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    Abraham Lincoln
 
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    | Sony is an MNC, short for this, meaning it has sites all over the world | 
    a multinational corporation
 
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    tar pits
 
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    | Aunt May & Norman Osborn show up in this superhero's Marvel-ous high-flying game | 
    Spider-Man
 
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    | To cast a ballot & to refuse to allow something | 
    vote & veto
 
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    | Corepower, the largest U.S. chain of studios for this activity, once touted "inner peace & flat abs in an hour" | 
    (Kara: What is CrossFit?) (Ben: What is Pilates?)
  yoga
 
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    | Eastport in this state is fittingly the easternmost city in the lower 48 states | 
    Maine
 
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    | In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you can choose among many avatars like Link, Donkey Kong or this fast hedgehog | 
    Sonic
 
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    | Reasonably enough, it's a Hindi king or prince ranking above a raja | 
    (Ben: What is a raj?)
  maharaja
 
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    | A "golden" lack of noise & a permit for cruising in your convertible | 
    silence & license
 
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    | This family-friendly pizza chain with a mouse mascot has more than 600 locations | 
    Chuck E. Cheese
 
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    | Charging one nickel, the first automated these hit Oklahoma city streets in 1935 | 
    a parking meter
 
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    | Many online games say they are "F2P" , meaning this; beware, there are usually ways to spend cash down the line | 
    free to play
 
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    | In ancient times a tetrarch by definition ruled this much of a region or province | 
    a fourth
 
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    | To make a sauce more viscous & the room of the house where it might happen | 
    thicken & kitchen
 
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    | In Sweden these people get a text message when their lifesaving donation is used, as for a trauma victim | 
    blood donors
 
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    | Despite the state found in the name of this airline, its home offices are in Seattle | 
    (Ben: What is Alaskan Airlines?) (Alex: That's right.) [Applause] (Alex: You have $1,800 now.) (Alex: Ah, I'm getting an indication you added an "n." It's [*], so you're back in the red.)
  Alaska Airlines
 
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    | You can feel like an 1880s train rider aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in this state | 
    Colorado
 
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    | The 7 rotatable blocks used in this video game have names like Orange Ricky, Hero & Smashboy | 
    [ERRATUM: These names came from a hoax propagated online; the Tetris manual does not refer to them as such.]
  Tetris
 
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    | A nuncio is an ambassador or representative from this person | 
    the pope
 
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    | Place for your tootsies on a ten-speed & to beg strongly | 
    pedal & plead
 
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    | Jack London encouraged this young cartoonist who created the "Believe It or Not!" strip, later spun off into multiple TV series | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
  Ripley
 
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    | With shared spaces & private offices, this alliterative company helps business get done in more than 110 cities | 
    (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
  WeWork
 
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    | Historians say many residents of this 175-mile long chain of islands off North Carolina are descended from pirates | 
    the Outer Banks
 
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    | Of the 4 ghosts in the original English version of the Pac-Man game, the one that doesn't rhyme with the others | 
    (Ben: What is Dot?) (Kara: What is Spot?) ... (Alex: The members are Inky, Blinky, and Dinky, and the one that does not rhyme is [*].) [Alex corrected Dinky to Pinky after the break.]
  Clyde
 
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    | John Fisher's lofty British naval titles included First Sea Lord (1904) & Admiral of this (1905) | 
    (Kara: What is the Atlantic?) (Ben: What is the Royal Navy?)
  Admiral of the Fleet
 
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    swine & sinew
 
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