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SOUNDS LIKE AN OBSCURE ROCK BAND |
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A drop of solution placed on this paper will indicate if the solution is acidic, neutral or basic |
litmus paper
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"Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980) |
Sissy Spacek
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"Moby Dick" begins with this 3-word sentence |
Call me Ishmael.
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The Rhine River originates in this mountainous country |
Switzerland
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Voltaire was one of the first writers to report that a falling apple inspired this man's laws of gravity |
Newton
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1 letter different from a subatomic particle, they're peculiarities or idiosyncrasies |
quirks
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The carbon dioxide molecule contains this many oxygen atoms |
2
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"The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) |
Meryl Streep
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After Julius Caesar is stabbed in the Shakespeare tragedy named for him, he utters this Latin question |
Et tu, Brute?
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The Rhine River forms the western & southern boundary of this region also known as the Schwarzwald |
Black Forest
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The first Englishman to sail around the world, he later served as mayor of Plymouth |
(Mark: Who is Buckingham?)
Sir Francis Drake
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Foreign-language operas may be translated with these "titles", the opposite of what foreign movies have |
supertitles
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This chemical process breaks down organic materials like sugar in grape juice to produce wine |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
fermentation
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"The Butcher's Wife" (1991) |
Demi Moore
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Descartes gave us this 3-word Latin phrase meaning "I think, therefore I am" |
Cogito ergo sum
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Also an Olympic year, it's the year Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles |
1936
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Thinking less of this statesman than he once did, Henry VIII had him beheaded July 6, 1535 |
(Kim: I don't know.)
Sir Thomas More
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A culinary specialty, they're the blue type of crustacean, caught just after they molt |
(Mark: What are [*] ?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
soft-shelled crabs
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"The Preacher's Wife" (1996) |
Whitney Houston
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It's Hemingway's famous 3-word definition of "guts" |
grace under pressure
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The birthplace of Nero's mother, this city on the Rhine is well known for its perfumes |
Cologne
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(Alex: Take a look.) This adventurer pictured here was a favorite of Elizabeth I until he married one of her maids of honor |
Sir Walter Raleigh
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It's the "syndrome" from which you suffer if MSG gives you a headache |
Chinese restaurant syndrome
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"The Bishop's Wife" (1947) |
Loretta Young
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It's the first sentence in "The Fountainhead" |
Howard Roark laughed.
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Completion of the "new waterway" Rhine Canal in 1872 established this Dutch city as Europe's leading port |
(Doug: What is Amsterdam?) (Kim: What is Antwerp?)
Rotterdam
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This "Lady of the Lake" poet was once offered the poet laureateship of England, but turned it down |
(Mark: Who is Tennyson?)
Sir Walter Scott
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These flowers add a red or pink splash to your garden; it's also a pejorative term for certain liberals |
bleeding hearts
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