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    | This state's first paper was the Du Buque Visitor, which began publishing in 1836 | (Caroline: What is Illinois?) (Heidi: What is Michigan?)
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 (Alex: Du Buque, [*].  [*].)
 
 Iowa
 
 
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    | Ed Speleers plays the title farm boy-turned-dragon rider in this 2006 fantasy film | Eragon 
 
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    | Of 10%, 50% or 80%, the portion of an iceberg that floats above the water | 10% 
 
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    | Laertes is Ophelia's brother in this end-all, be-all of Shakespeare's plays | Hamlet 
 
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    | The first jazz record was made by a lame-o white band from this city where black musicians had created jazz | New Orleans 
 
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    | The landmark bell in a London clock tower that marries Jennifer Garner & hangs with Matt Damon | (Alex: They call him that in real life, too.) 
 Big Ben Affleck
 
 
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    | It's the southernmost state with "South" in its name | South Carolina 
 
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    | He played Jack Frost, who's trying to take over Christmas in "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" | Martin Short 
 
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    | Ruffles chips have these & so do ocean floors, but they're underwater mountain ranges | ridges 
 
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    | Desdemona is the wife of the title character of this tragedy | Othello 
 
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    | This great Alabama educator also founded the National Negro Business League in 1900 | (Booker T.) Washington 
 
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    | Informal nickname for Santa that becomes the ex-Mr. Jessica Simpson | St. Nick Lachey 
 
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    | As you might expect, it's the state that's home to Rocky Mountain National Park | Colorado 
 
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    | 5 kids traveling by themselves are stranded at a Chicago airport at Christmas in this 2006 film | Unaccompanied Minors 
 
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    | The eruption of this Indonesian volcano in 1883 was heard more than 2,000 miles away | Krakatoa 
 
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    | Shylock gives the "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" speech in this play | The Merchant of Venice 
 
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    | A "Wheel of Fortune" star turns into a banner of surrender | Vanna White flag 
 
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    | 13-year-old Benny Benson's winning design for this state's flag included the Big Dipper | Alaska 
 
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    | Working the graveyard shift, security guard Ben Stiller sees natural history exhibits come to life in this film | Night at the Museum 
 
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    | Because it passes through a London borough, the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude has this other name | (David: What is [*] Mean?) [David nods at apparently having been ruled correct, though we do not hear Alex say so.]
 (Alex: David, you're on the right track.  You said "[*]". If you had left it at that you'd have been fine, but you added "mean", which is usually a reference to time at the Prime Meridian, so we're gonna have to rule against you on that one.)
 [At the taping, Alex initially ruled David correct, but taping was stopped, the ruling was reversed, and Alex's acceptance of David's response was edited out.]
 
 Greenwich (Meridian)
 
 
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    | Proteus & Valentine are "The Two Gentlemen of" this place, also the setting of "Romeo and Juliet" | Verona 
 
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    | As slavery wasn't yet legal in Virginia, the 20 black arrivals at Jamestown in 1619 were considered these | indentured servants 
 
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    | CBS forensics drama with Gil Grissom that has some 'splainin' to do when it turns into a Desi Arnaz sitcom | CSI Love Lucy 
 
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    | This state's Padre Island has been called the world's longest barrier island | (David: What is Florida?) 
 Texas
 
 
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    | Will Smith is struggling single father Chris Gardner in this film based on a true story | The Pursuit of Happyness 
 
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    | From the Greek for "middle life", it's the era on Earth that ended with the demise of the dinosaurs | the Mesozoic 
 
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    | Malcolm gets the last word (literally) in this play | (Alex: And that is the Scottish play, [*].) 
 Macbeth
 
 
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    | The star of "Nacho Libre" becomes a form of extortion | Jack Blackmail 
 
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