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    | On Dec. 16, 1773 during a wild night of partying, 342 chests of this were dumped into Boston Harbor | 
    tea
 
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    | A capital Cuban cigar | 
    a Havana
 
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    | Random House defines it as "an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather" | 
    a football
 
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    | In 2001 Ernst Mayr published an explanation of Darwinian theory called "What" this process "is" | 
    Evolution
 
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    | T-Pain & Kanye West brought this pitch correction technology to mainstream hip-hop | 
    Auto-Tune
 
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    | This group founded by Ingrid Newkirk & Alex Pacheco helped get the auto industry to stop using animals in crash tests | 
    PETA
 
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    | The first book printed in what's now the United States was a 1640 translation from the Hebrew of the book of these songs | 
    Psalms
 
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    | A version of hold 'em poker where the player is dealt 4 cards | 
    (Leslie: What is Texas?)
  Omaha
 
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    | Since its creation in 1880, the Resolute Desk has spent a lot of time in this work room | 
    the Oval Office
 
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    | "The 8th day of" this biblical event covers the development of molecular biology | 
    creation
 
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    | This 2015 hip-hop biopic was for a time the highest-grossing film with an African-American director, F. Gary Gray | 
    Straight Outta Compton
 
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    | The name of this food bank sounds like a miraculous food from Exodus 16, but it's actually an acronym | 
    MANNA
 
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    | 2 English astronomers completed this line in 1767 | 
    (T.J.!: What is the Line of Settlement?)
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    | Jovan Musk is a popular brand--you smell good, man | 
    Cologne
 
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    | In 1939 T.A. Peterman founded this company known for premium heavy-duty trucks & its red oval logo | 
    Peterbilt
 
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    | "When Life Nearly Died" travels back 251 million years to "The Greatest Mass" this "of All Time", which wiped out 90% of life on earth | 
    Extinction
 
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    | She staked her claim as the queen of hip-hop on the 2010 track "Monster" | 
    Nicki Minaj
 
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    | In 1970 a group of law students & attorneys founded this environmental group, the NRDC | 
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    | Leonard Calvert & friends landed in what's now this state in 1634 & held the first mass in the colonies | 
    Maryland
 
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    | Any gathering place that attracts devotees of a specific topic | 
    (Leslie: What is... sorry.)
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    | The oval window forms part of the boundary between the middle & the inner parts of this organ | 
    (T.J.!: What is the stomach?)
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    | "The Fabric of Reality" explores the idea that there is a multiplicity of "parallel" these (the one we know is the "tangible" one) | 
    universes
 
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    | With artists like Jay-Z & LL Cool J, "the Motown of hip-hop" is this record label co-founded by Rick Rubin | 
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    | "Service above self" is a motto of this service group so named for how its meetings originally moved around to different offices | 
    (Alex: Leslie?) (Leslie: [No response])
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    | Congress adopted these November 15, 1777, though they weren't ratified for another 4 years | 
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    | The protective care of God | 
    Providence
 
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    | The main venues for the 2010 Olympics in this Canadian city, including the Richmond speed skating oval, remain in use | 
    Vancouver
 
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    | Who better to write "Thermodynamics" than this Italian-American physicist who helped create the first nuclear chain reaction | 
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    | This Naughty by Nature classic with "Hip Hop" in its title got new fans when Rita Wilson rapped along in a 2020 clip | 
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