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    | The north of what's now this country was once the kingdom of Fez | Morocco 
 
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    | In 1990, this trio had back-to-back No. 1s with their first two singles, "Hold On" & "Release Me" | Wilson Phillips 
 
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    | You can sit on one in a park, change the middle letter & boom, you're at a new location laying out & catching rays | bench & beach 
 
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    | In 1960 Israeli agents captured this Holocaust architect in Argentina & took him to Jerusalem for trial | Eichmann 
 
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    | This 3,000-meter track event at the 2024 Olympics included 28 barriers (sort of like hurdles) & 7 water jumps | the steeplechase 
 
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    | In "Miss Marley" Clara & Jacob Marley are orphans whose fates turn once the latter partners with this man | (Ken: Yeah, you don't wanna partner with [*].) 
 Ebenezer Scrooge
 
 
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    | From 1569 to 1795 Lithuania was part of a commonwealth with this big neighbor to the southwest | Poland 
 
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    | Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by him | Prince 
 
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    | A rodent eats up the only vowel & becomes a word of decomposition | rat & rot 
 
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    | After accidentally absorbing some of this, creator Albert Hofmann "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures" | LSD 
 
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    | Track & field at the University of Oregon began back in 1895, helping this city earn the nickname of "Tracktown U.S.A." | Eugene 
 
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    | In "Jack Dawkins" the character known by this nickname returns to London after being sent to Australia on a prison ship | the Artful Dodger 
 
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    | In 1966 this new South American country dropped "British" from its name & swapped its "I" for a "Y" | Guyana 
 
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    | This Savage Garden hit is sometimes called "TMD" for short | (Ken: I don't know if I've ever said that for [*].) 
 "Truly Madly Deeply"
 
 
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    | Heroic bravery in battle becomes a visible exhalation of steam | (Ken: Without any hesitation, that is correct, yes.) 
 valor & vapor
 
 
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    | Born in Athens, she took a degree at Cambridge before coming to America, getting into politics & founding a famous "Post" | Huffington 
 
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    | Gunder "The Wonder" Hägg held the record in running the fastest mile until 1954, when this man ran a sub-4-minute mile | Bannister 
 
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    | "The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep" finds the title villain "summoned" from the pages of this Dickens tale by young Charley | David Copperfield 
 
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    | Until 1949 islands including Sumatra & Java made up a territory known by this 3-word name | (Drew: What is... Dutch East India?) (Ken: Ooh, no; you're so close--[*].)
 (Drew: Ah.)
 (Ken: Now Indonesia.)
 (Drew: Yep.)
 
 Dutch East Indies
 
 
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    | "The things you say, your purple prose just give you away, the things you say, you're" this title from EMF | (Will: Oh!) [Laughter]
 
 "Unbelievable"
 
 
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    | The underlying subject of a literary work isn't love or guilt but a seasoning great for pasta & roasts | theme & thyme 
 
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    | "My Fair Lady" was one of the hit collaborations between composer Frederick Loewe & this lyricist | Lerner 
 
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    | Not one but 2 reality series have focused on Jakob Ingebrigtsen & his brothers, elite runners from this Nordic country | Norway 
 
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    | In "The Great Fire of London", a film of this book is planned, & Audrey has spectral contact with the title imprisoned lass | Little Dorrit 
 
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    | The "Reconquista" ended with the 1492 Spanish capture of this last Moorish kingdom in Iberia | (Drew: What is... Al-Andalus?) 
 Granada
 
 
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    | Sharing its title with an earlier, more upbeat Huey Lewis hit, it was No. 1 for Céline Dion in 1994 | [Laughter] (Drew: Uh-oh.)
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 (Ken: Oh, she's gonna be mad, Drew.)
 [Laughter as Drew walks off the stage]
 (Mehal: [Hugging Drew] It's all right, man.)
 (Ken: Like Huey Lewis, Céline Dion sang a song called [*].)
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 (Drew: I was born in 1994.)
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 "The Power Of Love"
 
 
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    | A description of one bearing a message (or worse, a disease) gets fancy as a French luxury brand name | carrier & Cartier 
 
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    | In a 1906 lecture, this German described "an unusual disease of the cerebral cortex" afflicting a patient in her 50s | (Will: Who is Freud?) ...
 (Ken: We still know his name today 'cause it's [*].)
 
 Dr. Alzheimer
 
 
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    | You will "Race Across the Sky" in the LT100, a 100-mile trail run into the Rockies, starting & ending in this Colorado city | (Will: What is Denver?) 
 Leadville
 
 
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    | Inspired by this Dickens masterwork, "Tom-All-Alone's" catches up with Inspector Bucket & wily solicitor Tulkinghorn | (Ken: Solicitor because it's his legal novel, [*].) 
 Bleak House
 
 
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