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On May 1, 1963 Jim Whitaker became the first American, & 10th person, to reach the summit of this mountain |
Mount Everest
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If you're dealt a pair of 10s or better, you can "let it" do this in a 3-bet casino poker variant with the same name |
let it ride
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Persian king Darius III failed to appreciate tactics & lost his empire to this great leader in 331 B.C. |
Alexander the Great
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The National Weather Service says the odds of this painful event happening to you in a given year are 1 in 700,000 |
being struck by lightning
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Images from 2 shots on the same frame of film |
a double exposure
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He hosted one game show from 1956 to 1974 & another from 1972 to 2007 |
Bob Barker
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This country's highest peak, Pico de Orizaba, lies on the border of the states of Veracruz & Puebla |
Mexico
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In the "Seinfeld" episode "The Diplomat's Club", Kramer loses $3,200 betting on on-time arrivals of these |
airplanes
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The timely arrival of Prussian forces at this June 18, 1815 battle was the turning point for Allied troops |
Waterloo
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Research on these, not gators or crocs, says the odds of one going after you in Florida are 1 in 11.5 million |
(Zelda: What are alligators?)
sharks
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Army march rate of 180 paces a minute |
double-time
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This Toronto native ran a carpet business long before success as the host of "Deal or No Deal" |
Howie Mandel
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Like Kilimanjaro, this snowcapped peak can often be seen from high-rise buildings in Nairobi about 110 miles away |
Mount Kenya
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In 2006 it was reported that this former Portuguese colony had passed Las Vegas in gambling receipts |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Macao
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It's the foolhardy 1854 military action depicted here |
(Zelda: What is the... uh... Battle of Buena Vista?) (Alex: No, what is the Charge...) (Zelda: [*].) (Alex: All in the valley of death rode the six hundred.)
the Charge of the Light Brigade
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The National Safety Council says the odds of dying this way are 1 in 87,976; one famous case was Natalie Wood |
(Andrew: What is falling off a boat--[*]?) ... [Andrew is initially ruled correct, but judges later rule that adding the extra information made the response incorrect.] (Alex: In your response a few minutes ago of the odds of [*], and we related it to a famous case being that of Natalie Wood, the odds were 1 in 87,000 and change for [*]--not for [*] in a boat-related accident. You added that information. That changes the odds, so we'll have to deduct some from you.)
drowning
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Shapely 1950s discovery seen here |
(Alex: Yes, in DNA.)
the double helix
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In the 1980s Johnny Gilbert was the announcer on the $20,000 version of this Dick Clark-hosted game show |
[ERRATUM: Johnny Gilbert did announce Pyramid, but not the $20,000 version which taped in New York City. He announced the show on various weeks between 1982-1988 when the show taped in Los Angeles ($25,000 and $100,000 versions) and the 1991 $100,000 version.]
The $20,000 Pyramid
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A violent eruption of this volcano in 1902 killed 15% of the population of Martinique |
Mt. Pelee
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Putting an army officer in charge of this fleet was one reason for its poor showing in an August 1588 naval battle |
the Spanish Armada
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The odds to win this lottery game played in 29 states are 1 in 146 million but in 2006, an Iowa couple won $200.8 mil. that way |
Powerball
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An aspect of an oboe or a bassoon, but not of a clarinet |
a double reed
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After sitting next to Brett Somers on "Match Game" for many years, he starred in the one-man show "The Life of Reilly" |
Charles Nelson Reilly
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One of Japan's largest active volcanoes, Aso-san, lies on this southernmost of the country's 4 main islands |
Kyushu
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The Anglo-Saxons held their ground against the invaders until King Harold took an arrow to the eye in this 1066 battle |
the Battle of Hastings
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In 2006 the Sec. of Agric. said the odds of a bovine getting this, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, were 1 in a million |
mad cow disease
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A type of betrayal, or a technique used in producing hybrid seed corn |
a double cross
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The only person to appear on the same game show in 6 different decades, she was a 2000 panel member on "To Tell the Truth" |
(Alex: ...when I hosted it.) [Alex misspoke; he hosted in 1991.]
Kitty Carlisle
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