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    | Lord Byron termed this 15,771-foot peak the "Monarch of Mountains" | 
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    Show Boat
 
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    | Severe cases of this fever can cause jaundice, which gave the disease its name | 
    yellow fever
 
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    | These very brief & close-fitting shorts for women first became fashionable in the 1970s | 
    hot pants
 
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    | United Nations Day is observed during this month | 
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    | This Austrian city has hosted the Winter Olympics twice | 
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    | Ben Brantley's 2000 review of this musical in The New York Times was headlined "Destiny and duty, Nile style" | 
    (Sean: What is... ahh...) (Mary: What is Antony and Cleopatra?) ... (Alex: You hate-a [*], Sean.) (Sean: Do I ever.)
  Aida
 
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    | A condition called strawberry tongue is a symptom of this childhood disease | 
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  scarlet fever
 
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    a hot line
 
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    Octagon House
 
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    | At 62 square miles, it's the smallest Alpine country | 
    (Mary: I'll bet $100.) (Alex: What?! $100?! Serious?) (Mary: Serious.) ... (Alex: Anything?) (Mary: Nope. No idea.)
  Liechtenstein
 
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    | Vicki Lewis of "Newsradio" & "Three Sisters" spent part of 2000 & 2001 in this Bob Fosse revival set in the Midwest | 
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    | This large central computer may function as a server for many users | 
    a mainframe
 
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    hay fever
 
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    | A '70s compilation by The Beach Boys & a 1994 greatest hits CD by the "Queen of Disco" share this name | 
    Endless Summer
 
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    | Lake Geneva, an Alpine lake between France & Switzerland, is actually a wider, deeper part of this river | 
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    | Unless you're tired of your old ABBA records you'll love this show based on ABBA's greatest hits | 
    Mamma Mia!
 
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    | Musical recording took hold with this 1887 version of the phonograph, invented by Emile Berliner | 
    the Gramophone (flat disk)
 
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    | Mary Mallon was the first known carrier of this disease in the U.S. | 
    typhoid fever
 
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    | It's the derogatory term that whites called the Khoikhoi of southern Africa | 
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  the Hottentots
 
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    | The body's 2 largest veins are the superior & inferior ones of these | 
    the vena cava
 
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    | Europe's highest railroad line ascends this mountain whose name is German for "maiden" or "virgin" | 
    the Jungfrau
 
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    a spinning Jenny
 
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    | Named for its most common symptom--inflammation of the joints--this fever also causes carditis | 
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    | An Internet search engine that's a part of the Terra Lycos Network | 
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