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Alex Trebek wrote:

__________ FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS __________
Corbin in this "Bluegrass State" is home to the Nibroc (Corbin spelled backward) festival

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This state has a rose festival in Jackson & a lilac festival on Mackinac Island

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Don't "space out" or you'll miss Panoply, a spring celebration of the arts in this Alabama city

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"Mountaineers are always free" to attend Mountaineer Week in Morgantown in this state

Fifth Generation wrote:

21) On this date in 1999,(Personality, please) won the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race.
A) Lance Armstrong
B) Walter Hunt
C) Seth Wheeler

Fifth Generation wrote:

22) On this date in 2010, WikiLeaks leaked to the public more than 90,000 internal reports involving the U.S.-led War in (Country, please) from 2004-2010.
A) Afghanistan
B) China
C) India
D) Jordan

Fifth Generation wrote:

I) An American actor on Broadway, films and television,(Personality, please)(25 July, 1908 – 04 June 4, 1990) won many industry awards. He was nominated for several Tony Awards for best supporting actor as Hysterium in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”(1963), and for his role as Herr Schultz in “Cabaret”(1966). He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor in (1973) for his role as Phil Green in “Save the Tiger”(his co-star Jack Lemmon won for Best Actor).

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II)(Personality, please)(25 July, 1920 – 16 April, 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite. The DNA work achieved the most fame because DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) plays essential roles in cell metabolism and genetics, and the discovery of its structure helped scientists understand how genetic information is passed from parents to children.

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III) She (25 July, 1923 – 22 July, 2008) was best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on “The Golden Girls” from 1985 to 1992, which won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe, on “The Golden Palace” from 1992 to 1993 and on “Empty Nest” from 1993 to 1995.

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IV) This British motor racing driver started his career in Formula Junior along with his brother Chris, in 1960. Later that year he competed at Zeltweg and Innsbruck, finishing third behind Hans Herrmann and Wolfgang von Trips. In 1961 (Personality, please)(25 July 1936) moved up to Formula One with a privately run Lotus 18, and scored a second place in the Naples Grand Prix after taking pole position.

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V) This British science fiction writer has published more than 70 novels, including “Ghost Dancers”,“Cradle of the Sun”, &,“To Challenge Chaos”.(Personality, please)(25 July, 1948) had used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.
<I wonder if he likes horses?>

Fifth Generation wrote:

VI) An American football running back, he played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons.(Personality, please)(25 July, 1954 – 01 November, 1999) was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football. A nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, he once held the league's record for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Hall of Fame NFL player and coach Mike Ditka described this gentleman as the greatest football player he had ever seen — but even greater as a human being.

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VII) This American actor is best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the NBC sitcoms “Friends”, and its spin-off “Joey”. In 2011,(Personality, please)(25 July, 1967) began starring as a fictional version of himself in “Episodes”, a BBC Two/Showtime television series created by “Friends” co-creator David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik.

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VIII) He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion ___, Sr., one of Brazil's most successful F1 drivers. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons he raced in the GP2 Series, taking a win in Belgium in 2005 and claiming 2nd place in the series in 2006.(Personality, please)(25 July 25, 1985) was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008, before being dropped midway through the 2009 season. After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race; the resulting scandal became one of the most significant in the sport's history.

beachball wrote:

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What was Kick-E-Mart Corp

Joe Fryday wrote:

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KY

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MI

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Huntsville

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WV