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    | In 1984 this wife of the Governor was named Arkansas' "Young Mother of the Year" | 
    Hillary Clinton
 
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    | Geoffrey was the butler & Jazz was a pal on this '90s NBC sitcom | 
    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 
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    | Seen here in a satellite photo, an iceberg almost twice the size of Delaware broke off this continent in 2000 | 
    (Tim: What is Greenland?)
  Antarctica
 
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    | Junipers and Japanese maples are especially suited for this tree-dwarfing technique | 
    bonsai
 
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    | Attention, Kmart shoppers: This '70s "Charlie's Angel" has her own line of designer jeans | 
    Jaclyn Smith
 
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    | It can be corporal or capital | 
    punishment
 
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    | On Feb. 11, 1984 the Challenger made the first space shuttle landing at this location | 
    Kennedy Space Center
 
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    | In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard" | 
    (Tim: What's Sunset Boulevard?) (Brett: What is Wilshire Boulevard?) ... (Alex: Wilshire and Sunset on this side of the hill.  [*] in the Valley--the dreaded Valley of no Return--where I live, so don't take it--don't be insulted by that.) [Laughter]
  Ventura Boulevard
 
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    | Here are before & after images of this U.S. city in 2000 & 2005 | 
    New Orleans
 
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    | These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scales & spider mites | 
    ladybugs
 
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    | Some of the new Disney Princess bridal gowns were inspired by this 1937 heroine (also an appropriate bridal color) | 
    Snow White
 
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    | By tradition, no pope ever chooses this name | 
    Peter
 
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    | An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel failed to take out this British P.M. who was there | 
    Margaret Thatcher
 
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    | Billy Joel wanted to "Say Goodbye To" this storied L.A. area | 
    Hollywood
 
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    | You can see a lava dome forming in this volcano that blew its top in 1980 | 
    Mount St. Helens
 
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    | It's a mixture of decaying organic substances, such as dead leaves, used to fertilize soil | 
    compost
 
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    | Vogue showed a 1978 photo of the Sex Pistols to illustrate this fashion movement (not one of Vogue's favorites) | 
    punk
 
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    | To beat or strike repeatedly, or the skin of a fur-bearing animal | 
    pelt
 
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    | This pair lost to Reagan & Bush in the 1984 U.S. presidential election | 
    Mondale & Ferraro
 
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    | Black smoke rises from oil fires in this country in a photo taken from space in 1991 | 
    Kuwait
 
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    | After they bloom & drop their petals, some roses form these seedpods rich in vitamin C | 
    rose hips
 
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    | Anne Moore designs chapeaux inspired by & named for this crazed Lewis Carroll character | 
    the Mad Hatter
 
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    | Angola & Mozambique both use this Romance language as an official one | 
    Portuguese
 
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    | On this woman's orders, Indian troops stormed the Golden Temple at Amritsar to oust Sikh fighters holed up there | 
    Indira Gandhi
 
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    | Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place | 
    Sunset Strip
 
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    | You can see the tsunami pulling back out to sea after it struck at Kalutara, south of Colombo on this island | 
    Sri Lanka
 
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    | Ladies' slippers, ladies' tresses & dragon's mouth are examples of this exotic flower | 
    an orchid
 
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    | The shoes known as "Manolos" aren't named for Barry Manilow but for this designer | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
  Manolo Blahnik
 
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