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    | She published her early novels like "The Bluest Eye" & "Sula" while working as an editor at Random House | 
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    | After moving to Nashville, he  joined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God" | 
    Keith Urban
 
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    | Overly proud of one's own appearance & a form of precipitation | 
    (Hannah: What is... ooh, never mind.)
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    | In a totally metal move, this age took over for bronze in southeastern Europe around 1200 B.C. | 
    iron
 
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    | On Oahu explore different Pacific island villages & exhibits at the PCC, short for this Cultural Center | 
    (Hannah: What is Pacific?)
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    | Punning on a word for a group of lions, South Africa's Lion Lager called itself the this "of beers" | 
    pride
 
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    | Born in 1896, this author was named for his distant cousin who penned the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
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    | This country superstar seen here studied advertising at Oklahoma State, but ended up changing his career path a little bit | 
    Garth Brooks
 
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    | To wait patiently & your humble home | 
    (Hannah: What is, uh.. [**]?) [Ruled incorrect; changed to correct after the break]
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    | The Age of this, when humans used their brains to figure things out, is also the title of an anti-religion Thomas Paine work | 
    Reason
 
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    | In spring head to this California theme park for its annual Boysenberry Festival | 
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    | During Prohibition, Pennsylvania's Lion Brewery made this rhyming stuff that had just 1/10 the alcohol of regular beer | 
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    | In 2016, this beloved author of the "Fudge" books & her husband George opened a nonprofit bookstore in Key West, Florida | 
    Judy Blume
 
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    | "Wide Open Spaces" by this band seen here sold more than 12 million albums in the United States | 
    The Chicks
 
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    Hereditary &  not brand name | 
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    | Britannica says during this mostly 19th century era, "Britain was a powerful nation with a rich culture"; the past tense... ouch | 
    the Victorian
 
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    | Your evening tour of our nation's capital includes his memorial seen here | 
    (Kat: What is the [*] Memorial?)
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    | The Great Lakes Brewing Company's Rye of the Tiger is an IPA, short for this | 
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    | Though he would continue to write nonfiction & essays, "Sophie's Choice" was his last novel | 
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    | In 2003 at his final live show, he said, "The spirit of June Carter overshadows me... with the love she had for me & the love I have for her" | 
    Johnny Cash
 
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    Earl, for example &  to donate 10% to the church | 
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    | No. 2 of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era, it began about 201.3 million years ago; welcome...! to this | 
    Jurassic
 
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    | Take a ride on a vintage trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in this Maine "Port" city | 
    (Kat: What is Portland?)
  Kennebunkport
 
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    | Lion Beer Australia says its beers are made from only 4 core ingredients--water, barley, malt & these | 
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    | A story of love & racial injustice, his 1974 novel "If Beale Street Could Talk" was turned into a 2018 film | 
    Baldwin
 
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    | In 2023 she released the album "Queen of Me" & showed up at the Grammys in red hair & giant polka dots | 
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    Plenty &  a McIntosh | 
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    | New York City's Frick Collection is a monument to the art collecting of this materialistic era, also a Twain title | 
    the Gilded Age
 
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    | Boston's Cradle of Liberty, this historic building is adjacent to a bustling marketplace | 
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    | Sri Lanka's Lion Lager is 4.8% alcohol; Lion this dark, strong beer type is a powerful 8.8% | 
    (Jon: What's a porter?)
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