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05-26-2015, 06:13 AM
Synopsis: Discussing the importance of and progress toward ending fatal epidemic diseases with President Jimmy Carter; curator of the division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, Dr. Mark Siddall, and comic Chuck Nice weigh in.

What did Bill Nye do before he explained that lions, tigers, and bears were not humans' biggest enemies?
Bought a hot dog from a vendor

What did Chuck Nice joke he did, as Mark Siddall explained that the definition of a human was "fuzzy"?
Received pills from a medical clinic

What did Mark Siddall say he did to convince a person about a treatment for guinea worm disease?
Pointed a flashlight at a jar full of fleas

What did Mark Siddall say a person afflicted with guinea worm disease did, as he described the way the worm completed its life cycle?
Felt a blistering burn in one of their extremities

What did Mark Siddall say happened to a person to cause them to be affected by a disease which now only affected a small community in Venezuela?
Black fly bit them near a river

What did Mark Siddall say he did when he was five or six years old, which started his interest in science?
Collected snakes and frogs in a ravine

What did Pres. Jimmy Carter say people in places afflicted with guinea worm did, which was an obstacle in his efforts to eradicate the disease?
Viewed water sources as sacred

What did Pres. Jimmy Carter say armies in North Sudan did, before Carter described how he negotiated the "Guinea worm cease-fire"?
Drove tanks only in the dry season

What did Pres. Jimmy Carter say he did, after Neil deGrasse Tyson suggested he had an early "cosmic baptism"?
Learned to navigate in the U.S. Navy

What did Pres. Jimmy Carter say he did, after he said the highest number of cases of guinea worm disease existed in South Sudan?
Hired volunteers to monitor villages

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In a commercial during this show, what did a man do in animated scenes before he made ice cream that his customers enjoyed and stacked containers in a pyramid in a window?
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In a commercial during this show, what did a man wearing a helmet and a cape do in a car, before an insurance company was noted?
Backed up quickly and drove on two wheels after saying he was "sorta" the valet at a valet parking
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In a commercial during this show, what did a man in a tie do as he held a mobile device, before the advantages of a wireless provider were noted?
Witnessed in shock how a woman's credit card information was displayed in giant screens in a packed avenue after she made a purchase
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In a commercial during this show, what did a cartoon young woman do in a car that her father surprised her with, after a white character threw tires at the vehicle?
Avoided collisions by breaking just in time, including with a high speed train
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In a commercial during this show, what happened as a couple went bird watching before a line of personal care products were noted?
Hawk returned to its nest and regurgitated a bowl of cereal for its babies
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In an advertisement you may have seen on the Internet, what was noted in text against a sky background near an insurance company's logo?
That you could get claims support day or night, while a famous statue was featured
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