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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 | England 
 
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    | This Tuskegee scientist increased yields by alternating the planting of cotton & peanuts | George Washington Carver 
 
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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.)
 
 Supreme Court Justice
 
 
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    | Myology is the study of these, like biceps | muscles 
 
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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... | Sixth Man 
 
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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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    | This Cabinet department is nicknamed "Foggy Bottom" | the Department of State 
 
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    | I'm into proxemics, as people are always invading my personal this | space 
 
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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 | Texas 
 
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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?)
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 Tennessee
 
 
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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 | statics 
 
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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.)
 
 Arbitrator
 
 
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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?) 
 Australia
 
 
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    | The galvanometer, which measured electric currents, is named from a scientist from what's now this country | (Alex: Luigi Galvani.) 
 Italy
 
 
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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 | algae 
 
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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... | Caveat Emptor 
 
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