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    | About one-millionth as bright as our sun, these small red stars are also known as flare stars | dwarfs 
 
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    | These rockers conquered the world with albums like "High Voltage", "Highway to Hell" & "Back in Black" | AC/DC 
 
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    | Elias Canetti's "Die Blendung" has been published in English under the Biblical title "The Tower of" this | Babel 
 
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    | Based on a comic book & a campy '60s TV show, this movie was an immense hit in 1989 | Batman 
 
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    | One story credits 17th century mathematician Blaise Pascal with the invention of this ball-&-wheel game | roulette 
 
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    | The mud eel is not really an eel, but a species of this tailed amphibian | a salamander 
 
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    | At No. 4, this Robert Plant band's highest-charting U.S. hit was 1969's "Whole Lotta Love" | Led Zeppelin 
 
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    | This "Don Quixote" author wrote his first novel, "La Galatea", in 1585 | Cervantes 
 
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    | Attracting widespread media coverage, this star of "The Queen of Outer Space" slapped a cop | Zsa Zsa Gabor 
 
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    | Hazard is a centuries-old game using these, which Einstein thought God doesn't play with | dice 
 
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    | Of the 6 simple machines in physics, this one uses a spiral inclined plane | a screw 
 
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    | On the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It" this virtuoso lead guitarist played a solo | Eddie Van Halen 
 
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    | "The Plum in the Golden Vase", a novel known for its eroticism, was written at the time of this Chinese dynasty | the Ming Dynasty 
 
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    | Playing for the Texas Rangers, this man became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters | Nolan Ryan 
 
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    | Slug & snail residue | slime 
 
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    | Wild Fruit Bars & Jackpot Party are popular types of these machines | slot machines 
 
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    | The name of this Alpine flower is German for "noble white" | Edelweiss 
 
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    | In the 1970s the man seen here fronted this "colorful" rock band: [Ozzy Osbourne]
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 (Alex: We were going for the name of the band.)
 
 Black Sabbath
 
 
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    | The 1803 book "Thaddeus of" this Polish city is called one of the first historical novels | Warsaw 
 
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    | Echoing sports cars of the past, Mazda introduced this 2-seat roadster | Miata 
 
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    | A Canadian coin | (Alex: Same as ours.) 
 dime
 
 
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    | Aussie mogul Kerry Packer reportedly lost $15 million in a weekend at this game that involves a banker | (Liz: What is blackjack?) 
 baccarat
 
 
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    | All 6 noble gases were discovered on Earth between 1894 & 1900; this one, symbol Rn, was the last | radon 
 
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    | Known best for "Rock You Like A Hurricane", this metal band cut an album in 2000 with the Berlin Philharmonic | The Scorpions 
 
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    | A relative of Chilean president Salvador Allende, she wrote the luminous novel "Eva Luna" | Isabel Allende 
 
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    | In 1989 this Japanese corporation bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion | (Alex: Our parent company.) 
 Sony
 
 
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    | First in degree or rank | prime 
 
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    | Caesars Palace historians tell us this game with numbers marked on a ticket helped fund the Great Wall of China | (Liz: What is mah jongg?) (Steve: What is the [**]?)
 [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Daily Double at clue 28]
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 (Alex: [Before clue 28] Steve, our judges have accepted your response of [**] as also correct.)
 
 keno (lottery accepted)
 
 
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