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Still used clinically, the "G" type is a naturally occurring form of this first true antibiotic |
penicillin
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"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", a textbook from this fictional school, is spawning a series of films |
Hogwarts
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The Big Bukowski is an offering at the L.A. literary pub called "Catcher in" this, a kind of whiskey |
rye
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After 15 years of marriage, this British royal couple called it quits |
Charles & Diana
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The Northern Lights radiate over the top of majestic mountains on its seal |
(Scott: What is Montana?)
Alaska
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In 2013 this company celebrated its 50th anniversary of helping people drop the pounds |
Weight Watchers
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Thalassemia, an inherited form of anemia, occurs when red blood cells have less of this oxygen carrier than normal |
hemoglobin
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This actor was injured by his own ship, the Millennium Falcon, while filming "Star Wars: Episode VII" |
(Harrison) Ford
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In 1960 this stout brewery introduced Harp Lager |
Guinness
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Warning that it "can happen to anybody", he retired from basketball after announcing he was HIV positive |
Magic Johnson
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This mammal sits atop the shield of Wisconsin's seal |
a badger
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This holiday gift exchange often done among co-workers is also called Kris Kringle |
Secret Santa
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Until the 1940s & this test named for its creator, cervical cancer was killing more women than any other kind |
a Pap smear
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Robin is the first name of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character in this 2012 Batman film |
The Dark Knight Rises
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Yes, Alexander, the French spirit eau-de-vie is a type of this |
brandy
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This daughter of a Czech diplomat made the news on becoming our first female Secretary of State |
Madeleine Albright
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The only woman to design a state seal, Emma Green put the Snake River on its seal in 1891 |
Idaho
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This term was coined in the 1980s to describe angry behavior by one motorist against another |
road rage
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An inguinal type of this occurs when soft tissue protrudes through a weak point or tear in the lower abdomen |
a hernia
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(Hi, I'm Moon Bloodgood.) In the fourth installment of this film series, I found "salvation" playing a fighter pilot for the resistance |
the Terminator series
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More similar to beer than wine in production, it begins with steamed rice & mold |
sake
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In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office |
Jesse Ventura
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Prominent on its seal is a silver miner & his team moving a carload of ore from a mountain |
(Alex: [*], which is the Silver State.)
Nevada
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About a quarter of the U.S. population is made up of these people, who began turning 65 in January 2011 |
Baby Boomers
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Brand names of this pain reliever include Tylenol & Feverall |
acetaminophen
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In addition to starring in Woody Allen films, she played Michael Corleone's wife in the "Godfather" movies |
(Diane) Keaton
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130 different herbs go into the green type of this liqueur made by French monks |
(Scott: What is absinthe?)
Chartreuse
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Ironically, it was during a peace rally that this Israeli prime minister was shot & killed |
Yitzhak Rabin
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Its 3 counties are represented on its seal: Sussex by a sheaf of wheat, Kent by an ear of corn & New Castle by a ship |
Delaware
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"I came, I saw, I conquered", Caesar style |
Veni, vidi, vici
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