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  | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS |  
   
 
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    | Michael B. Jordan in "Creed" | 
    a boxer
 
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    | The ball & the reticulated are 2 types of these constricting snakes | 
    python
 
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    | "The Power of In-Your-Face Politics" is part of the subtitle of "Let Me Finish" by this recent New Jersey governor | 
    Chris Christie
 
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    | Lake Effect in Buffalo, N.Y. is an old-school one of these, the first "D" in TV's "triple-D", a show it was featured on | 
    a diner
 
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    | From the Latin for "break off", it means to stop someone from speaking & I won't do it during your response | 
    interrupt
 
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    | 2017 Grand Marshal Owen Wilson is the voice of this "Cars" car | 
    Lightning McQueen
 
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    | Margot Kidder in "Superman" | 
    a reporter
 
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    | This largest cobra is the only species in the genus Ophiophagus, which means "snake eater" | 
    king cobra
 
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    | Emmeline Pankhurst's 1914 autobiography has appeared under this title, the type of activist she was | 
    (Josh: What is A Feminist?)
  a Suffragette
 
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    | This beefy building follows the names of Chicago's Chicago Cut & Minneapolis' Manny's | 
    (Josh: What is Chophouse?)
  Steakhouse
 
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    | This adjective means all-powerful, like a god | 
    omnipotent
 
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    | This man of few words is the only Supreme Court justice on the list | 
    Clarence Thomas
 
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    | Jodie Foster in "Silence of the Lambs" | 
    FBI agent
 
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    | Humans have 24 of these chest protectors arranged in pairs; snakes may have as many as 400 | 
    ribs
 
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    | Written by one of her longtime aides, "Lady in Red" is a portrait of this first lady & onetime starlet | 
    Nancy Reagan
 
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    | Open for 2 days in May 2019, Tiffany Cafe in Beverly Hills was this kind of spot that sounds like it sprang from a toaster | 
    a pop-up
 
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    | It means to relinquish responsibility; King Juan Carlos did it in 2014 | 
    abdicate
 
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    | In 2019, 5 years after recording 20.5 sacks & even 3 offensive TDs for the Houston Texans, this D.E. got his grand marshal on | 
    J.J. Watt
 
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    | Harrison Ford, before becoming "The Fugitive" | 
    a doctor
 
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    | This official reptile of Massachusetts, one of the most common snakes in North America, is nonvenomous and found on lawn grass | 
    a garden snake (garter snake)
 
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    | "Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story" looks at the headline-making antics of the ex-mayor of this Canadian city | 
    Toronto
 
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    | Restaurants specializing in this array used to be popular in the United States. Many like Seattle's A Little Bit of Sweden, are gone | 
    a smorgasbord
 
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    | They're just the facts & doing "entry" of them is a job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics | 
    data
 
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    | Alabama's governor & a presidential candidate in the '70s, he got the honor twice in the decade | 
    George Wallace
 
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    | Matt Damon at M.I.T. in "Good Will Hunting" | 
    a janitor
 
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    | The yellow type of this South American snake can reach 15 feet long; its green cousin can reach 30 | 
    (Jamie: Oh, geez. What is a boa constrictor?)
  the anaconda
 
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    | "The Long Game" by this GOP Senate leader clarifies his opinions about Barack Obama & Harry Reid | 
    (Mitch) McConnell
 
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    | These portmanteau places are taverns that serve high-end food | 
    (Danyelle: What are bistros?)
  a gastropub
 
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    | A 10-letter examination of a body "after death" to determine how it happened | 
    (Danyelle: What is autopsy?)
  postmortem
 
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    | He did some slick driving in "Gone in 60 Seconds", perhaps qualifying him as the 2007 grand marshal | 
    Nicolas Cage
 
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