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A stroke while fighting to get the Treaty of Versailles ratified disabled him for the last 17 months of his term |
(Woodrow) Wilson
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1999: We open with a closer, Mariano Rivera |
the (New York) Yankees
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After marrying an American, he moved to the U.S., where he wrote the 2 "Jungle Books" |
(Rudyard) Kipling
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Giving a play-by-play of an event while on Twitter is called doing this |
live tweeting
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What's now this "club" that many join happily was first distilled in Ontario in 1858 |
a Canadian Club
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On season 2 of "American Idol", Clay Aiken wasn't the winner but this |
the runner-up
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At his Texas ranch, this President would terrify passengers by driving 90 mph sipping scotch from a foam cup |
LBJ
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1988: Orel Hershiser, though one swing could've done it for Kirk Gibson, too |
(Alex: Brad, back to you, with a minute to go.)
the Los Angeles Dodgers
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He wrote "The War in the Air" as well as "The War of the Worlds" |
H.G. Wells
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This 4-letter word is "warm" when the computer's power is already on, "cold" when it's off |
boot
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During prohibition this family of rum makers invited Americans to Cuba for weekend-long parties |
Bacardi
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It comes in cherry as well as the original lemon-lime |
7-Up
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Boxing in the White House in the early 20th century left him blind in one eye, a secret he kept for years |
Teddy Roosevelt
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2001: Randy Johnson & Curt Schilling, southwestern brothers in arms |
the (Arizona) Diamondbacks
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John Fowles' best-known work is this 1969 novel that was made into a movie starring Meryl Streep |
The French Lieutenant's Woman
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In Windows hitting Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V performs these 2 artsy & crafty actions |
(Brad: What are cut & paste?) (Alex: We'll--no.) ... (Alex: [*], yes. Brad realized he made a mistake.)
copy & paste
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The letters "V.O.P." on the label of a bottle of cognac stand for this |
very old pale
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Common exercise done in a prone position, or a type of bra |
a push-up
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Orphaned by age 9, this 31st President was raised by Quaker relatives in Oregon |
(Herbert) Hoover
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This process that maximizes disk space is so named because it joins up pieces of files that were stored separately |
defrag (or defragmenting)
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The name of this honey-whiskey liqueur is from a Scottish Gaelic phrase that means "the drink that satisfies" |
drambuie
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A thorough medical exam including lab tests & X-rays; your doctor might order one on you |
a work-up
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In the last year of his presidency in 1844, he secretly married a woman 30 years younger |
(Kristin: Who is Polk?) (Alex: No. Who is the handsome [*]? [*]. So you're now tied with Brad for second place, with no money.) [Laughter]
John Tyler
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Sharing the nickname "The Queen of Crime" are Agatha Christie & this author of the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries |
P.D. James
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Releasing someone's personal info on the Internet is this word that can have 1 or 2 "X"s in the middle |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
doxing (or doxxing)
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This Italian liqueur is made from tonda gentile hazelnuts grown in the Piedmont region |
(Stephanie: What is amaretto?)
frangelico
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It's another name for an Apache wigwam |
a wickiup
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