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| A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THEM |
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| The largest travel organization, it offers trip planning & roadside assistance to over 44 million members |
AAA
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| Georgetown & Alexandria |
the Potomac
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| Introduced in 1939, the Mother's Day pansy became this company's bestselling card |
Hallmark
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| Virginia's capital moved to this colonial city, where it would remain until 1780 |
Williamsburg
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| On Feb. 15, 2000 McCain & Bush debated taxes on this emerging type of "commerce" |
e-commerce
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| It was founded in 1878 by 100 lawyers from 21 states |
the American Bar Association
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| 1987 film in which Sean Connery says, "He pulls a knife, you pull a gun... that's the Chicago way & that's how you get Capone" |
[NOTE: Alex reads the clue in some kind of Jimmy Cagney gangster accent. Your mother knows how to do Sean Connery, Trebek.]
The Untouchables
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| Montreal & Quebec |
the St. Lawrence
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| This "against" one's name is an indication of failure |
a black mark
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| The Sieur D'Iberville discovered & named this 625-square-mile Louisiana lake |
Lake Pontchartrain
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| This type of tax is the main source of income for most U.S. local governments |
(Lisa: What is sales tax?)
property tax
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| This int'l relief organization has a museum right across from the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva |
Red Cross
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| Holly Hunter & Nicolas Cage can't have a child of their own, so they kidnap a baby in this wacky Coen Brothers comedy |
Raising Arizona
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| Vientiane & Phnom Penh |
the Mekong River
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Literary character heard here
"Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch / Of the ranged empire fall. Here is my space." |
Mark Antony
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| A hunting accident ended the reign of Christian V of this northern European country |
Denmark
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| I dub thee this, an additional tax on top of one already being collected |
(Roger: What's a knight tax?) ... (Alex: You're close. It's a [*]. I dub thee "sir".)
surtax
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| Established in 1961, the John Muir Award is the highest honor given by the organization |
(Lisa: What is Greenpeace?)
the Sierra Club
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| Jack Nicholson plays "your average horny little devil" in this be-"witch"ing film |
The Witches of Eastwick
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| Knoxville & Chattanooga |
the Tennessee River
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| In Genesis it's sign of divine protection, but it has come to imply punishment |
the mark of Cain
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| Guillaume Amontons' laws of this physical force applied only to stationary, not moving, objects in contact |
(Roger: What is inertia?)
friction
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| It's a synonym for "tariff" as well as for obligation |
(Alex: And that would be a [*]. An obligation is a [*].)
duty
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| A society is named for this Army captain who was killed by Chinese Communists in 1945 |
John Birch Society
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| Hyderabad & Sukkur |
(Alex: With a minute to go now, Lisa.)
the Indus River
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| To move your feet in a march step without moving, or to suspend progress generally |
mark time
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| In 1699 Peter the Great put Russia on this calendar that's named for another ruler |
(Lisa: What is Caesarian calendar? Or just Caesar?) (Roger: What is the Gregorian calendar?) [NOTE: As revealed in show #9406, aired 2025-10-06, during one of the breaks, Alex asked Lisa, "So, are there nine months in that Caesarian calendar of yours?"]
the Julian calendar
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| Cigarette taxes are this type, from the Latin for "return", because lower-income people pay a higher percentage |
(Lisa: What is ad valorem?)
regressive taxes
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