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This geographic line was first designated by an international conference in 1884 |
the prime meridian
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What started as the Harvard Annex in 1879 was chartered as this women's school in 1894 |
[Applause for Jon running the category]
Radcliffe
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Loss of this type of vision, from the Greek for "circumference", can be an early sign of glaucoma |
peripheral
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Mary was born not in Minneapolis but in this NYC borough & as a child lived in its Flatbush neighborhood |
Brooklyn
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You'll probably want an espresso machine to make one of these, Italian for coffee with milk |
latte
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This unproved assertion or accusation |
an allegation
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Shifting priorities prompted Samoa to adjust this line in 2011 to go back to the future & be on the same day as Australia |
the international date line
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Nike was founded by a track coach & a student, both from this university |
the University of Oregon
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Lyme disease is transmitted to humans by the bite of these infected creatures |
ticks
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Before she starred in her own self-titled show, Mary starred for 5 seasons in the sitcom named for this other icon |
Dick Van Dyke
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You're gonna make one of these, but perhaps not as big as the 97-foot-tall one Horace Burgess built in a white oak |
a tree house
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This 8-letter irritant, like pollen |
an allergen
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The border line seen here separates these two nations that were part of the same union until 1523 |
Sweden and Norway
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Of the 10 University of California campuses, this one in northern California is alphabetically first |
Berkeley
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The machine that performs this process is also known as an artificial kidney |
dialysis
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Mary was a longtime advocate for research into this autoimmune disorder with which she'd been diagnosed at 33 |
(Jon: What is lupus?) (Emily: What is MS?)
diabetes
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A coil of wire, an antenna, an earphone & a diode are the basics to build a simple "crystal" one of these |
a radio
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This indirect reference |
allusion
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Mauritania north of the Nouakchott-Nema line is mostly this geographic feature |
(Emily: What is desert?) (Alex: No. Be more specific.) (Emily: What is [*]?)
the Sahara desert
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During the War of 1812, students saw the burning of the White House from their dormitories at this Jesuit university |
Georgetown
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Resting hand tremors & slowed movement called bradykinesia are early signs of this neurological disease |
Parkinson's disease
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In 1969's "Change of Habit", Mary co-starred as a nun opposite this rock legend in the last of his 31 feature roles |
Elvis
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You just need a clean glass bottle, some soil & some plants to make one of these, from the Latin for "earth" |
a terrarium
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This verb meaning to reduce in severity |
alleviate (or allay)
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The route of this fortification, built in the 1930s, stretched for hundreds of miles |
the Maginot Line
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In 1817 Col Sylvanus Thayer began an influential 16 yrs. as superintendent at this institution in New York state |
West Point
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(Kelly shows a joint on the monitor.) Around joints, small fluid-filled sacs reduce friction, but trauma or arthritis can cause this inflammation, leading to pain and limiting range of motion |
bursitis
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Mary won a Golden Globe & got an Oscar nomination as the mom in this 1980 tearjerker directed by Robert Redford |
Ordinary People
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You can keep your paper clips from getting scattered by making a simple desk organizer with a neodymium one of these inside |
a magnet
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This small metal item essential for assembling Ikea products |
an Allen wrench
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