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    | In 1978 this comedian & "the Toot Uncommons" dug up a No. 17 hit with "King Tut" | 
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    | Attended by 14,178 people, the largest one of these was held in Japan, not in Boston Harbor | 
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    | A battle was fought over Midway atoll; now it's officially this peaceful type of "refuge", like for albatross | 
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    | Cheech teamed with Chong for 3 Top 40s, but this "Nash Bridges" star duetted with Streisand to make the charts | 
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    | Pictured here, Robert Wadlow, the guy in the middle, holds this world record | 
    (Alex: 8 feet, 11 inches.)
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    A 19th century British prime minister: Dizzy | 
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    | Leo Szilard & this more-famous Euro-American physicist worked together to develop a refrigeration pump | 
    Albert Einstein
 
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    Law north of the border: RCMP | 
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police
 
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    | This U.S. territory was named for "martyred maiden" Saint Ursula by Christopher Columbus | 
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    | As of 2004, Shunpei Yamakazi of Semiconductor Energy Labs of Japan held more of these than anyone else, 3,245 | 
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    A 20th century U.S. president: Poppy | 
    George Herbert Walker Bush
 
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    | Joe Dumars could tell you that reciprocating pumps have one of these moving back & forth to regulate flow | 
    (Karen: What is a valve?)
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    A school near the Rio Grande: UTEP | 
    University of Texas - El Paso
 
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    | Saipan, Tinian & Rota are the main islands in the Northern this group, made a commonwealth in 1986 | 
    Marianas
 
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    | Aw, Pa! "Bonanza" was the B-side of his No. 1 1964 hit "Ringo" | 
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    | Ralf Laue of Germany tossed more than 400 of these in 2 minutes, & it wasn't even on a Shrove Tuesday | 
    (Kate: What are beers?) (Alex: No. That would be fun if he had tossed them back!) ... (Alex: Shrove Tuesday associated with [*].)
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    A member of the post-WWI Big Four: Le Tigre | 
    (Karen: Who is De Gaulle?) … (Alex: We’re talking about World War I, not World War II.  This was [*].)
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    | This ancient Greek's "screw" aided in pumping water from deep in the ground | 
    (Tim: Who is Artemis?)
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    It includes AT&T: DJIA | 
    Dow Jones Industrial Average
 
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    | Navassa Island was claimed with this appropriately named 1856 Act of Congress because of its bird, uh, fertilizer | 
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    | In 1958 this actor, famous as Thurston Howell III, charted with "Delicious!" | 
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    Michael Flatley
 
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    (Alex: [Waiting for the contestants to buzz in] Eminence Rouge.)
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    | Rotary pumps are also known as this type of pump, from the Latin for "to flee the middle" | 
    [Karen rings in just ahead of the times-up indicator.]
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    | It certifies albums platinum: RIAA | 
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