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    | Like her brother Eric, Beth Heiden is an Olympic medalist in this sport | 
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    | Before he was famous he drove around with a license plate that read "Garp" | 
    (Chuck: Who is Robin Williams?) (Heather: Who is Heinlein?)
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    | In 1997 this troupe's John Cleese & Michael Palin revived their dead parrot sketch on "SNL" | 
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    Rhodes
 
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    | Gordon serves this color wine with all meat, though it's been called "an absurd generalization" | 
    Red
 
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    | If the third base coach is a bit pretentious & yells "Glissade!" to a runner, he means this | 
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    | She & husband Bart Conner run a gymnastics academy in Norman, Oklahoma that rates a perfect 10 | 
    (Heather: Who is Mary Lou Retton?)
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    | During WWII this Tarzan creator worked as a correspondent for the L.A. Times | 
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    | In 1992 she won a Grammy for best traditional pop performance for "Unforgettable" | 
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    | New Zealand's Bounty Islands were discovered by this tough British captain in 1788 | 
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    | It's what Gordon calls the cupboard where he stores wine, though it's not underground | 
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    | A terricolous creature lives on or in this | 
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    | In Sept. 1996 she ran off with the South African cross-country title; we don't know if she was barefoot | 
    Zola Budd
 
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    | He wrote "A Time To Kill" while serving in the Mississippi House of Representatives | 
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    Gregory Hines
 
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    | When Gordon uses this word for flavor given by a wine barrel, he can't resist following it with "dokey" | 
    Oaky
 
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    | Things that are quinary come in bunches of this many | 
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    | In 1965 she became the first woman to earn a professional license from the National Hot Rod Association | 
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    | This author of "Terminal" & "Toxin" is a graduate of Columbia University's medical school | 
    Robin Cook
 
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    | This silent comic's downfall began with a wild party held on Labor Day, 1921 | 
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    | This island about 25 miles south of Elba is now a nature reserve; you can "count" on it | 
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    | Gordon calls the bartender at the local tavern this, the French term for a wine steward | 
    (Chuck: What is garcon?) ... (Alex: That'll make bartenders feel real good, "Hello, [*], I'll have a double!")
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    | (Hi, I'm Summer Sanders.)  At the 1990 Goodwill Games, I ended this swimmer's 4-year undefeated string in the 400 m. individual medley | 
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    | This "Kiss The Girls" author also wrote the jingle "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us kid" | 
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    | This singing satirist & pianist seen on PBS learned his craft in the early '60s from Tom Lehrer & Mort Sahl | 
    Mark Russell
 
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    | In 1991 more than 300 people were killed when Mount Pinatubo erupted on this Philippine island | 
    Luzon
 
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    | Easily impressed, Gordon buys any bottle with this synonym for "hold back" on the label | 
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