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This president asked his entire cabinet to resign in 1979 |
Carter
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While Balboa saw it before him, it was Magellan who gave this ocean its name |
the Pacific Ocean
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Some rays, catfish & eels use this to zap their prey |
electricity
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A skinfold caliper is used to measure the amount of this you have |
fat
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Not surprisingly, cornhusker cheese, a white cheese similar to colby, is made in this state |
Nebraska
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According to the abbreviation, what you are if the hospital classifies you as "DOA" |
dead on arrival
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The most presidents, 5--Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce & Buchanan--were alive when he was inaugurated |
Lincoln
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In his native Italian, this explorer's name was Giovanni Caboto |
(Steven: Who was, uh, Cabot? Sebastian Cabot?)
John Cabot
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Spying, for example |
espionage
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The nerve fibers of this, the "back" of the eye, converge to form the optic nerve, which runs to the brain |
the retina
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The blue in blue cheese is actually this substance |
mold
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Biblical shepherd turned king who could have been accused of giganticide |
David
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The "Tennessee Tailor", he followed "The Great Emancipator" |
Andrew Johnson
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On Christmas Day 1492, this ship ran aground off Hispaniola & was abandoned |
(Jamie: What was the Nina?) (Alex: No, sorry. [Time expires] Left two ships, but the one that didn't make it back was [*].)
the Santa Maria
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The right of a government to appropriate private property for public use |
eminent domain
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This muscular organ will contract & expand without any impulses from the brain |
the heart
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In Tibet, these animals supply most of the milk for cheese |
yaks
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About 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club prophetically called "The Soc. of Those Who Die Together" |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go, Bruce. Make your selection.)
Antony & Cleopatra
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2 of only 3 presidents to attend college west of the Mississippi |
(Alex: You seemed in the middle of the response to draw a bit of a blank. You came through, however. Did you almost lose it?) (Bruce: It was close. It was close.) (Alex: It was close. All right. You've got $4,900 and you select again.)
Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon (& Herbert Hoover)
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He went exploring around 980 A.D. after he & his son were exiled from Iceland |
Erik
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Inflammation of the brain |
encephalitis
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Of the 4 main parts of the blood, these 2 start with "P" |
(Jamie: What is plasma...) (Alex: Right.) (Jamie: ...and... [Laughs])
plasma & platelets
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The true Italian version of this grating cheese is made only from April-Nov. when cows can eat fresh grass |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Parmesan
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This English statesman was beheaded on July 6, 1535 & canonized 400 years later |
Sir Thomas More
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He lingered for 2 mos. after being shot & might have survived had doctors located a bullet in his back |
(Steven: Who was McKinley?)
(James) Garfield
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Country that sent Danish explorer Vitus Bering to Alaska |
Russia
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The largest antelope in Africa |
the eland
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Popular name for the palatine masses of lymphoid tissue found at the back of the throat |
the tonsils
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He was lost at sea in a hurricane in 1638, shortly after buying more land from the Indians |
Peter Minuit
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