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    | It's right up in the pole position on the periodic table, atomic number 1 | hydrogen 
 
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    | Though spelled differently than her BFF, Ms. King, this is Oprah's middle name | Gail 
 
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    | Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood serves roast lamb with this traditional jelly accompaniment | mint 
 
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    | On Sept. 28, 2010 Britney Spears was a guest star on this Fox TV show | Glee 
 
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    | In 2011, the Pope nixed a iPhone app for guiding people through this penitent act | confession 
 
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    | To distribute playing cards | Delaware & Alabama 
 
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    | Alphabetically, it's the first of the noble gases | argon 
 
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    | Oprah flew an entire audience to this city for a tour, including a run up the "rocky" steps of the Museum of Art | Philadelphia 
 
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    | "The Good Housekeeping Cookbook" says to garnish lamb with broiled halves of pears or this fuzzy fruit | peach 
 
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    | The name of a marsupial pal of Winnie-the Pooh | Roo 
 
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    | I got a fever & the only prescription is "more" this percussion instrument, also an app from Maverick Software | cowbell 
 
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    | It precedes "Ho" in a shipboard sighting | Louisiana & North Dakota 
 
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    | Don't take this the wrong way:  it's the most used & cheapest  metal | (John: What is aluminum?) (Lori: What is nickel?)
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    | Oprah was an executive producer of this 2009 film that earned Mo'nique an Oscar | Precious 
 
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    | Berkeley's Chez Panisse serves rack of lamb with this traditional Mexican sauce; the olives are an unusual touch | salsa 
 
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    | In Greenland & Canada, this temporary dwelling is also known as an aputiak | igloo 
 
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    | This "Star Wars" weapon "Unleashed" is available for free; just keep the noise down, Obi-Wan | a lightsaber 
 
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    | Jack & Jill were carrying one | Pennsylvania & Illinois 
 
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    | Decompression sickness, aka the bends, is characterized by the formation of bubbles of this gas in the blood | nitrogen 
 
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    | Calling it "her proudest day", in 2007 Oprah opened a school for impoverished girls in this country | South Africa 
 
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    | The "New York Times Cook Book" offers a "Bengal" recipe for lamb flavored with this kind of powder | curry 
 
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    | It precedes "enterprise" in a term for an economic doctrine | free 
 
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    | How about a round of this 8-letter app? You can select "burst out", "concert" or "very long" | Applause 
 
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    | To decrease, as opposed to "wax" | Washington & Nebraska 
 
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    | The last element in the table that occurs widely in nature, it was named for a planet discovered 8 years before | uranium 
 
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    | (Oprah sits in her usual chair.)  This autobiography by Maya Angelou was the first book I ever read that made me feel my life as a colored girl growing up in Mississippi deserved validation | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 
 
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    | New York's Le Cirque serves rack of lamb with eggplant & this cheese whose name means "recooked" | ricotta 
 
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    | A formal order from a king or a judge | a decree 
 
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    | Waterflea has an app called this; it's a simulated sheet of the packaging item that you can pop 'til you're pooped | Bubblewrap 
 
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    | Othello was one "of Venice" | Missouri & Oregon 
 
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