TRIPLE HOMOPHONES
Hairless, sobbed, played some hoops
What is bald, bawled, balled?
Comedian Beppe Grillo created this country's populist Five Star Movement, one of dozens in the country
What is Italy?
Public affairs officer Gina Gray's whistleblowing at this cemetery revealed unmarked graces, misplaced headstones & more
What is Arlington National Cemetery?
The largest internal organ, it weighs about 3 pounds & breaks down substances like alcohol
What is the liver?
In the 1500s the first European explorers of Texas were from this country, seeking "glory, god & gold"
What is Spain?
Duo, cut the excess, a red Anjou
What is pair, pare, pear?
In 2021 this party known as Die Grunen in Germany took almost 15% of that country's votes in Federal elections?
What is the Green Party?
Jeffrey Wigand's reporting about tobacco companies making products with addictive levels of nicotine became this movie
What is The Insider?
Keepin' busy, this soft, fatty tissue inside your bones makes platelets & oh yeah, billions of new blood cells daily
What is bone marrow?
In 1685 La Salle missed the mouth of this river & established a short-lived French colony at Matagorda Bay
What is the Mississippi?
Require, work the dough, struck with the patella
What is need, knead, kneed?
In 1995 the Pari Quebecois held a referendum seeking this; it lost by a slim margin
What is independence?
Daniel Ellsberg's expose of policy misconduct during the Vietnam War had this collective name & was leaked to the New York Times
What are the Pentagon Papers?
Most of your digestion doesn't take place in the stomach but rather in this organ that includes the ileum
What is the small intestine?
In 1821 this newly independent nation took control of Texas
What is Mexico?
Arouse interest, a quick look, reach the highest level
What is pique, peek, peak?
Banned from 1960 to 1990 by the South African government, this party led the fight to destroy apartheid
What is the ANC (African National Congress)?
Sherron Watkins' whistleblowing led to the collapse of Enron as well as this "A"ccounting firm
What is Arthur Andersen?
Also called the hypophysis, this gland is boss level, as its hormones regulate the thyroid and adrenal glands
What is the pituitary?
In 1836 the newly declared Republic of Texas adopted a flag with one of these symbols in the middle
What is a (lone) star?
A litter of pigs, an ancient grain, an ancient ruler
What is farrow, farro, pharaoh?
This world chess champ drew the ire of Putin by creating the United Civil Front in 2005
Who is Kasparov?
While working at a nuclear facility, this woman played by Meryl Streep on film grew concerned about safety issues & blew the whistle
Who is Silkwood?
This filtering organ is on the left side of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm, or maybe "are under" -- some grow more than one
What is the spleen?
Following annexation, the U.S. flag was first raised officially in Texas in this city Feb. 19, 1846
What is Austin?