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    | A famous quotation about this pear variety also called the Williams is that it accounts for about 50% of U.S. production | the Bartlett pear 
 
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    | A 1562 ordinance against public ostentation turned this city's gondolas black; they still are | Venice 
 
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    | As opposed to the armed service, this group handles the government's administrative functions | (Marianne: What is the GAO?) 
 the civil service
 
 
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    | It was Georges Bizet's last & most famous opera | Carmen 
 
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    | Simon & Garfunkel told her that "Jesus loves you more than you will know, wo, wo, wo" | Mrs. Robinson 
 
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    | It ruined my satin tie | a stain (satin) 
 
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    | The fruits of this cactus plant are known as tunas | (Brian: What's the agave?) 
 a prickly pear
 
 
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    | Due to an earthquake, in October of 1562 Chile was hit by one of these reported to be 52' high | (Alex: [*], tsunami, yes.) 
 a tidal wave
 
 
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    | Some cities are planned with a mayor & this body, some with this body and a manager | a city council 
 
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    | This opera Georges Bizet composed in 1865 about the terrible czar wasn't performed until 1946 | Ivan (the Terrible) 
 
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    | Otis Redding was "Sittin' on" this title spot "watchin' the tide roll away" | the dock of the bay 
 
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    | This tropical fruit is among my favorites | a mango (among) 
 
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    | This winter pear shares its name with a region in the Loire valley | Anjou 
 
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    | The shroud of the French occupation of this town was lifted in 1562 when it became the seat of the Dukes of Savoy | Turin 
 
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    | In England MP & PM are short for these 2 posts | Member of Parliament and Prime Minister 
 
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    | In 1875 Bizet was honored by being a chevalier of this French legion | (Brian: What's the Foreign Legion?) ...
 (Alex: Chevalier is [*], not the Foreign Legion. He didn't serve in North Africa or elsewhere.)
 
 the Legion of Honor
 
 
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    | Tom touts this as the best beer | stout (touts) 
 
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    | Also called the Chinese pear, most varieties of this type of pear are grown in Japan | (Alex: Sorry, Marianne. Not quickly enough.) 
 the Asian pear
 
 
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    | This saint of Avila founded her order of Barefoot Carmelites | Teresa 
 
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    | Term for a chief minister of state; it's also the last name of a late NBC newscaster | Chancellor 
 
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    | Bizet served in the national guard to protect Paris from a siege of the city during this 1870-71 conflict | the Franco-Prussian War 
 
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    | "Don't hang around and let your problems surround you, there are movie shows" here | "Downtown" 
 
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    | I like to paddle mine on the ocean | a canoe (ocean) 
 
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    | The Passe-Crassane was created by crossing a pear with this pectin-rich fruit | (Alex: This should be in a "Q" category. It was [*].) 
 a quince
 
 
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    | Tubes in the body are named for Bartolomeo Eustachio & this contemporary Italian anatomist who died in 1562 | (Gabriele) Fallopius 
 
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    | Next to the president is the vice president; this "vice" is the crown's main representative in a territory | (Alex: Long way to go.) (Ross: Yeah, that's for sure.)
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 (Ross: What is [*]?
 (Alex: Yes!)
 [Ross shakes his head, surprised]
 (Ross: Okay. [laughs])
 (Alex: You'll take it?)
 (Ross: I'll take it.)
 
 a viceroy
 
 
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    | A musical prodigy, by age 10 Bizet was studying in Paris under this famous composer of the 1859 opera "Faust" | (Brian: Who is Goethe?) 
 Gounod
 
 
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    | "If I were" this "and you were a lady, would you marry me anyway? Would you have my baby?" | a carpenter 
 
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    | A synonym for evil | vile (evil) 
 
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