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QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES |
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Of cowpox, cat scratch fever, or kangarosis, the one you can't get |
(Tim: What is cat scratch fever?)
kangarosis
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His first Broadway show was "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory"; now he lives in the White House (at least on TV) |
(Martin) Sheen
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Asked who wore the trousers, this British prime minister's husband responded, "I do, and I also wash and iron them" |
Margaret Thatcher
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St. Gerasimus, like Androcles, is credited with befriending one of these by pulling a thorn from its paw |
a lion
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A building used for curing meat |
a smokehouse
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Minimum number of mirrors needed to make a kaleidoscope |
(Tim: What is 1?)
2
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A few almonds might help a headache; they contain salicylic acid, found in this drug synthesized in 1853 |
aspirin
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This Goodfella finally hit Broadway in the 2004 play "Match" |
Ray Liotta
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Despite 30 years of research, this psychoanalyst famously pondered, "What does a woman want?" |
(Sigmund) Freud
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Patrons of France include Denis & this one who became Bishop of Tours around 370 |
(Bob: Who is St. Louis?)
St. Martin
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In 1668 Newton placed a mirror in one of these devices to create a much better image |
a telescope
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A doctor in her first year out of med school; when you add "ist" you get a specialist |
an intern (internist accepted)
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Half a century ago, this "60 Minutes" icon was starring on Broadway in the 1954 comedy "Reclining Figure" |
(Alex: Ahh, amazing, we got ya! [*] was on Broadway long before 60 Minutes.)
Mike Wallace
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In a 1601 play, he wrote, "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage" |
(William) Shakespeare
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Exiled abroad a couple of times, the well-traveled Anselm has this as his emblem |
a ship
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Industrial chimney attached to a factory |
a smokestack
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Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind |
a rear-view mirror
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In an ancient Indian treatise, Susruta noted the relationship between mosquitos & this "bad air" disease |
malaria
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This star of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" had to learn some new lines to play Billy Flynn in "Chicago" in 2004 |
Wayne Brady
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In the song "A Hymn To Him" from "My Fair Lady", this character asks, "Why can't a woman be more like a man?" |
(Henry) Higgins
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Name shared by saints of Antioch & Laconi & a society founder |
St. Ignatius
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Proverbial location where political deals are struck away from the eyes of the public |
a smoke-filled room
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There is evidence that Precolumbian Mesoamericans used this black volcanic rock with a Roman name to make mirrors |
(Tim: What is basalt?) (Bob: What is pumice?)
obsidian
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19th century physiologist Claude Bernard found how this organ converts sugar to glycogen & stores it |
the liver
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Wonder if this ex-Spice Girl had stage fright when she took over the role of Mimi in "Rent" in 2004 |
(Charlie: Who is Beckham?)
Scary Spice (Melanie Brown)
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This TV Charlie's Angel observed, "femininity... used properly... easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met" |
(Charlie: Who is Kate Jackson?)
Farrah Fawcett
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Monica was the sainted mother of this bishop of Hippo |
St. Augustine
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A parachuting firefighter |
a smoke jumper
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On June 28, 1919, this was signed in the Hall of Mirrors |
(Alex: ...ending World War I.)
the Treaty of Versailles
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