2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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OK, here it is.

At long last.

As I mentioned earlier, this board will be open for 3 days to allow everybody plenty of time to play.

Good luck.
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BEST-SELLING MUSICAL ACTS

by RIAA “total certified units,” which includes singles & digital downloads as well as albums

2: In 2013, this American who has been dead for over 35 years became the only solo artist with certified sales over 200 million units.

4: His best-selling album, “Double Live,” is a concert recording of some of his biggest hits, including “The Dance” and “Friends in Low Places.”

6: The best-selling Canadian artist of all time, she first hit number one with “If You Asked Me To” in 1992.

8: Though she has only been on the charts since 2005, this Barbados native is the fourteenth artist to reach 100 million units sold.

10: The southern hemisphere's all-time sales leaders, this band first charted with an international version of their debut album “High Voltage.”

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN

3: Driskill Mountain, in the northeast corner of Bienville Parish, is the highest point in this US state, a whole 535 feet above sea level.

6: This three-country peninsula is one of the world's flattest, as it highest point is Suur Munamagi near the Russian border. THIS CLUE NEVER HAPPENED. THERE IS AN RQ POSTED WITH R7D1. THIS IS NOT THE CLUE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. YOU CAN GO ABOUT YOUR SHC. MOVE ALONG.

9: The flattest country on a continental mainland is this country named for a river, completely surrounded by Senegal.

12: The USA's flattest state is also the one with the lowest high point – Britton Hill in Walton County in the panhandle.

15: To call attention to the dangers of rising sea levels, this country's President and cabinet met underwater in 2009 since its highest point is only eight feet above sea level.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: Elvis Presley
4: clam
6: clam
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: clam
9: Gambia
12: Florida
15: clam
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Spoiler
2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Celine Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: Balkan
9: Gambia
12: Florida
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2. Elvis Presley
4. Garth Brooks
6. Celine Dion
8. Rihanna
10. AC/DC

3. Louisiana
6. Crimean
9.
12. Florida
15. (clam on Nauru)
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Best-Selling Musical Acts
2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Celine Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

Ain't No Mountain
3: Louisiana
6: Balkan
9:
12: Florida
15: Maldives
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2: Elvis Presley

4: Garth Brooks

6: Celine Dion

8: Rihanna

10: AC/DC


3: Louisiana

6: CLAM

9: The Gambia

12: Florida

15: Mauritius
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: elvis presley
4: garth brooks
6: celine dion
8: rihanna
10: ac/dc

3: louisiana
6: korean peninsula
9: the gambia
12: florida
15: maldives
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BEST-SELLING MUSICAL ACTS

by RIAA “total certified units,” which includes singles & digital downloads as well as albums

2: Elvis
4: Garth Brooks
6: Celine Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN

3: Louisiana
6: clam
9: Gambia
12: Florida
15: Tonga
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2. Elvis
4. CLAM
6. Celine Dion
8. CLAM
10. CLAM

3. Louisiana
6. the Balkan peninsula
9. (The) Gambia
12. Oklahoma
15. CLAM
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2. Elvis Presley
4. Garth Brooks
6. Celine Dion
8. Rihanna
10. clam


3. Louisiana
6. Balkan
9. clam
12. Florida
15. clam
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Shania Twain?
8: clam
10: clam

3: Louisiana
6: Crimea?
9: Gambia
12: Oklahoma?
15: clam
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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Shania Twain
8: Rihanna?
10: AC/DC?


3: Louisiana
6: Balkan?
9: WAG - the gambia?
12: Oklahoma?
15: Netherlands?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Céline Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: Courland Peninsula
9: The Gambia
12: Florida
15: Maldives/The Netherlands?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Celine Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: Scandinavia? I thought only Norway and Sweden were really considered to be on the peninsula but I can't really think of another plausible candidate for a "3 country peninsula" with a Russian border, and the name sounds like defensible Finnish.
9: The Gambia
12: Florida
15: Maldives
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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6: Celene Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: Baltic (not really a peninsula, but the clue refers to Estonia, and "Baltic states" is the only three-country anything that it could be a part of)
9: The Gambia
12: Florida
15: Maldives (?)
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2. Elvis Presley
4. Garth Brooks
6. Celine Dion
8. Rihanna
10. AC/DC

3. Louisiana
6. Arabian peninsula
9. Florida
12. Gambia
15. CLAM
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2: Elvis
4: Brooks?
6: Dion
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6: errr.... the Baltic states? only flat three-counry grouping next to Russia that I can think of...
9: Gambia
12: Florida
15: Maldives
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 6

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2: Elvis Presley
4: Garth Brooks
6:
8: Rihanna
10: AC/DC

3: Louisiana
6:
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12: Florida
15:
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