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IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY |
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Hold on--we appear to be having some earthquake activity as recorded by this instrument |
a seismograph
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A philographist collects these; would you like mine? |
an autograph
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In "Why Not Me?", this actress "freely" admits that her relationship with "Office" mate "B.J. Novak is weird as hell" |
Mindy Kaling
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This adjective used of non-cancerous tumors is from the Latin for "kindly" |
benign
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908 S. Broadway in Los Angeles is where Harold Lloyd dangled from this in "Safety Last", one of the most famous movie stunts |
a clock
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At the end of the 7th c., Paolo Lucio Anafesto became, by tradition, Venice's 1st doge, Venetian Italian for this European noble title |
a duke
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It's commonly known as a lie detector |
(Eleanor: Um... ugh... blank)
a polygraph
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Though from Latin for "whitish", it's actually reddish brown |
auburn
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Firoozeh Dumas recounts "Growing Up Iranian in America" in the memoir "Funny in" this language |
Farsi
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This 5-letter word means pertaining to the kidneys |
(Yungsheng: What is nephron?)
renal
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Sometimes forgotten among the many movies teaming this actor & Katharine Hepburn is the Elia Kazan frontier tale "The Sea of Grass" |
Spencer Tracy
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Doge from 1192 to 1205, Enrico Dandolo was big on the 4th this Christian expedition, which doomed the Byzantine Empire |
Crusade
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Seen here, an ophthalmologist uses a tonometer to measure pressure inside the patient's eye to screen for this disease |
glaucoma
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It's the A in ASD; Asperger's is no longer a separate diagnosis |
autism
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Sloan Crosley's collection of humorous narratives of life in NYC has the tasty title "I was Told There'd be" this treat |
(Yungsheng: What is, uh, pie?)
Cake
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This 5-syllable word means infected with a virus but showing no obvious signs |
asymptomatic
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"Baby Face", with a rather unchaste Barbara Stanwyck, is a classic of the early '30s films called "Pre"-this set of restrictions |
Pre-Code
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After becoming doge in 1478, Giovanni Mocenigo achieved a brief peace with this Turkish empire, then put his feet up & relaxed |
the Ottoman Empire
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Change one letter in Google's mobile phone operating system to get this type of non-liquid barometer |
(Eleanor: What is... thermometer?)
aneroid
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It's the folk instrument seen played here |
an autoharp
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There's a lot more humor in her story "Charles" than in her most famous one, "The Lottery" |
Shirley Jackson
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It can refer to a procedure that doesn't penetrate the body or to disease that doesn't encroach into healthy cells |
(Andie: What is... superficial?)
non-invasive
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This Nevada-set 1964 movie was Elvis' highest-grossing film |
Viva Las Vegas
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Trying to find his own corner of the sky, Agnello Parteciaco defied Venice's control by this man, Charlemagne's son |
[Eleanor's response sounds like "Pippin".]
Pepin
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In cases of frequent heartburn, a doctor may examine your esophagus using this flexible tube with a light & camera attached |
an endoscope
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In ancient Rome this person interpreted divine signs, often by observing birds |
an augur
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Written by Laurence Sterne, "The Life & Opinions of" this gentleman has been called the greatest shaggy dog story |
Tristram Shandy
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From a Latin word for "to cloak", it's the type of care given to seriously ill patients to provide comfort without curing |
(Yungsheng: What is hospice?) (Andie: What is pallative? [*]?) [Andie's response ruled incorrect and changed to correct when the Daily Double is found after the judges reviewed the tape]
palliative
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In an Oscar winner, Piletti is the last name of Ernest Borgnine's butcher character; this first name is the title |
Marty
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A Verdi opera subject, Francesco Foscari warred with the leader of this city, not Prospero but Filippo Maria Visconti |
Milan
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