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  | A VISIT WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS |  |
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    | (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) On "This Week", journalist Glenn Greenwald told me about the documents that showed this agency had been tracking trillions of phone calls & not telling us about it | the NSA (National Security Agency) 
 
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    | Everything from Charmin to Duracell: This company named for 2 guys
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    | "Annie Get Your ____" | Gun 
 
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    | A centuries-old column on Roda Island in Cairo measured the height of this river's annual floods | the Nile 
 
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    | This hairless guy was a part of the "SNL" band before leading Letterman's CBS Orchestra | Paul Shaffer 
 
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    | 666 was "the number of the beast" in a hit song for this heavy metal band | Iron Maiden 
 
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    | Uncle Ben's, M&M's &, fittingly, Orbit gum | Mars 
 
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    | Daily, an estimated 3 million Cairo commuters use the Metro, Africa's first one of these transportation systems | a subway 
 
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    | He won a 1956 Oscar for "The King and I" | Yul Brynner 
 
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    | We guarantee it's a metal-plated wooden warship like the Monitor | an ironclad 
 
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    | (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.)  On a "This Week" segment I jokingly, kind of, suggested the part of this team's name generating the most anger wasn't this nickname but "Washington" | the Redskins 
 
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    | Cheerios & Wheaties: This "military" corporation
 | General Mills 
 
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    | Tahrir is the title Cairo place in this Oscar-nominated documentary about the recent upheavals in Egypt | (Ari: Oh... What is Liberty Square?) ...
 (Alex: It's called simply [*].)
 
 The Square
 
 
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    | As well as being king of France, the 9th century's Charles the Bald had this "holy" title | Holy Roman Emperor 
 
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    | This triangular NYC building is found at 5th Avenue & 22nd street | the Flatiron Building 
 
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    | (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.)  In a 2013 one-on-one with President Obama on the shifting situation in Syria, I had to ask, "Don't you worry that" this world leader & Bashar Assad supporter "is playing you"? | (Ari: [Imitating Russian accent] Who is [*]?) (Alex: Correct.)
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 (Alex: [Imitating Russian accent] I love the, uh, the accent you use.  Karasho, karasho.  Pick.)
 
 Putin
 
 
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    | Dasani & Sprite: This soft drink concern
 | Coca-Cola 
 
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    | "Once Upon a ____" | Mattress 
 
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    | At a research institute in Giza, tourists can learn how the ancient Egyptians made paper from this plant | papyrus 
 
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    | On who would reach the "American Idol" finals in 2006, Simon Cowell said "'the bald-headed kid", meaning him | (Ari: Who is Studdard?) 
 Chris Daughtry
 
 
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    | Churchill warned of the creation of this barrier | the Iron Curtain 
 
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    | (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.)  In 2010, this Iranian president ended an interview with me by assuring me that Osama bin Laden was in Washington; I believe I was right when I said he was wrong | (Alex: And our thanks, of course, to George Stephanopoulos.) 
 Ahmadinejad
 
 
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    | Xanax & Lipitor (don't get them mixed up): This pharmaceutical giant
 | Pfizer 
 
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    | The Citadel, one of Cairo's top landmarks, is a 12th century fortress built by this Muslim warrior | Saladin (Salah al-Din) 
 
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    | This Democratic strategist with a Southern drawl & gleaming skull is credited with the line "It's the economy, stupid" | James Carville 
 
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    | An Old West "rawhide artist" was someone skilled with this implement | (Patti: Oh, no.  [Shakes her head]  Mnh-mnh.) (Alex: No?  That's too bad.)
 
 a branding iron
 
 
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