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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY |
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The opposite of antibiotic, it's a term for healthful bacteria in yogurt |
(Lorraine: What is macrobiotic?) ... (Alex: Instead of anti- it's [*].)
probiotic
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An aggressive "60 Minutes" interviewer, back in the 1950s he hosted "Guess Again" & "The Big Surprise" |
Mike Wallace
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The most-visited Catholic shrine in the Americas is Mexico's Basilica of Our Lady of this |
Guadalupe
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Though born in San Francisco, he is best known for his verse dealing with New England life, as in "North of Boston" |
Robert Frost
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She's the only first lady whose first name was Mary |
Mary Todd Lincoln
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It makes up about 21% of the air we breathe |
oxygen
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In astronomy, Ptolemy's geocentric model gave way to the Copernican one described by this adjective |
heliocentric
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Among the many game shows hosted by this man seen here was one called "How's Your Mother-In-Law?" |
Wink Martindale
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In 1980, Dr. Robert Schuller dedicated this 10,000-window glass edifice in Garden Grove, California |
Crystal Cathedral
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"In Flanders Fields" these flowers "blow/between the crosses, row on row" |
(Christian: What are pansies?) (Perry: What are cornflowers?)
poppies
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Nickname of Ms. Mallon, who infected at least 50 people with a certain disease between 1900 & 1915; 3 died |
Typhoid Mary
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International relief organization founded in England |
Oxfam
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Hydrogen molecules are formed by this type of bond in which 2 atoms share a pair of electrons |
covalent
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This TV game show producer also hosted "This is Your Life" & "Truth or Consequences" |
Ralph Edwards
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In 1974 Reims Cathedral added stained-glass windows by this Russian-born artist |
(Marc) Chagall
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Gloriana is the title character in this epic poem by Edmund Spenser |
The Faerie Queene
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Her 1875 book would ultimately be named "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" |
Mary Baker Eddy
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"Deafening silence", for example |
oxymoron
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A common word for polymers; in physics, it means material that can be deformed & keep its new shape |
(Alex: You have a $1400 lead.) (Christian: Uh, $1300.)
plastic
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He played Danny Tanner on "Full House" & now has his hands full as the host of the game show "1 vs. 100" |
(Christian: Who is Dave Coulier?)
Bob Saget
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This British poet wrote, "That's my last duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive" |
(Alex: It sounds like he's one of your favorites, too. Is he?) (Lorraine: Yes.) (Alex: Good. Well, you have something else to sing about besides your dogs.)
Robert Browning
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In 1959 she found the skull of a human-like creature that lived about 1.75 million years ago in Olduvai Gorge |
Mary Leakey
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Pacific coast California city in Ventura County |
Oxnard
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Nicknamed the "Queen of Mean", she's hosted both an American & a British version of "The Weakest Link"; goodbye! |
(Anne) Robinson
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In Ulm, Germany the tallest spire in the world rises 528 feet above a cathedral built in this style |
Gothic
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Romantic poet who wrote, "St. Agnes's Eve--ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold" |
(Christian: Who is Lear?)
(John) Keats
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This 19th century author's maiden name was Godwin |
Mary Shelley
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"Incident"ly, it's a U-shaped piece of wood placed around the neck of a beast of burden |
(Lorraine: What is oxen?) ... (Alex: The incident, The [*] Incident, [*].)
oxbow
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