MUSEUMS
To visit the Museum of the Confederacy, you have to go to this Virginia capital
Richmond
A state of prolonged unconsciousness wakes up with another letter to become a punctuation mark
coma & comma
Last seen in 1956, the Cockerell's species of this large bee was rediscovered in 2011 in New Mexico
bumblebee
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There's 1 mg of this metal per ton of seawater, but even at the 2012 peak of $1,792 an oz., it's not cost-effective to extract it
gold
Jonathan Lee Riches filed one of these against Guinness for naming him as the person who's filed the most
a lawsuit
This shortcake fruit has an average of 200 seeds on each berry
a strawberry
This Paris museum is the most visited art museum in the world
the Louvre
Slang for a policeman; with an added letter, it becomes a fowl enclosure
cop & coop
The West Nile virus is transmitted predominantly by the Culex genus of this insect
the mosquito
A silver-white precious metal used in jewelry, or the kind of "blonde" Jean Harlow was
platinum
Hope it's not a hot day if you set out to beat the record of balancing 71 of these on a cone
ice cream scoops
This fruit was not named for a Hanna-Barbera pooch but is probably an alteration of "hurtleberry"
a huckleberry
**DAILY DOUBLE**
In 2012 the Children's Museum of Indianapolis had an exhibit honoring this classic toy spud
Mr. Potato Head
An abbreviated football official becomes a sand ridge at the water's surface
ref, reef
Also called a measuring worm, it's the caterpillar of a large number of moths
an inchworm
The alloy pewter once contained this metal that caused tarnishing & food toxicity
lead
In 2012 Felix Baumgartner dropped 24 miles making this type of alliterative tumble setting 5 world records
a freefall
They are dislodged from their vines using water reels & then float to the surface to be harvested
cranberries
What's called "The Oldest House Museum Complex" is located in this Florida city, the USA's oldest city
St. Augustine
A word meaning top-rate or excellent takes on another letter to become a meal of the day
super & supper
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Just like chickens, cockroaches have this internal organ that grinds food
a gizzard
Cesium was discovered in 1860 by Gustav Kirchhoff & this "burner" guy while analyzing mineral water
(Robert) Bunsen
The fastest mile with someone over your shoulder, this act named for a profession, is 15 minutes, 11.87 seconds
a fireman's carry
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This berry is known as framboos by the Dutch
the raspberry
A hand-pulled hose cart is on display at the Orange County, New York museum of these professionals
firefighters
A long-barreled gun loads an extra letter to be a word meaning to turn pages hastily
rifle & riffle
**DAILY DOUBLE**
4 inches long with a 4-inch wingspan, the giant darner is the USA's largest species of this insect
a dragonfly
A major uranium ore is this black form of the mineral uraninite
pitchblende
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A New Zealand man pedaled 18.64 miles in an hour on this "singular" device
a unicycle
In the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Violet Beauregarde turns into one of these berries
a blueberry