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    | Marx & Engels wrote that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of" these "struggles" | class struggles 
 
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    | 3 of the 6 most populous U.S. counties, including Orange, are in this state | California 
 
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    | Cloudless during the day & one piece of stock
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 (Alex: Cloudless during the day would make it sunny and one piece of stock would be a share, so it's [*].)
 [Groans from the audience]
 (Alex: Oh, we're getting a murmur of disapproval from the people in the audience.)
 [Laughter from Alex and audience]
 
 sunny & share
 
 
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    | The love theme from "Footloose" is "Almost" this | paradise 
 
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    | This slit in a sperm whale's head is sigmoid, or s-shaped | a blowhole 
 
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    | 4 years before "Field of Dreams", he gave a memorable performance as Gardner Barnes in "Fandango" | Kevin Costner 
 
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    | Sexy completion of Henry Kissinger's "Power is the great..." | aphrodisiac 
 
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    | This Illinois county of more than 5 million people is named for a pioneer lawyer, not a sea captain | Cook County 
 
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    | The head of a monastery & the last name of the guy who sang "Alison" | abbot and Costello 
 
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    | The name of this abode of Adam & Eve is Hebrew for "pleasure" or "delight" | Eden 
 
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    | The sea type of these, family Cheloniidae, pull their necks into their shells using a sigmoid curvature of the vertebrae | (David: What are tortoises? ...[*]?) (Alex: [*], yes.)
 
 turtles
 
 
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    | Owen Wilson co-wrote the quirky "Rushmore", starring this "Ghostbuster" as Mr. Blume | Bill Murray 
 
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    | "America is my country", wrote Gertrude Stein, "and" this "is my home town" | Paris 
 
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    | Don't mess with the city of Kirby or the rest of this state's Bexar county | Texas 
 
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    | Tiny computer components & a short swim | chips and dip 
 
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    | The name of this "ground", a paleface name for a Native American heaven, implies that game is plentiful | the happy hunting ground 
 
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    | Long & sinuous & up to 600 pounds, the oarfish may be the source of the legends of the "sea" type of this snaky beast | sea serpent 
 
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    | Paul Giamatti wrestles with life affer taking a teen grappler into his home in this double-talk 2011 film | Win Win 
 
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    | Completes Gloria Steinem's line "Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to..." | (David: What is be?) 
 marry
 
 
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    | This large New York county shares its name with the capital of the Bahamas | Nassau 
 
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    | A "Sesame Street" grouch & a "wonderful" cartoon cat with a bag of tricks | Oscar and Felix 
 
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    | Camp David once had this name, after the idyllic Tibetan place in a James Hilton novel | Shangri-La 
 
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    | This small, curved, equine-named creature favors estuaries & shallow coastal waters | the seahorse 
 
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    | Dennis Christopher takes on the Italian bicycle team in this 1979 sleeper that won a best screenplay Oscar | Breaking Away 
 
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    | Bismarck wanted Germany to be "an honest" this "who really intends to do business" | broker 
 
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    | Wayne County has more people than any other in this state but lost 12% of them from 2000 to 2010 | Michigan 
 
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    | A speedy messenger & singer Burl | courier and Ives 
 
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    | To Homer, these fields were a land of perfect happiness on the banks of the Oceanus river | the Elysian Fields 
 
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    | Like many animals, fish have these slithery creatures as parasites; the cod type is S-shaped as an adult | (Alex: They have parasitic [*].  Just like us.  Oo.) [Audience laughs lightly]
 
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    | "The Hammer" is a knockout film with this ex-"Loveline" & "Man Show" host | Adam Carolla 
 
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