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    | Farmers study kernels for the "black layer", a sign that this crop is ready to harvest for seed | corn 
 
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    | "The Gem of the Pacific" & "The Paradise of the Pacific" | (Alex: With less than a minute to go.) 
 Hawaii
 
 
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    | Of the 14,000 WWII soldiers who served in the 442nd battalion, 9,486 were awarded this medal | the Purple Heart 
 
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    | 2002: Joey & his pals take the prize
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    | An adam is one of these; in Genesis, he's the first one | man 
 
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    | Indian stock helped create the American Brahman breed of this | cattle 
 
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    | "The Steel State"& "The Quaker State" | Pennsylvania 
 
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    | Ash, cadet & Davy's are 3 shades of this color | gray 
 
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    | 2001: Carrie on, New York
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    | I think I'll buy that rug in the bazaar; the fiyat, this, is right | price 
 
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    | The federally subsidized crop type of this for farmers provides 50% catastrophic coverage | insurance 
 
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    | It's "The Cotton State" as well as "The Pioneer Space Capital of the World" | Alabama 
 
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    | "Kara's Flowers" didn't work, so the band with Adam Levine decided on this name instead | Maroon 5 
 
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    | 1967: Hey, hey, it's this show about 4 musicians
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    | You want me to walk up to the galleries in the Hagia Sophia? You mean there's no asansor, this? | an elevator 
 
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    | For chicken farmers, this "sullen" measure refers to a clutch of eggs hatched at one time | a brood 
 
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    | "The Land of Gold"& "The Eureka State" | (Liz: What is Alaska?) 
 California
 
 
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    | This deep-water fish named for its color & coarse texture can live to be 140 | (Liz: What is a rainbow trout?) 
 orange roughy
 
 
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    | 1993: Something for the show about nothing
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    | Ugh, I shouldn't have eaten that moldy baklava--get me to the hastane, this place...stat! | the hospital 
 
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    | Most modern tractors run on gasoline, kerosene or LPG, short for "liquefied" this gas | petroleum 
 
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    | "The Toothpick State" & "The Hot Water State" | Arkansas 
 
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    | The 2 colors that come before "algae" in another name for cyanobacteria | blue and green 
 
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    | 2010: 3 households, one Emmy
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    | If you're wading into the Canakkale Bogazi, at least wear your mayo, this | (Alex: Sounds like the French word, maillot.) 
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