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    | In June 1995 the 2 nations made a trade deal on imports of these major consumer items | 
    cars
 
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    | Chris Kirkpatrick was the "S" in this boy band; Justin was one of the "N"s | 
    'N Sync
 
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    | Speakers of this language, not Spanish, answer the phone with "pronto" | 
    (Ryan: What is Portuguese?)
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    | A species of fire ant that reached the U.S. at this Alabama port city around 1918 has been a pest to the Southern U.S. | 
    Mobile
 
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    | Rootin' tootin' Old West nemesis of Bugs Bunny who was nominated to the Supreme Court by George W. Bush | 
    Yosemite Sam Alito
 
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    | A wide, tree-lined street | 
    a boulevard
 
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    | OPEC is an oil cartel; APEC, which includes Japan & the U.S., is Asia-Pacific this type of Cooperation | 
    Economic
 
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    | Chris Stein, guitarist for this group, also co-wrote many of their hits, like "Rapture" & "Heart Of Glass" | 
    Blondie
 
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    | There are 2 kinds of this creature, soft & hard; hard ones can suck blood for weeks & cause paralysis in man & animals | 
    (Mark: What are leeches?)
  ticks
 
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    | Have it your way with this former Chief Justice who's the Home of the Whopper | 
    Warren Burger King
 
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    | The headquarters for London's metropolitan police | 
    Scotland Yard
 
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    | The U.S. military has 37 sole-use facilities on this island in the Ryukyus | 
    Okinawa
 
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    | In 1999 this country star introduced a new persona, that of fictitious rocker Chris Gaines | 
    Garth Brooks
 
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    | Machu, as in Machu Picchu, means "old" in this language | 
    Quechuan
 
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    | These members of the family Lampyridae produce a chemical called luciferin | 
    lightning bugs (or fireflies)
 
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    | Jason Lee sitcom that served as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969 | 
    My Name Is Earl Warren
 
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    | Tired-looking & thin in the face | 
    haggard
 
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    | In the phrase San Furanshisuko Heiwa Joyaku, a 1951 treaty, heiwa means this happy condition | 
    peace
 
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    | This longtime frontman for The Black Crowes is also Kate Hudson's sideman as her husband | 
    Chris Robinson
 
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    | Spoken by most people in Hong Kong, it has 9 tones compared to Mandarin's 4 | 
    Cantonese
 
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    | This "colorful" bristle-tailed insect, Lepisma saccharina, feeds on starchy items such as books & wallpaper | 
    (Ryan: What is bookworm?) ... (Alex: Oh, you hate to see them.  What are [*]?)
  silverfish
 
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    | FDR appointee who married Mary Pickford | 
    (Alex: Ryan?) (Ryan: Frances Perkins--)
  William O. Douglas Fairbanks
 
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    | Carry on with this carrion carnivore seen here | 
    a buzzard
 
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    | 1992 was a year of some tension in the relationship, symbolized by the publication of this man's novel "Rising Sun" | 
    (Priya: Who is Michael King?) (Alex: No.) (Priya: Er, Crichton!) (Alex: Ryan.) (Ryan: Who is [*]?) (Alex: Yes, Priya helped you out there, but you probably knew it all by yourself.)
  Michael Crichton
 
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    | Chris Martin, husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, fronts this British band | 
    Coldplay
 
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    | In this language heard in & around Barcelona, the Spanish "bueno" becomes simply "bo" | 
    Catalan
 
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    | Beetles with this nickname can squirt a hot liquid made of hydrogen peroxide & hydroquinone | 
    bombardier beetles
 
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    | Peter Rabbit creator who said of obscene material, "I know it when I see it" | 
    Beatrix Potter Stewart
 
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    | Famous lover who died in 1142 | 
    Abelard
 
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