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Ganglia, gorups of cell bodies of these nerve cells, are outside the vertebrate central nervous system |
neurons
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In 1998 & 1999 this Cardinals first baseman hit a total of 135 home runs, a 2-season record |
Mark McGwire
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"Obsessive Genius" explores "the inner world of" this female scientist who died of the effects of radiation |
(David: Who is Silkwood?)
Marie Curie
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Because Turkey's largest body of water, Lake Van, has this quality, its only animal life is a fish called the darekh |
salinity
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This Redmond, Washington mega-corporation clicked in at 48, one spot ahead of Intel |
Microsoft
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A haploid nucleus contains 1 of each type of chromosome; this is the term for a nucleus with 2 of each |
diploid
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As of opening day 2006, Carlos Delgado is the last to hit this record-tying number of homers in a game |
4
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Michael Eric Dyson analyzes this real man, not just his image as mythic minister & leader, in "I May Not Get There with You" |
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Turks don't eat much turkey; they call it "hindi" because they believe it originated here |
India
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"Nobody doesn't like" this Chicago-based food co., No. 111, but we don't not prefer to use proper grammar, too |
Sara Lee
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An inscribed stone, or sheets of writing paper fastened together |
a tablet
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Myogenic means related to this type of tissue: the heart's myogenic beating continues even without nerve impulses |
muscle tissue
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This Cub was the only man to hit more than 60 home runs in a season & not win a league title; it happened 3 times |
(Sammy) Sosa
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"Cowboy Princess" describes life as the daughter of this famous film & TV couple |
(Alex: You're right, yes. King of the Cowboys!)
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
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In Turkish the Asian portion of Turkey is called Anadolu; in English, it's Asia Minor or this |
Anatolia
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Ken Jennings should be well aware this accounting firm founded by 2 brothers landed at 467 |
H&R Block
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A vivid, picturesque display |
a tableau
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Rhizo- refers to this part of a plant; the rhizosphere is the soil around it |
(David: What's the stem?)
a root
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This Yankees centerfielder of the '50s & '60s holds the career record for home runs in the World Series, with 18 |
(Mickey) Mantle
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Joseph J. Ellis' biography of this 18th century man is called "His Excellency" |
Washington
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At school the young man later known as Ataturk received this nickname meaning "the perfect one" |
Kemal
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Let's see, I need 127 gallons of OJ, 5,050 rolls of paper towels & 4 computers... I'm off to this company, No. 28 |
Costco
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Musical notation indicating hand positions |
tablature
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On July 15, 2005 this Oriole became just the fourth player to reach 3,000 hits & 500 home runs in a career |
(Hanna: Who is Cal Ripken, Jr.?)
(Rafael) Palmeiro
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"Niccolo's Smile" says that this Italian thinker did not behave in the cunning way now associated with his name |
(Niccolo) Machiavelli
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Dropping the first letter from Izmir, Homer's supposed birthplace, will help you detect this former name of the city |
Smyrna
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It may be a "Wild Kingdom" out there, but at 491, this corporation isn't afraid to insure it |
Mutual of Omaha
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A 2-word Latin term for the human mind at birth, it literally means "clean slate" |
tabula rasa
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