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Among the first women selected to become these in 1978 were Anna Fisher & Shannon Lucid |
astronauts
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Lord Byron termed this 15,771-foot peak the "Monarch of Mountains" |
(Anagha: What is the Matterhorn?)
Mont Blanc
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The Cotton Blossom is the title vehicle in this Broadway musical that features the song "Ol' Man River" |
Show Boat
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A reporter with a late-breaking story might beg a newspaper to "stop" these |
the presses
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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 |
October
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This Austrian city has hosted the Winter Olympics twice |
Innsbruck
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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 "Aida", Sean.) (Sean: Do I ever.)
Aida
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Described in the first century, an early one of these machines dispensed holy water when a coin struck a lever |
a vending machine
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A condition called strawberry tongue is a symptom of this childhood disease |
(Sean: What is measles?)
scarlet fever
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A direct telephone link between world leaders |
a hot line
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Contrary to its name, this manor where the Madisons lived after the White House was burned has 6 sides, not 8 |
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 |
Chicago
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This large central computer may function as a server for many users |
a mainframe
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It's a form of seasonal rhinitis caused by allergy to pollens |
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 |
(Anagha: What is the Danube?) (Sean: What is the Rhine?)
the Rhone
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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 |
(Sean: Ohh...) (Alex: Nothing?)
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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"By Jeeves", Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on this author's stories, opened on Broadway in 2001 |
P.G. Wodehouse
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This 1764 invention seen here, whose name includes a female first name, revolutionized British industry |
a spinning Jenny
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Named for its most common symptom--inflammation of the joints--this fever also causes carditis |
rheumatic fever
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An Internet search engine that's a part of the Terra Lycos Network |
(Sean: What is Hotmail?)
HotBot
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