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The first madam in the Cabinet, Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor in 1933 by this president |
FDR
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This trilogy begins with a "Fellowship" & ends with "The Return of the King" |
Lord of the Rings
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In bikes, it precedes seat; in desserts, split |
banana
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned down in 1864, has the soldier seen here facing this direction |
south
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In June 2015 this media company known for its entertaining lists launched a news app |
BuzzFeed
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The World Health Organization suggests limiting this to no more than a teaspoon a day & using the iodized type |
salt
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Threatening their highway funds, Elizabeth Dole of D.O.T. got every state to raise the legal drinking age to this |
21
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Mary Ann Evans wrote the novels "Adam Bede" & "Middlemarch" under this pen name |
(George) Eliot
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Part of a whole, say, in a periodic table |
an element
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Russia's 278-foot "The Motherland Calls" statue commemorates the 1942-43 battle of this city |
Stalingrad
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This groundbreaking TV news magazine has been on CBS since 1968 |
60 Minutes
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) In 2011 the USDA replaced the food pyramid with MyPlate, making it easier to visualize a balanced meal, which includes a serving of dairy, and half your plate made up of fruit and vegetables, and the other half protein and these, whole and refined |
grains
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In 1975 Carla Anderson Hills became the first female head of this department that ensures access to shelter |
(Mohan: What is... Housing? Department of Housing?)
Housing and Urban Development
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"A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is the subtitle of this Oscar Wilde play of mistaken identity |
(Mohan: I'm going to take a guess here. What is [*]?)
The Importance of Being Earnest
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It's very close to illegal, in that it also means "illegal" |
illicit
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His sculpture of "The Thinker" is in the gardens at his home, the Hotel Biron in Paris, now a museum devoted to him |
Rodin
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"Al Punto" (To the Point) is an interview show hosted by Jorge Ramos on this network |
(Corey: What is... Telemundo?)
Univision
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For 19-to-50-year-olds, the RDA for this mineral is 8 mg for men, 18 mg for women & even more for vegetarians |
(Allison: What is recommended daily allowance?) ... (Alex: [*], yes. "This mineral".)
iron
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Donna Shalala, HHS secretary from 1993 to 2001, heads up this charitable foundation much in the news in 2016 |
the Clinton Foundation
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"Bring Up the Bodies" is Hilary Mantel's sequel to this historical novel about the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell |
Wolf Hall
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This mythological hall of dead Norse warriors has 540 doors |
Valhalla
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A statue of this admiral in Barbados predates the one in London's Trafalgar Square |
Nelson
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Reaching 270 million homes worldwide, AJE is the English version of this originally Arabic news service |
Al Jazeera
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Fermented dairy products like yogurt & kefir are sources of these good bacteria that line your gut |
probiotics
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Sally Jewell, 2009 winner of the Audubon Society's Rachel Carson Award, was named secretary of this in 2013 |
(Corey: What is the DEP?... The Department of...) (Alex: Environmental Protection? No.)
the Interior
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E.M. Forster dedicated this 1924 novel to his friend Syed Ross Masood, one of the inspirations for Dr. Aziz |
A Passage to India
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The leather seen here, used for bindings, is named for this African country |
(Alex: Moroccan leather, hence, [*] is the correct response.)
Morocco
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Denmark's most photographed statue, it was modeled after the sculptor's wife Eline Eriksen--sans tail, of course |
The Little Mermaid
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In 2014 Katie Couric became global anchor of this email, search & news website |
Yahoo!
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Avocados are high in fat, but it's mostly this 15-letter kind that may lower your cholesterol |
(Alex: That would be--I know you're counting all the letters in [*].)
monounsaturated
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