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The main traffic artery of this Italian city's historic section is the Grand Canal |
Venice
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On March 23, 1994 he scored his 802nd NHL goal, breaking Gordie Howe's career record |
Wayne Gretzky
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In a famous fairy tale ballet, a ragged beggarwoman is really this heroine's fairy godmother |
(Lynn: What is the Sleeping Beauty?)
Cinderella
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On July 4, 1798 he became the only former president named commander-in-chief of American forces |
George Washington
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A rack of this meat usually contains 6-8 ribs & is served with mint jelly |
lamb
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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of all cells is better known by this abbreviation |
DNA
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The old part of this Quebec city borders the St. Lawrence River between Berri & McGill streets |
Montreal
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In 1987 this 31-year-old Swede was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
Bjorn Borg
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The swan maidens in this 1877 ballet are actually young girls under the spell of an evil magician |
(Lynn: Who are the Sylphid?)
Swan Lake
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This president was named for the Reverend Stephen Grover of Caldwell, New Jersey |
(David: Who is [*] Alexander?) (Alex: Right--no! Sorry.) ... (David: I was still on SPORTS!) (Alex: I know you were.)
Grover Cleveland
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This sauce that tops Eggs Benedict is also good on artichokes |
Hollandaise sauce
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It's the term for molten rock flowing from a volcano or other fissure in the Earth's surface |
lava
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The most picturesque part of this Portuguese capital is the Alfama along the Tagus River |
Lisbon
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In 1956 this late Yankee hit 52 home runs, the highest single-season total of the 1950s |
Mickey Mantle
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Quasimodo is a leading character in "La Esmeralda", a ballet based on this classic novel |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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During his administration, the slave trade was abolished & the Louisiana Territory was purchased |
Thomas Jefferson
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Order fried calamari in a restaurant & you'll get this seafood |
squid
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The name of this violent tropical cyclone of the Western Pacific comes from Cantonese for "Big Wind" |
(Stephen: What is monsoon?)
typhoon
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The name of this Iraqi capital is Persian for "God-given" |
(Stephen: What is Tehran?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Baghdad
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In 1979 & 1980 Terry Bradshaw, this team's quarterback, was named Super Bowl MVP |
(David: [Looking at Lynn and Stephen] Don't look at me that way! [Laughter])
the Pittsburgh Steelers
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In 1992, this niece of Cecil B. De Mille choreographed her last ballet "The Other" |
Agnes De Mille
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In 1971 he published "The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969" |
Lyndon Johnson
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This heavy, dark rye bread is also known as Schwarzbrot, or black bread |
pumpernickel
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Sweeter than sucrose or glucose, this fruit sugar is also called levulose |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go in the round.)
fructose
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On Aug. 7, 1995 Jonathan Edwards became the first man to leap further than 60 feet in this event |
the Triple Jump
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"Double Exposure" is a Joe Layton ballet based on this author's 1891 novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" |
(David: Whoa!)
Oscar Wilde
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With Republicans split between Taft & Teddy Roosevelt, this Democrat was elected president in 1912 |
Woodrow Wilson
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Traditionally, this Scottish tea treat is split in two & eaten with butter, preserves & clotted cream |
a scone
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This word can mean unable to produce offspring or free from living microorganisms |
sterile (sterility accepted)
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