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    | The Alaskan island of Gravina, pop. 50, was to be one end of what was called this "to nowhere", price tag $320 million | 
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    Grover
 
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    | In a nursery rhyme "Peter Piper picked a peck" (about 8 quarts) of these "pickled" items | 
    peppers
 
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    | Crayolas & Band-Aids come in this kind of pack that gives you lots of choice | 
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    | This state has parishes like Jefferson Davis, Jackson & Union... wait, Union? | 
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    | "Well, since my baby left me, well I found a new place to dwell, well it's down at the end of lonely street" | 
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    | "Baby you're a rich man", but divorcing Heather Mills reportedly cost this musician $50 million | 
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    | This member of the parsley family with a 4-letter name is a main flavoring agent in pickles | 
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    | A person who preys ruthlessly upon others, or Anne Rice's Lestat | 
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    | It's the only state that ends with a "G" | 
    Wyoming
 
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    | In Feb. 2010 this huge insurance co. we all bailed out said it would pay as much as $100 million in employee bonuses | 
    AIG
 
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    | Of comedy playwright Marvin Simon | 
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    | The national dish of South Korea, it's pickled cabbage, radishes, other vegetables & spices | 
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    vulture
 
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    | This state's official bird, the cactus wren, likes to build its nest in the saguaro cactus | 
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    | "My hands are shaky and my knees are weak, I can't seem to stand on my own two feet" | 
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    | Architect Julia Morgan's records on this California castle show it cost under $10 million, even with 41 fireplaces | 
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    | Of late NASCAR driver Ralph Earnhardt | 
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    | After it dries, this leaves a hard, glossy coating on wood | 
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    | The flag of this state features a Seminole woman scattering flowers | 
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    | "And his mama cries, 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need it's another hungry mouth to feed" | 
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    | In 1971 Clifford Irving got $750,000 for presenting the bogus autobiography of this eccentric man | 
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    | Of British PM Arthur Chamberlain | 
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    | This Pittsburgh-based food businessman was known as the "pickle king" | 
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    | It means boldly courageous or brave, as in a comic strip prince | 
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