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    | Duke Leto bites the dust early on in this classic Frank Herbert sci-fi work | 
    Dune
 
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    | You can camp overnight at the Global Gathering Weekend Rave near Stratford-upon-Avon in this country | 
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    | This Tuskegee scientist increased yields by alternating the planting of cotton & peanuts | 
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    | On Sept. 29, 2005 John Roberts was sworn in as this | 
    (Alison: What is [*]?) (Alex: That's right.  He is also Chief Justice of the United States.)
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    | Myology is the study of these, like biceps | 
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    | So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the... | 
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    | Cardinal Wolsey has the Duke of Buckingham arrested & offed in this Shakespeare history play | 
    Henry VIII
 
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    | This Black Rock Desert event hasn't had an official rave since 1996, but nuzzle a speaker & feel the fire's glow | 
    Burning Man
 
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    | When this Russian made his periodic table, he left room for the still-undiscovered gallium | 
    Mendeleev
 
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    | Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the... | 
    Cranium
 
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    | "The Duke" & "The King" commandeer this title character's raft in an 1884 novel | 
    Huckleberry Finn
 
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    | In 1999 the Love Parade drew 1.5 million ravers to this once-divided European capital | 
    Berlin
 
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    | In 1867 this British surgeon published "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" | 
    (Joseph) Lister
 
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    | The states with more than 30 electoral votes are California, New York & this | 
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    | If you study petrology, you might have these in your head | 
    rocks
 
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    | 11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to... | 
    Toastmaster
 
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    | John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, bought the farm with Richard III at Bosworth Field, ending this conflict | 
    the Wars of the Roses
 
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    | Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state | 
    (Nico: What is North Carolina?) (Ben: What is Texas?) ... (Alex: Andrew Johnson most closely associated with [*].)
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    | The "motion" of particles in a still liquid was named for this Scottish botanist | 
    Robert Brown
 
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    | The Justice Department was created in 1870, but this top job there had existed since 1789 | 
    Attorney General
 
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    | Lose a syllable from statistics to study this, when forces combine to form an equilibrium | 
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    | From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's... | 
    (Alex: You love it Alison, I know.  You want to finish the category, don't you?) (Alison: Yep.)
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    | Later known as the Duke of Windsor, this king had to abdicate the throne in 1936 | 
    Edward VIII
 
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    | Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country | 
    (Alison: What is Canada?)
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    | The galvanometer, which measured electric currents, is named from a scientist from what's now this country | 
    (Alex: Luigi Galvani.)
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    | This House Democrat is the first woman to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress | 
    Nancy Pelosi
 
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    | A phycologist needs no cough to study these aquatic organisms, which include seaweeds like kelp | 
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    | Uh oh!  He just sold you a lemon of a car!  "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's... | 
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