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    | In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud & tax evasion | 
    Russia
 
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    | Though not native born, this composer became part of the British Invasion | 
    (Alex: Listen to a piece of his music.)
  Handel
 
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    | Beavers have been known to build these homes as large as 12 feet high & 20 feet in diameter | 
    (Amy: What is a dam?) ... (Alex: The dams they build are even larger than that, we're talking about their homes, their dens, their [*].)
  lodges
 
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    | A narrow peninsula called the Palisados protects this Jamaican port from the Caribbean Sea | 
    [ERRATUM: Palisados is spelled Palisadoes.]
  Kingston
 
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    | Take your gooseberry jam to the Iowa State Fair & win this top prize, like Dawn Shaw did in 2005 | 
    blue ribbon
 
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    | Hard to believe! Mrs. Ashley Wilkes' seriously unlawful activities | 
    Melanie's felonies
 
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    | The fat lady sang for this man's rockin' operas after the tune heard here | 
    Rossini
 
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    | Though it's the apex of a branch of the U.S. govt., it didn't get a building of its own until 1935 | 
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    | From 1936 to 1961 this capital was called Ciudad Trujillo after dictator Rafael Trujillo | 
    (Rosemary: What is Havana, Cuba?) (Cathy: What is Panama City?)
  Santo Domingo
 
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    | Make a 100'-long papier-mache model of this largest cetacean | 
    blue whale
 
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    | A nimble robbery | 
    deft theft
 
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    | In 2005 there were fireworks on the 4th of July--83 million miles away, as the Deep Impact probe hit one of these | 
    (Cathy: What is an asteroid?)
  a comet
 
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    | It's no bull--it's the Bizet work adapted here | 
    Carmen
 
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    | In 1932 Churchill said, "That's the highest I've ever been up" when he viewed NYC from the top of this building | 
    (Alex: ...with less than a minute, now.)
  Empire State Building
 
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    | This Bahamian capital took its name from the family name of King William III of England | 
    Nassau
 
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    | Perk yourself up by walking across the mile-high swinging bridge on Grandfather Mountain in this range | 
    Blue Ridge
 
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    | Anglican cleric's incendiary crimes | 
    Parson's arsons
 
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    | This currency introduced Jan. 1, 2002 promptly jumped 1.5% against the dollar & 2% against the pound | 
    euro
 
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    | This Russian composer gave his fans the bird with the music heard here | 
    Tchaikovsky
 
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    | This important part of a building can be gambrel or mansard | 
    roof
 
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    | A 1634 Spanish decree declared it the "key to the New World and the bulwark of the West Indies" | 
    (Rosemary: What is San Juan, Puerto Rico?)
  Havana
 
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    | Go wild & gorge on these "wild" items at their annual festival in Machias, Maine | 
    blueberries
 
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    | Weak, fragile payment insuring that a released defendant will return to court | 
    frail bail
 
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    | A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution | 
    Massachusetts
 
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    | His concerts became year-long events | 
    (Amy: Who is Mozart?) ... (Alex: That was from The Four Seasons by [*].)
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    | While in Oranjestad, capital of this Dutch island, you can book a tour aboard the Atlantis submarine | 
    (Rosemary: What is Curacao?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
  Aruba
 
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    | Ride a rowboat into this "Capri"cious cavern, once feared to be full of witches & monsters | 
    Blue Grotto
 
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    | A hip young delinquent | 
    groovy juvie
 
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