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What is ovulation
The term for when a mature egg is of released monthly from an ovary and when a woman is most fertile
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What is a Margarita
A cocktail consisting of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. Either on the rocks, frozen or straight up.
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Who is Christian Louboutin
This French fashion designer is known for high-end stiletto footwear with his signature shiny, red-lacquered soles.
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What is pear cut
This cut with a teardrop shape has a single point with rounded end looks almost good enough to eat
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Who is Marie Curie
This physicist and chemist pioneered research in radioactivity and jointly won with her husband the Nobel Prize in 1903.
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What is post-natal, post-birth or postpartum
A term meaning ‘after birth’
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What is a Pina Colada
A cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut or coconut milk, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice.
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Who is Coco Chanel
Known for her interlocked-CC monogram, this French woman is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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What is princess cut
Fit for royalty, this traditional engagement ring style has a square shape with pointed corners
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Who is Katherine Johnson
Her calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to sending the first Americans into space. She became famous when her story was profiled in the movie Hidden Figures.
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What is ectopic pregnancy
The term for when a fertilised egg implants and grows outside of the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube
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What is a Mojito
A cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint.
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Who is Vera Wang
This Chinese-American fashion designer was the youngest editor ever hired at Vogue, left to join Ralph Lauren, then resigned to became an independent bridal wear designer
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What is emerald cut
You may turn green with envy about this vintage, rectangular-shaped cut with step-cut facets
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Who is Henrietta Lacks
She was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
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What is Apgar score
The name of a test given one minute after a baby is born and again five minutes later, to assess a baby’s appearance, pulse, grimace (reflex), activity (muscle tone) and respiration
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What is a Michelada
This is a cerveza preparada made with beer, lime juice, assorted sauces often chile-based, spices, and tomato juice. It is served in a chilled, salt-rimmed glass.
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What is Make-up Art Cosmetics
What "MAC" of MAC Cosmetics stands for
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What is a marquise cut
You don't have to be French to appreciate this pointed oval design, modeled after the smile of a woman
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Who is Jane Goodall
The most famous primate scientist in history, she was renowned for her work with chimpanzees and as a champion of animal rights.
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What are fontanelles
The six soft spots on a baby’s head that allow its skull to compress during birth so it can pass through the birth canal
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What is Cuba Libre
A highball cocktail consisting of cola, rum, and often lime juice on ice that was named after the slogan of the Cuban independence movement.
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What is Maybelline
This brand produced the first mascara in America, after Thomas Lyle Williams watched his sister apply a mixture of petroleum and coal dust to her eyebrows and lashes
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What is a baguette cut
Got enough dough? This beautiful cut has a long, rectangular shape, angled corners, and 14 step-cut facets
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Who is Rosalind Franklin
Born in 1920, she was a British biophysicist known for revolutionary work discovering DNA, as well as understanding X-rays and molecular structure.
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