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Total number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution ratified on December 15, 1791 |
10 (the Bill of Rights)
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Ivy Ruckman's "Night of the Twisters" is a fact-based book about kids who survived a series of these |
tornadoes
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If you're Aurelio Figueroa, each of your names contains all 5 basic letters of this type |
vowels
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Arnold played this sword-wielding barbarian in 2 1980s films |
Conan
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Traditionally, to resign a player tips over this piece |
king
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The sun does this on its axis; since it's a ball of gas, its parts do it at varying speeds |
rotates
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It's how Lincoln "addressed" the number of years between 1776 & 1863 |
"Four score and seven..."
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He created Crane, Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow |
Washington Irving
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It's the least common letter in English printed matter, but a common "S" substitute among rappers |
Z
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Wife Jamie Lee Curtis thought hubby Arnold was a computer salesman instead of a superspy in this 1994 thriller |
True Lies
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The number of files on the board, it's the same as the number of ranks |
8
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Like the moon's, the sun's gravity causes these on Earth, but they're half as high due to greater distance |
(Jonathan: What are waves?) ... (Alex: A minute to go.)
tides
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After this short conflict in 1967, Israel controlled the entire Sinai Peninsula |
(Jonathan: What is the Seven Days War?)
Six-Day War
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In Sheila Burnford's "Incredible Journey", 2 dogs & a cat trek across this country |
(Julie: What is the U.S.?)
Canada
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The Phoenician version of this letter resembled ours, but the 3 lines pointed left |
E
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In 1993 Arnold was Jack Slater, the title idol of the boy seen in this film: |
Last Action Hero
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In chess, notation "x" means your piece has been captured & "ch" means you're in this |
check
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A device you light to signal an emergency, or a brief brightening near a sunspot |
a flare
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Its release, just over 2 years ago, was accompanied by the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" |
Windows 95
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"A Journey to the Center of the Earth" was first published in 1864 in this language |
French (written by Jules Verne)
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THEY'RE ALSO CALLED MAJUSCULES & YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM |
(Julie: What are "I"s?) [NOTE: Like nearly all clues on Jeopardy!, this clue appeared in all capital letters on the show.]
capital letters (or upper case letters)
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The title of this 1977 bodybuilding documentary has become synonymous with working out with weights |
Pumping Iron
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It's the only piece that can't move to an adjacent square |
the knight
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Your body needs these solar rays to make vitamin D, but too many can cause sunburn or worse |
UV (ultraviolet) rays
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This phrase about where we wanted our northern border was a Polk campaign slogan |
"54-40 or fight!"
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These people added "X" & "G" to the Etruscan alphabet & gave their name to the one we use |
(Julie: Who are the Arabs?)
Romans
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For "Batman & Robin", Arnold spent over 2 1/2 hours a day in makeup to play this cool villain |
Mr. Freeze (Dr. Victor Fries)
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In a Lewis Carroll book, Alice begins as one of these white pieces but later becomes a queen |
a pawn
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The sun's energy comes from this nuclear reaction at 27,000,000 deg. F. -- clearly not the cold type |
fusion
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