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I'M MORE THAN JUST A SECRETARY |
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Snowboarding is big at Gstaad in this country, but the term apres-snowboard hasn't really caught on |
Switzerland
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On Memorial Day in 1911 Ray Harroun drove into history as the first winner of this auto race |
the Indianapolis 500
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His "How to Get Rich: Big Deals from the Star of 'The Apprentice'" hit bookstore shelves in 2004 |
Donald Trump
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The best way to prevent this fungal disease, tinea pedis, is to keep your feet dry & cool |
athlete's foot
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She filed with style before taking over as editor of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965 |
Helen Gurley Brown
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Now that it's a hotel, any schlub can stay at storied Dalhousie Castle in this Scottish capital |
(Aaron: What is Glasgow?)
Edinburgh
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In his recent No. 1 bestseller, Florida doctor Arthur Agatston explains this diet that he developed |
the South Beach Diet
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Handwritten or typed, it's the original text of an author's work that's submitted for publication |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the manuscript
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Hay fever neither comes from hay nor is a fever but is an allergic reaction to this in the air, maybe from ragweed |
pollen
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Tired of Swedish smorgasbord? Cross the Kattegat for some of this peninsular country's smorrebrod |
(Ari: What is Finland?) (Aaron: What is Norway?)
Denmark
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In a game of tennis, deuce is the same as 3 points all, which is called this tie score |
(Ashleigh: What is love?)
40-to-40 (or 40 all)
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She's written biographies of her parents as well as mysteries like "Murder at the Library of Congress" |
(Ashleigh: Who is... mm.)
Margaret Truman
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The name of this transparent blue-green gem comes from the Latin for "sea water" |
aquamarine
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Postprandial hypoglycemia is a decrease in blood sugar following this |
(Ashleigh: What is fainting?)
a meal
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You can sweep up on this one if you know that a besom, used in curling, is one of these |
a broom
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Among the books you'll find by this late author are "Understanding Physics", a "Guide to the Bible" & "I, Robot" |
Isaac Asimov
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A person, like Brigham Young, with 2 or more wives at the same time |
(Aaron: What is a bigamist?)
a polygamist
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You may get shingles years after recuperating from the same virus which causes this "spotted" illness |
(Ashleigh: What are measles?)
chicken pox
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Madrid's Hotel Florida is the main setting for "The Fifth Column", a rare play by this American writer who loved Spain |
Ernest Hemingway
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In October 2000 his son Brett surpassed him on the NHL's list of top goal scorers |
(Ashleigh: I used to babysit for him.) (Alex: Are you serious?) (Ashleigh: I am not kidding. He's my neighbor.) (Alex: Oh, boy. Okay.) (Ashleigh: If I got that wrong, he'd kill me.)
Bobby Hull
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The proper way to address bishops & foreign ambassadors is his or her this |
(Ashleigh: [*]?) (Alex: ...You didn't phrase it in the form of a question, but that's all right.) (Ashleigh: What is [*]?) (Alex: That's correct.) (Ashleigh: Beg your pardon... sir.) [Laughter] (Alex: I love it when they call me sir.)
your excellency
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Only time can cure the "kissing disease", this exhausting illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus |
mononucleosis
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