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    | Including lots of prairie, they cover about 18% of Canada's territory & 15% of U.S. territory | the Great Plains 
 
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    | Dominance by "LOTR" caused this host to quip, "People are moving to New Zealand just to be thanked" | Billy Crystal 
 
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    | Of the 3 Gorgons, she was the only mortal | Medusa 
 
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    | Standing side by side & facing the front | (Ken: What is... I don't know.) 
 abreast
 
 
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    | Spokane is 18 miles west of Washington's border with this state | Idaho 
 
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    | As its name implies, Nullarbor Plain in Australia is a 400-mile-long plateau where none of these grow | trees 
 
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    | He took home the little bald guy for the first time in 4 tries, winning Best Actor for "Mystic River" | Sean Penn 
 
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    | Just like their sisters the Pleiades, the Hyades were changed into a cluster of these | stars 
 
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    | Half of a legendary comedy duo, he was born in New Jersey in 1895 | Bud Abbott 
 
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    | He's the longtime Spokane resident & one-time law student seen here | (Ken: Boo boo boo.  Who is [*]?) (Alex: Boo boo boo to you.)
 
 Bing Crosby
 
 
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    | Current Senate Majority Leader | (Ken: Huh, who is... uh... Dennis Hastert?) (Steve: Who is Tom Daschle?)
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 (Alex: [*]--current Senate Majority Leader, you're right.)
 
 Bill Frist
 
 
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    | This plain of Tanzania is the place in Africa where vast land migrations of animals still take place | the Serengeti 
 
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    | She had a "Monster" night, taking home Best Actress Honors | Charlize Theron 
 
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    | This 6-headed sea monster who ate sailors lived in a cave opposite the whirlpool Charybdis | Scylla 
 
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    | Spokane takes its name from the Spokane Indians, whose name means "children of" this heavenly body | the Sun 
 
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    | The Oracle of Omaha | (Ken: Who is... uh-oh, I lost it.) (Alex: Too much time.)
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 Warren Buffett
 
 
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    | Israel's Plain of Jezreel is said to be the site of this future biblical battle | Armageddon 
 
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    | Part of this Best Animated Feature took place in an Australian dentist's office | Finding Nemo 
 
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    | Psychologist Carl Jung named a complex after this Greek woman famous for her attachment to Agamemnon | (Alex: And you have managed to find it again, but today you find it with very little money to your credit--$1,200 only.) (Ken: I'll bet all of it, Alex; True Daily Double.)
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 (Alex: [*], yes, indeed. Daddy, daddy dearest.)
 
 Electra
 
 
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    | Sin is in, sweetie, on this hilarious Brit-com starring Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley | Ab Fab (Absolutely Fabulous) 
 
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    | The Franklin D. Roosevelt Reservoir was created by this "Grand" dam just northwest of Spokane | the Grand Coulee 
 
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    | It's thought that construction of Stonehenge was begun on this southwestern British plain as early as 2900 B.C. | Salisbury 
 
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    | This Defense Secy.'s career was the subject of "The Fog of War", winner for Documentary Feature | Robert McNamara 
 
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    | After a weaving contest, Athena turned this maiden into a spider so that she'd spend the rest of her life spinning | (Deirdre: Who is Ariadne?) 
 Arachne
 
 
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    | Self-denial | (Ken: What is [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]
 
 abstinence (or abstention)
 
 
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    | Due to the efforts of Spokane resident Sonora Dodd, this holiday was first celebrated there, on June 19, 1910 | (Ken: What is... Flag Day?) (Steve: What is Arbor Day?)
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 Father's Day
 
 
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