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DOUBLE U, DOUBLE V OR DOUBLE W |
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A measure of distance, not brightness, one is equal to about 6 trillion miles |
a light year
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Quite the voice before judging "The Voice", he had a No. 1 country hit in 2001 with "Austin" |
Blake Shelton
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It precedes -packed, pump & cleaner |
vacuum
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In 2015 this line of lingerie held its 20th annual fashion show, televised from New York City |
Victoria's Secret
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This language is the second most-spoken in the U.S. with about 35 million speakers |
Spanish
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A great playwright, but: I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER |
William Shakespeare
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A long pole helps a tightrope walker by increasing this tendency of a body to stay at rest |
(Ellen: What is balance?)
inertia
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Quite the voice before judging "The Voice", she had a No. 1 pop hit in 2000 with "What A Girl Wants" |
Christina Aguilera
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This wingless larva of a European beetle emits a sustained greenish light; shine, little this! Glimmer, glimmer |
glowworm
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Known for her wedding gowns, this former figure skater has clothed such celebs as Chelsea Clinton & Mariah Carey |
Vera Wang
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The region of Flanders is known as Vlaanderen in Flemish, which is a form of this language |
Dutch
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A physicist: ELITE BRAIN NEST |
Albert Einstein
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Humans have 2 of these long bones, the longest in the body |
a femur
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Providing both hip & hop in 2005, this group that included Fergie had a request--"Don't Lie" |
The Black Eyed Peas
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Strip down to your this, underwear consisting of a cotton T-shirt & shorts... Stop! No! We were kidding! |
skivvies
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This 1980s TV cop show started a men's fashion trend for pastel colors & suit jackets over T-shirts |
Miami Vice
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On the dance floor I'm a klutz, from a word meaning "wooden block" in this Germanic language |
Yiddish
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A Hungarian composer: SNAZZ FLIRT |
(Emily: Who is Liszt? Hans Liszt?)
Franz Liszt
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Kids on a seesaw instinctively calculate this, the tendency of a force to produce rotation around an axis |
(Emily: What is centrifugal force?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
torque
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"Wake Me Up When September Ends", requested this "colorful" trio in 2005 |
Green Day
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In September 2014 there was a United Tribes International one of these held in Bismarck, North Dakota |
a powwow
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From 1962 to 1971 Diana Vreeland was this magazine's influential editor-in-chief |
Vogue
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Dialects of English include this London one with distinctive rhyming slang |
Cockney
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A 19th century president: RUN VIBRANT AMEN |
(Hans: Who is... um, oh, William Van Buren?)
Martin Van Buren
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Self-healing like the T-1000, the "terminator" type of this macromolecule compound was discovered in 2013 |
a polymer
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"Stand Up" in 2005 was the 4th No. 1 studio album in a row by the band named for this S. Afr.-born man; they're big live too |
(Alex: You are right, and you ran the category. Well done, young lady.) [Applause] (Alex: Now, do you want to give Hans and Emily a chance with the remaining categories?)
The Dave Matthews Band
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Often followed by "up", it means to distribute (especially among thieves) |
divvy
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A 1980s trend was the backpack-style handbag that this designer made in a type of nylon she called Pocone |
Prada
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The name of this language of the Philippines comes from words meaning "of the river" |
Tagalog
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He was full of ego: FEUDING DRUMS |
Sigmund Freud
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