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U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADORS |
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The 2 forces that cause soil erosion are water & this, which includes a process called deflation |
wind
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Working for UNICEF is this woman, mom to 14 kids & movie mom to "Rosemary's Baby" |
Mia Farrow
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Synchronized swimming used to be called "water" this, though it's hard to be "en pointe" in the pool |
ballet
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The Dada art movement originated at the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916 in this largest Swiss city |
(Jill: What is Geneva?)
Zurich
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In 1788 Col. George Clendenin danced off with the deed to this city now in West Virginia for, we hear, under a buck |
Charleston
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It's the term for the decorative "A.T." on my cufflinks |
monogram
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This rock is basically froth formed from liquid lava |
(James: What is basalt?)
pumice
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Appointed in August 2001, this movie "Tomb Raider" is tackling the refugee problem |
Angelina Jolie
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Hockey has the penalty shot; this game has the penalty throw |
(Jill: What is basketball?)
water polo
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This Florentine's 1483 "Madonna of the Rocks" is his earliest major work that survives in complete form |
da Vinci
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Imprisoned for life in 1865, this doctor was pardoned by the President in 1869 |
Samuel Mudd
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A type of exercise, or a type of bra |
(Lynne: What is jogging?) (James: What is sports?)
push-up
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The "creta" in Cretaceous comes from the Latin for this substance picked up by some blackboard erasers |
chalk
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Seen here, he was the first U.N. goodwill ambassador |
Danny Kaye
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In the Olympics, this event name means you can use any stroke, but it's usually the crawl |
freestyle
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In 1934 this midwestern regionalist became an assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa |
(Lynne: Who is Whistler?)
Grant Wood
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This ex-president of a South Carolina railroad negotiated a purchase from Mexico for a new U.S. route |
(Lynne: [no response])
James Gadsden
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Once you ring in, you've reached "the point of" this |
no return
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Do we have to spell it out for you? Speleology is the study of these |
caves
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Made a UNICEF ambassador in 1988, this Oscar winner spent the last years of her life working for needy children |
Audrey Hepburn
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Rhyming term for an insect-like fishing lure that floats on the surface of the water |
dry fly
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As a boy, Titian was sent to this city to study under the masters; he spent most of the rest of his life there |
Venice
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The Flame is a variety of red grape with this popular quality |
seedless
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The Eniwetok Atoll sits on a limestone cap that's sitting on the summit of one of these |
a volcano
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This South African Nobel Laureate author is an ambassador for the U.N. development program |
Nadine Gordimer
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The introduction of aluminum made this type of diving board more flexible, giving divers more height |
(James: What is a high dive?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
springboard
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This Dutch artist's "Composition B With Red, 1935", scorned by critics in 1936, was sold in 1999 for about $4.5 million |
Piet Mondrian
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Scented liquid originating in a German city |
Eau de Cologne
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