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In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory |
Willy Wonka
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The musical "Into the Woods" is based on several fairy tales, including the one about this boy and his beanstalk |
Jack
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To study atoms you might use a scanning tunneling one of these |
(William: What is an electron microscope?) (Alex: [pause]...that's acceptable, yes.)
microscope
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This city that served as capital of a united Germany in 1871 became the capital of a reunited Germany in 1990 |
Berlin
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Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later |
Roman
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If you're in Naples & don't know Italian, ask "Parla inglese?" which means this |
"Do you speak English?"
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He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals |
Dr. Dolittle
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Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch" |
Midas
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In 1932 James Chadwick discovered these non-charged particles |
neutrons
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The northern terminus of China's Grand Canal is located in this major city |
Beijing
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Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery |
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go now.)
Moses
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"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities" |
bathroom
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Robinson Crusoe gave this name to a native he saved from cannibals on a certain day of the week |
Friday
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Characters in this musical include a teacup called Chip & a clock named Cogsworth |
Beauty and the Beast
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Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus |
electrons
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This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates |
Belgium
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In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish |
plague
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If you see a cool t-shirt in a store in Poland, "Kosztuje?" is how you ask this |
"How much does this cost?"
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She's the celebrated "maid of honor" seen here |
Amelia Bedelia
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The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through |
mask
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When a nucleus is split, it's called fission; when 2 nuclei combine, it's called this |
fusion
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The Vistula River flows north through Poland into this sea |
(Jessie: What is the Bering Sea?)
Baltic
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Over 5,000 years ago, this ancient people created Hieroglyphics, like the one seen here |
Egyptians
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In Latin, the "5 W's" are mostly Q's; quid means what, quare means why and quando means this |
(William: What is where?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
when
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In a 2001 tale by Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine is a beautiful & brokenhearted one of these creatures |
(William: What is a seal?)
a mermaid
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"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair |
1920s
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No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number |
(Chris: What are the neutrons and [*]?) (Jessie: What are [*] and electrons?)
protons
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At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait |
Bosporus
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Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India |
Alexander
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