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    | George Ross, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was this seamstress' uncle by marriage | 
    Betsy Ross
 
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    X
 
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    | Janis Joplin asked the Lord to buy her one of these to make up for her Porsche-driving friends | 
    Mercedes-Benz
 
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    | Perhaps imitating gorillas, grouses beat these in front of their chests to warn intruders | 
    wings
 
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    | If right-handed, they aim for the "pocket" between the 1 & 3 pins | 
    bowlers
 
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    | A canine term for youthful infatuation; it's also called "calf love" | 
    puppy love
 
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    | In 1836 he set up shop in Paterson, New Jersey to manufacture his famous revolvers | 
    Samuel Colt
 
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    | When at sea, use this measurement equal to about 6,076 feet | 
    (Tom: What is a knot?)
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    | Model of car mentioned in the song heard here: | 
    (Alex: From the Beach Boys song "We'll Have Fun, Fun, Fun Until Her Daddy Takes the [*] Away".)
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    | These Southwestern birds can attain ground speeds of 15 mph, even with nary a coyote in sight | 
    roadrunners
 
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    | They use loud, colorful spiels to entice customers into carnivals | 
    barkers
 
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    | French for "love", in English it means romance, especially a secret one | 
    Amour
 
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    | Confederate VP Alexander Stephens was later elected governor of this state--how peachy | 
    Georgia
 
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    | It's true, abrasives like sandpaper are graded & sold by the size of this on them | 
    grit
 
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    | In 1988 Natalie Cole covered the Bruce Springsteen song about this pink luxury auto | 
    Cadillac
 
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    | When this bird of the family Apodidae slows down, it often nests in a chimney | 
    swift
 
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    | On trains they assist conductors; on bobsleds their main duty is slowing things down | 
    (Alex: We have less than a minute.)
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    | It's love of yourself, especially if you're a handsome youth or a pretty white flower | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
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    | With Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she founded the Women's Loyal National League, to fight for slaves' freedom | 
    Susan B. Anthony
 
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    | There are 100 ares in one of these metric units of land area measure | 
    (Chris: What is a hectacre?)
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    | In a 1995 ode to this GM car, Moonpools & Caterpillars rhymed it with "knew it" | 
    Buick
 
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    | The red-footed type of this seabird lays one egg at a time so the chicks are more robust when they "hatch" | 
    booby
 
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    | Only these bigwigs may argue before Britain's high court | 
    barristers
 
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    | As chief justice from 1864 to 1873, he presided at the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson | 
    Salmon P. Chase
 
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    | Norman, engineer & Norwegian are names for sizes of these, a ton of which may hit you at any time | 
    bricks
 
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    | Prince drove this title car into the Top 10 in 1983 | 
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    | The king type of this well-feathered duck dives as far "down" as 180 feet | 
    (Chris: What is a kingfisher?)
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    | In a symphony orchestra, these speed reeders sit next to the clarinetists | 
    bassoons
 
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    | Sanskrit for the pursuit of love, it's the subject of a famous sutra, or collection | 
    kama
 
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