistance to over 44 million members | 
    AAA
 
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    the Potomac
 
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    | Introduced in 1939, the Mother's Day pansy became this company's bestselling card | 
    Hallmark
 
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    | Virginia's capital moved to this colonial city, where it would remain until 1780 | 
    Williamsburg
 
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    e-commerce
 
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    | It was founded in 1878 by 100 lawyers from 21 states | 
    the American Bar Association
 
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    | 1987 film in which Sean Connery says, "He pulls a knife, you pull a gun... that's the Chicago way & that's how you get Capone" | 
    [NOTE: Alex reads the clue in some kind of Jimmy Cagney gangster accent.  Your mother knows how to do Sean Connery, Trebek.]
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    | Montreal & Quebec | 
    the St. Lawrence
 
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    | This "against" one's name is an indication of failure | 
    a black mark
 
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    | The Sieur D'Iberville discovered & named this 625-square-mile Louisiana lake | 
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    | This type of tax is the main source of income for most U.S. local governments | 
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    | This int'l relief organization has a museum right across from the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva | 
    Red Cross
 
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    | Holly Hunter & Nicolas Cage can't have a child of their own, so they kidnap a baby in this wacky Coen Brothers comedy | 
    Raising Arizona
 
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    Mark Antony
 
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    | A hunting accident ended the reign of Christian V of this northern European country | 
    Denmark
 
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    | I dub thee this, an additional tax on top of one already being collected | 
    (Roger: What's a knight tax?) ... (Alex: You're close.  It's a [*].  I dub thee "sir".)
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    | Established in 1961, the John Muir Award is the highest honor given by the organization | 
    (Lisa: What is Greenpeace?)
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    | Jack Nicholson plays "your average horny little devil" in this be-"witch"ing film | 
    The Witches of Eastwick
 
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    | Knoxville & Chattanooga | 
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    | In Genesis it's sign of divine protection, but it has come to imply punishment | 
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    | Guillaume Amontons' laws of this physical force applied only to stationary, not moving, objects in contact | 
    (Roger: What is inertia?)
  friction
 
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    | It's a synonym for "tariff" as well as for obligation | 
    (Alex: And that would be a [*]. An obligation is a [*].)
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    John Birch Society
 
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    (Alex: With a minute to go now, Lisa.)
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    | To move your feet in a march step without moving, or to suspend progress generally | 
    mark time
 
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    | In 1699 Peter the Great put Russia on this calendar that's named for another ruler | 
    (Lisa: What is Caesarian calendar? Or just Caesar?) (Roger: What is the Gregorian calendar?) [NOTE: As revealed in show #9406, aired 2025-10-06, during one of the breaks, Alex asked Lisa, "So, are there nine months in that Caesarian calendar of yours?"]
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    | Cigarette taxes are this type, from the Latin for "return", because lower-income people pay a higher percentage | 
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