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You'll want to biopsy that tumor to see whether it's malignant or this opposite |
benign
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On Oct. 1, 1988 he became the USSR's president & said perestroika had entered a new age |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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In February 2002 U.S. Marines were passing out toys & gloves to kids in this Afghan capital's Allauddin Orphanage |
Kabul
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Back from their "Excellent Adventure", in 1991 this title pair left on a "Bogus Journey" |
Bill & Ted
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In April 1862 David Farragut was victorious at this city, also a battle site in the War of 1812 |
New Orleans
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Basie, or Dracula (5) |
count
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You'll know the caudate nucleus because it's this color -- oops, so is much of the rest of the brain |
gray
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The first of 15 million of these was assembled at Detroit's Piquette Avenue plant Oct. 1, 1908 |
Model T
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This capital in the valley of Nepal is at an altitude of about 4,000 feet |
Kathmandu
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Some referred to this 1994 movie as "Die Hard on a Bus" |
Speed
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At Ia Drang in this war, helicopters first brought large numbers of troops into combat |
Vietnam
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Surgeons can now use eensy tubes to treat this event, also called a cerebrovascular accident |
stroke
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Both born Oct. 1, 1924 were Jimmy Carter & this man, a mere associate judge during the Carter administration |
William Rehnquist
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According to legend, it was founded in 1122 BC; in 1948 became capital of North Korea |
(Chuck: What is Pyongpeng?)
Pyongyang
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"Somebody said get a life... so they did" was the tagline for this Susan Sarandon/Geena Davis film |
Thelma & Louise
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The shape of the area indicated here gave this battle its name |
[the Ardenne Forest]
the Battle of the Bulge
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Far East forks (10) |
chopsticks
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Gamma knife surgery uses beams of this to destroy tumors |
(Brad: What is light?) (Chuck: What are protons?)
radiation
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On Oct. 1, 1896 this service began as Harry Gibson carried mail through the West Virginia back country |
(Elisabeth: What is the Postal Service?)
rural free delivery
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With a name meaning "The End of Strife", this capital of Burma is naturally home to the World Peace Pagoda |
Rangoon (or Yangon)
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In this flaky comedy, Anthony Hopkins played cereal king Dr. John Harvey Kellogg |
The Road to Wellville
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In 1917 the British battled this nation's army in the 3 Battles of Gaza |
Turkey
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"Lumpy" stocking stuffer (4) |
coal
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A device called the surgiscope uses this type of image, abbreviated MR, to guide the knife |
magnetic resonance
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Oct. 1 is the feast of St. Remi, whose big moment was baptizing the king of these people at Reims in 496 |
(Chuck: Who were the French?) (Alex: A minute to go now.)
the Franks
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Now capital of Laos, back in the early 18th century it was capital of a same-named kingdom |
Vientiane
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(Hi, I'm Vivica Fox) I played one of the sisters in this 1997 film about family, relationships & Sunday night dinner |
Soul Food
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In September 1812 Napoleon won the battle of this village, allowing him to take Moscow |
Borodino
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Fissure king (5) |
(Brad: What is Christ?)
chasm
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