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    | Iceland's vast Vatna Glacier is dotted with these; their heat can periodically cause melting & flooding | 
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    | In 1984 Nena floated to No. 2 on the charts, singing, "Scramble in the summer sky, 99" of these "go by" | 
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    | "Ah, distinctly I remember it", this conflict of legend ignited by Paris & Helen, & in the room that I now dwell in, "Quoth the raven..." | 
    the Trojan War
 
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    | "The Volunteer State" | 
    Tennessee
 
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    | 1721 saw Robert Walpole become the first person to hold what would be called this high political office | 
    prime minister
 
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    | Kahlil Gibran wrote this cheery sort of person "sees the rose and not its thorns" | 
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    | Tasman Lake in this country is one of the few lakes in the world where you can see icebergs | 
    (Steve: What is Australia?)
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    | Toddlers worldwide know this group sang, "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" on their TV show | 
    The Wiggles
 
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    | "As of someone gently rapping, rapping at" this alliterative item seen here; what for?  "Only this and nothing more" | 
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    "Great Faces,  Great Places" | 
    (Robert: What is New Hampshire?) ... (Mayim: It's a reference to Mount Rushmore.)
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    | After 9 years' work, in 1755 Samuel Johnson published this pioneering reference work | 
    (Robert: What is the Oxford English Dictionary?)
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    | A "standing" one of these after your powerful monologue is sure to bring you a smile | 
    an ovation
 
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    | 99% of the world's glacial ice is located on Antarctica & this big island well to the north | 
    Greenland
 
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    | For Peter Gabriel, this unusual title precipitation "is coming down... pouring down all over me" | 
    "Red Rain"
 
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    | "Presently my soul grew stronger", & I'd wait no longer! This "small" French cake I'd make, I swore!  "Quoth the raven..." | 
    [Mayim corrects Robert's pronunciation from "puh-TEET four" to "petty four".]
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    Not a state,  "Isla Del Encanto" | 
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    | Jacobite supporter Lord Lovat was the last person publicly executed this way in Great Britain--he was spared hanging, drawing & quartering | 
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    | Cheers to the NCAA Final Four, where the MVP is called the "M.O.P.", with the "O" short for this | 
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    | This glacier in Alaska is named for naturalist John, who visited it in 1879; it has since receded & thinned | 
    (Robert: Who is John [*]?)
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    | In 1988 UB40 drank up attention singing this title, "Stay close to me, don't let me be alone" | 
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    | "All my soul within me burning", we see here this singer of 1999s "Candy" returning with such name as? | 
    Mandy Moore
 
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    | "Heart of Dixie" | 
    (Steve: What is Mississippi?)
  Alabama
 
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    | In March 1743 this sacred oratorio received its London premiere conducted by Handel himself | 
    the Messiah
 
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    | Shakespeare wrote, "Why, then the world's" my this "which I with sword will open"; hopeful indeed! | 
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    | When glaciers retreated in Norway, seawater filled the floor of the resulting trough, creating these, like the Sogne | 
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    | This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top" | 
    Tim McGraw
 
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    | "Other friends have flown before", to this northeastern Canadian region, bounded by its self-named sea & more, "Quoth the raven..." | 
    Labrador
 
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    The Midwest's  "Birthplace of Aviation" | 
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    | Not as famous as James Watt, around 1712 Thomas Newcomen invented an initial version of this machine | 
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    | Greeks of good cheer will exclaim this 3-letter word, perhaps after breaking a plate | 
    opa
 
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