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    Latin:  Nice abs! Ab extra means "from outside"; ab initio means "from" this | 
    the beginning
 
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    | She volunteered as a nurse at Union hospitals & toured Union army camps with her husband | 
    Mary Todd Lincoln
 
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    Does my posterior look big in these pants?: big | 
    adjective
 
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    | Once I learned to embrace this centuries-old clicking practice device, my drumming skills took off | 
    a metronome
 
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    "Big Cheese", "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives",  "Kitchen Inferno" | 
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    | "Spring forward" is half a mnemonic used to remember this, which in the U.S. actually begins still in winter | 
    Daylight Savings Time
 
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    Poli sci:  In presidential succession, this Cabinet job comes right after the pres. pro tempore of the Senate | 
    (Rishab: Who is the Attorney General?)
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    | During the 1960 presidential campaign, she wrote a weekly newspaper column called "Campaign Wife" | 
    Jackie Kennedy
 
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    What...? Who? Her!: All of the above | 
    pronouns
 
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    | With the violin I always have to remember to use the proper amount of this substance on my bow before playing | 
    rosin
 
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    "Frontline", "Nova", "Nature" | 
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    | This U.S. federal holiday is the only one in the spring | 
    (William: What is Easter?)
  Memorial Day
 
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    Art history:  The soup cans by this artist were huge in 1962 but his wooden replicas of Brillo soap pad boxes got ink, too | 
    Andy Warhol
 
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    | Her uncle Teddy walked her down the aisle when she married a future president in 1905 | 
    Eleanor Roosevelt
 
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    To quote Britney, "So if I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?":  against | 
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    | It's difficult fingering, but mastering barre these on my guitar really paid off | 
    (William: What are frets?)
  chords
 
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    "Vice Principals", "Room 104" | 
    HBO
 
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    | In March on the 1st day of spring at this spot, see the sun skim the horizon to begin 6 months of near-total daylight | 
    the North Pole
 
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    Geography:  Along the national scenic trail named for this line, spilled water might flow east, might flow west | 
    the continental divide
 
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    | This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes came from a slave-owning family but she & her parents were abolitionists | 
    Lucy Hayes
 
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    Ahoy! Surrender your vessel or be boarded by Pirate Pete!:  ahoy | 
    (Caroline: What is an [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; ruled correct during contestant interviews.]
  an interjection (or exclamation)
 
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    "The Walking Dead", "Better Call Saul" | 
    (William: What is HBO?)
  AMC
 
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    | Before "spring" the season was called this, like a religious fasting period | 
    Lent
 
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    | Anatomy: The lower end of this arm bone includes 2 projections called epicondyles; wait, that's not funny at all | 
    the humerus
 
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    | This First Lady's final acting role was in "The Sam Darland Story", a 1962 episode of the TV series "Wagon Train" | 
    Nancy Reagan
 
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    Here's a very, very, very good clue from our non-lazy, Emmy-winning writing staff:  very | 
    an adverb
 
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    | Sustain & soft are these parts of a piano | 
    the pedals
 
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    "The Magicians", "The Expanse" | 
    Syfy
 
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    | In Greek myth, spring was marked by the return from Hades of this daughter of the goddess of agriculture | 
    Persephone
 
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