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    Albany
 
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    | In 1998, Gerhard Schroder took over this office that Bismarck held for 19 years | 
    (Todd: What--what is the leader of Germany?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Todd: The prime minister?)
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    | Columbia University is the oldest institution of higher learning in this state | 
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    esteem
 
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    Jefferson City
 
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    | Rock flour, fine rock particles, shouldn't be confused on your table with halite, rock this | 
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    | Logically, the only international gathering over which Bismarck presided was the 1878 Congress of this capital | 
    (Mark: What is, um, Vienna?)
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    | This college for women became affiliated with Columbia in 1889 | 
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    | The boys in Brooklyn know this treat is made with milk, seltzer & U-bet chocolate syrup | 
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    | While Portland is Maine's main city, this is the capital | 
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    | A flat piece of Blanco River, Texas limestone was used to set a 1994 world record of 38 in this activity | 
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    | As a university student, Bismarck was a hellion, reportedly engaging in 25 of these with swords | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
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    | A tribute album to this late singer includes Elton John singing "Stand By Your Man" | 
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    | His will established Columbia's graduate school of journalism | 
    Pulitzer
 
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    | DWEMs, whose domination of curricula was challenged in the '90s, stands for "dead white" these "males" | 
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    | Bismarck showed off the Prussian military when he provoked this northern country into war over Schleswig-Holstein | 
    (Mark: What is Sweden?)
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    | In one of their biggest hits, the Oak Ridge Boys sang that their "heart's on fire" for this girl | 
    Elvira
 
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    | Columbia was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of this English king | 
    (Todd: Who is George III?)
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    | Boys & girls were excited by a 2000 Newsweek with an "exclusive" one of these from the new Harry Potter novel | 
    excerpt
 
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    | Fall River, Massachusetts is part of the metropolitan area of this state capital | 
    (Todd: What is Boston?)
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    | Pebbles called gastroliths are found in this part of a bird that goes through a daily grind | 
    (Mark: What is the crop?)
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    | The 1890 cartoon seen here shows Bismarck & this man who dismissed him | 
    (Mark: Who is Otto the Great?) ... (Alex: A minute to go, Mark.)
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    As you might gather from their name, the members of this group heard here hail from Texas
  "I don't know why you do what you do / I'm so in love with you..." | 
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    | An early trustee of the college was this man, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. | 
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    | The boys at the boxing gym use equipment from this company, founded in 1910 & once a supplier to Jack Dempsey | 
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