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L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE |
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In 1984 this wife of the Governor was named Arkansas' "Young Mother of the Year" |
Hillary Clinton
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Geoffrey was the butler & Jazz was a pal on this '90s NBC sitcom |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Seen here in a satellite photo, an iceberg almost twice the size of Delaware broke off this continent in 2000 |
(Tim: What is Greenland?)
Antarctica
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Junipers and Japanese maples are especially suited for this tree-dwarfing technique |
bonsai
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Attention, Kmart shoppers: This '70s "Charlie's Angel" has her own line of designer jeans |
Jaclyn Smith
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It can be corporal or capital |
punishment
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On Feb. 11, 1984 the Challenger made the first space shuttle landing at this location |
Kennedy Space Center
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In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard" |
(Tim: What's Sunset Boulevard?) (Brett: What is Wilshire Boulevard?) ... (Alex: Wilshire and Sunset on this side of the hill. [*] in the Valley--the dreaded Valley of no Return--where I live, so don't take it--don't be insulted by that.) [Laughter]
Ventura Boulevard
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Here are before & after images of this U.S. city in 2000 & 2005 |
New Orleans
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These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scales & spider mites |
ladybugs
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Some of the new Disney Princess bridal gowns were inspired by this 1937 heroine (also an appropriate bridal color) |
Snow White
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By tradition, no pope ever chooses this name |
Peter
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An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel failed to take out this British P.M. who was there |
Margaret Thatcher
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Billy Joel wanted to "Say Goodbye To" this storied L.A. area |
Hollywood
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You can see a lava dome forming in this volcano that blew its top in 1980 |
Mount St. Helens
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It's a mixture of decaying organic substances, such as dead leaves, used to fertilize soil |
compost
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Vogue showed a 1978 photo of the Sex Pistols to illustrate this fashion movement (not one of Vogue's favorites) |
punk
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To beat or strike repeatedly, or the skin of a fur-bearing animal |
pelt
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This pair lost to Reagan & Bush in the 1984 U.S. presidential election |
Mondale & Ferraro
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Black smoke rises from oil fires in this country in a photo taken from space in 1991 |
Kuwait
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After they bloom & drop their petals, some roses form these seedpods rich in vitamin C |
rose hips
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Anne Moore designs chapeaux inspired by & named for this crazed Lewis Carroll character |
the Mad Hatter
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Angola & Mozambique both use this Romance language as an official one |
Portuguese
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On this woman's orders, Indian troops stormed the Golden Temple at Amritsar to oust Sikh fighters holed up there |
Indira Gandhi
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Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place |
Sunset Strip
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You can see the tsunami pulling back out to sea after it struck at Kalutara, south of Colombo on this island |
Sri Lanka
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Ladies' slippers, ladies' tresses & dragon's mouth are examples of this exotic flower |
an orchid
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The shoes known as "Manolos" aren't named for Barry Manilow but for this designer |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Manolo Blahnik
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