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| At age 16 in 1921 Margaret Gorman was crowned the first winner of this national beauty contest |
Miss America
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| This mountain system was formed by the Eurasian & Indian tectonic plates ramming into each other |
[End-of-round signal sounds.]
the Himalayas
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| In Seattle network prime time starts at this hour on weekdays |
8 PM
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| In "The Lesson for Today", Robert Frost wrote, "I had a lover's" this "with the world" |
quarrel
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| Women-only sports in the Olympics include this, once called water ballet |
synchronized swimming
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| We lava this molten material from which igneous rock is formed |
magma
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| To the nearest half hour, when "Saturday Night Live" goes live in Chicago |
10:30
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| In a 1916 poem Edgar Guest wrote, "It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it" one of these |
a home
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| The women of the WCTU are seen here disposing of liquor, as the "T" stood for this sober quality |
temperance
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| This Mideast country has around 16% of all the world's oil reserves, with an estimated 268 billion barrels |
Saudi Arabia
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| Barring NFL nuttiness, "60 Minutes" begins at this hour on the East Coast |
7:00
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| This phrase concludes Keats' line "A thing of beauty is..." |
a joy forever
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| A Navy footrace held annually in Millington, Tennessee covering 11.8061 miles is called the 10 these units race |
(Sean: What is leagues?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go now, Philip.)
nautical miles
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| London levies a charge for driving into the city center; the boundary is known as this circular thoroughfare |
the ring road
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| In 1888 2 students at Boston University founded this this this sorority |
Delta Delta Delta
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| Chris Hardwick starts this show with "It's 11:59 & 59 seconds" |
@midnight
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| In a Tennyson poem, this legendary monster sleeps "far, far beneath in the abysmal sea" |
(Sean: What is Leviathan?) ... (Alex: That's why you have to release [*].)
the Kraken
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| A base at China Lake, Calif. claims the creation of glow sticks, urinal cakes & this missile with the same name as a rattlesnake |
a Sidewinder
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| It's the naturally formed Colorado amphitheatre seen here |
Red Rocks
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| In 2014 Jillian Michaels teamed up with this chain of fitness centers for women |
Curves
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| There are various North Poles; some scientists believe this one may move from Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years |
the magnetic North Pole
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| Your "Late Night with David Letterman" began in 1982 at this time, Eastern |
[Applause for Sean running the category]
12:30 AM
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| Emily Dickinson called it "the thing with feathers-- that perches in the soul" |
hope
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| 2,300 miles up the Amazon in Peru, a Navy lab tracks Malaria & this mosquito-borne fever caused by the DEN-1 virus |
dengue fever
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| This 2-item ratio helps you decide whether the upside of buying a stock is worth the downside |
(Sean: What is rate of return?)
risk-reward (or risk-return)
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