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The judges note that the legal name of the corporation is the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, but they will accept Amtrak.

carrying on …

What is the Chicago Transit Authority?

  1. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest of these measured 8,095.4 meters or 26,559.7 feet.

-“BB”-

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I was specifically looking for the L, but based on the wording of my clue, the judges will accept the CTA.

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This is not the answer I was intending. The answer was mysophobia.

Let’s just carry on.

A new category is required. @Bicycle_Bill ?

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No one has answered question #5 in the Trains category yet.

-“BB”-

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(Sorry, BB.)

What is the longest wedding dress train!? :smiley:

Toys and Games

  1. Its co-creator said adding an L to the first word in the original title of this board game created in 1979 “made it.”
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What is Trivial Pursuit?

  1. This toy, introduced by Wham-O in the Sixties, supposedly served as the inspiration for the name of the NFL’s biggest game.
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What is a Super Ball?

  1. This construction set toy for children was designed in 1914 and inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.
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What are Tinkertoys?

  1. The official story of this toy tells of a young boy who was led by a Bunnybee through a waterfall, down a long tunnel, and out into a magical land where these toys grew.
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What are Cabbage Patch Kids?

  1. In 1988 Congress approved a bill ordering the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prohibit sale of this popular lawn toy due to risk of its causing puncture wounds.
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What are lawn darts?

Next category: Weather and Climate

  1. Tropical cyclones are referred to as hurricanes when they occur in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, but are referred to by this name when they occur in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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What is a typhoon?

  1. In 1954, a temperature of -70 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest temperature ever noted in the continental United States, was recorded at Rogers Pass, located in this state.
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Where is Montana?

  1. Measuring in at just under 5 and a half million square miles, the largest desert in the world is located on this continent.
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What is Antarctica?

  1. This is the term for precipitation that is observed to fall but never reaches the ground.

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What is virga?

  1. A record-breaking disruption of global weather patterns in 1997 and 1998 was caused by an unusually strong manifestation of this Biblically-named phenomenon
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What is El Niño?

Next Category: Advertising

  1. This 1980s slogan for Wendy’s restaurants, first uttered on-screen by actress Clara Peller, was also used by Walter Mondale during the 1984 U.S. presidential campaign.
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What is ‘Where’s the Beef’?

  1. This coffee brand advertised itself as ‘Good to the last drop.’
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What is Maxwell House?

  1. This brand claimed you’d walk a mile for one its cigarettes.
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What is Camel?

  1. This cigarette brand supposedly celebrated women with its slogan “You’ve come a long way, baby”.
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What is Virginia Slims?

  1. This company’s pickup trucks were advertised with the Bob Seger song “Like A Rock.”
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What is Chevrolet?

New Category: Palindromes

  1. Are barnyard fowl capable of perceiving a deity?