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    | Not surprisingly this largest animal on Earth also gives birth to the largest baby, up to 26 feet long | 
    (Saadia: What is an elephant?)
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    (Alex: Onetime U.S. president [*].)
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    the Confederate flag
 
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    topical
 
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    | In 73 B.C. this former gladiator led a slave revolt that threatened Rome | 
    (Alex: My name is [*].  Julie, a minute to go.)
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    cockatoo
 
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    Ugliest Dog
 
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    Charlie Rose
 
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    | "An affront to the Mexican state", said Mexico's president of a prison escape by Joaquin Guzman, aka this | 
    El Chapo
 
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    marijuana
 
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    pontoon
 
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    | California's natural resources secretary said, "Everybody is a soldier in" this fight | 
    (Alex: [*] here in California.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
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