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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 | Supreme Court 
 
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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 [*].)
 
 Antonio Vivaldi
 
 
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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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