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Curtis Sittenfeld's fictional novel "Rodham" asks what if this real-life woman didn't marry her current husband |
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Collective term for the workers on a ship or a television show |
a crew
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After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name |
Pittsburgh
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In 1968 Congress passed the Fair this act, a word also in the name of a then 3-year-old cabinet department |
(Alex: Obviously we don't like HODGEPODGE.) (Jennifer: Goodness.)
Housing
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Allergy sufferers dread late summer when ragweed pollinates, causing this "fever" |
hay fever
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Taking this is one way to move up the standings in a marathon, but not for long |
(Brian: What is a sprint?)
a shortcut
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This title of a 2020 Stephen King novella collection is the first part of a TV news adage that ends with "it leads" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
If It Bleeds
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At any given time Google has hundreds of jobs open in I.T., short for this |
information technology
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The spot "Where Montana Began" in 1841 is St. Mary's, this type of Catholic settlement also big in 18th century California |
a mission
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In the 2010s LoL, this multiplayer game, surpassed WoW as the world's most popular video game |
(Brian: [Chuckles] Oh, God.)
League of Legends
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With these growing as long as 14 feet underground, bindweed is especially tough to get rid of |
(Alex: Less than a minute.)
the roots
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Similar to caulk, this type of product that fills cracks is usually made of silicone |
a sealant
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A pilot is the person controlling an aircraft, or in the case of the book "Life on the Mississippi", one of these |
(Brian: What's a riverboat?) (Alex: Riverboat? Be more specific.)
a steamboat
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The Hood Art Museum is an attraction in Hanover, a college town in this state |
(Brian: What is Oregon?)
New Hampshire
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Don't struggle clumsily in naming this flatfish, be it European or starry |
flounder
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The puffy seedhead of this weed of the genus Taraxacum is known as a blowball |
a dandelion
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From the French for "to know", it's a scholarly person |
a savant
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It's a medical practitioner who specializes in the treatment & prevention of diseases of the foot |
a podiatrist
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Major cities that share this name lie on the Kennebec River in Maine & on the Savannah River in Georgia |
(Brian: What is... ooh. No. Charleston, that's wrong.)
Augusta
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About 98% of Iran's people are Muslims & about 90% belong to this branch of Islam, Iran's state religion |
Shiite
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This weed with a crustacean name is the bane of lawn owners everywhere |
crabgrass
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A key to the early success of Apple was VisiCalc, the first electronic this |
a spreadsheet
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Not taking risks, but calculating risks & setting premiums is the job of actuaries, who mostly work in this industry |
insurance
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This state's state bird, the cactus wren, often builds nests in the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert |
Arizona
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The functions of a liver cell can be split into 5 major categories, one of which is changing fat & protein into this |
glucose
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Larvae of monarch butterflies eat this "weed" that gets its name from its cloudy white juice |
milkweed
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Medieval knights wore this outer tunic over their metal armor |
(Jennifer: What is a shift?)
a surcoat
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