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    Cleopatra
 
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    (Brian: What are beans?)
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    2006: "Hips Don't Lie" | 
    Shakira
 
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    | Its state's second-most populous city, this capital is built on bluffs along a curve in the Mississippi River | 
    (Brian: What is St. Louis?)
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    temptation
 
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    punch drunk
 
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    | Like many others on that 79 A.D. day, Pliny got no elder after succumbing to fumes from this volcano above the Bay of Naples | 
    (Lindsey: What is Pompeii?)
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    | Dolly Parton's mom's recipe for this dessert, a southern specialty, of course includes a box of vanilla wafers | 
    banana pudding
 
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    2008:  "I Kissed A Girl" (& she liked it) | 
    Katy Perry
 
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    Sherman
 
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    | In this novel Lord Henry says, "I like men who have a future and women who have a past" | 
    [Greg did not include the leading article in his correct response.]
  The Picture of Dorian Gray
 
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    First Folio
 
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    | On Feb. 24, 1836 William B. Travis wrote the "Victory or Death" memo from this landmark, but Travis & his men did not find victory | 
    the Alamo
 
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    | Vanilla comes from the beans or pods of certain varieties of this flowering plant | 
    an orchid
 
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    1985: "Saving All My Love For You" | 
    Whitney Houston
 
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    St. Bernard
 
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    | Wilde called this British activity with a pack of hounds "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable" | 
    fox hunting
 
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    | On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel & 8 others were executed in this city | 
    (Ken: The [*] Trials, right.)
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    | Vanilla is one of the scented essential oils that are the basis of this practice to help you feel calmer & boost your mood | 
    aromatherapy
 
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    1989: "Straight Up" | 
    Paula Abdul
 
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    | St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Egypt is situated at the foot of this mount found on a peninsula | 
    Sinai
 
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    | This watery site "must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life" | 
    (Brian: Pretty please with sugar on top, will you make me a True Daily Double?) (Ken: It would be my pleasure, Brian.) ... (Brian: What is...) (Ken: You're out of time, I'm afraid, Brian, popular honeymoon site at the time--[*].) ... (Brian: [Hand over his heart] DEAD LIKE ME for $800.) [Laughter]
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    | It's the only U.S. state capital that fits the category | 
    (Brian: [Sighs]) (Ken: Didn't come to you, I'm afraid.) (Lindsey: What is [**]?) [Ruled incorrect; reversed after the break]
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    | She & 3 Lincoln conspirators would be hanged in 1865 but 2 years later, only the jury was hung in her son's trial | 
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    | This conquistador gets the credit for bringing vanilla back to Europe from Mexico, to be used as a flavoring | 
    Cortés
 
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    1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 
    Bette Midler
 
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    | 1919's Treaty of Saint-Germain recognized the independence of several countries & the end of this family's empire | 
    (Ken: Shaking your head, but that's correct.)
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    excess
 
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    | This 10-limbed invertebrate lives up to its name, with eyes the size of dinner plates | 
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