THE NOT SO GOOD OLD U.S.S. OF R. |
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This leader liquidated some of his best military men, leaving the USSR ill-prepared for the Nazi invasion |
Stalin
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He made his big screen debut in 1974's "Sizzle Beach U.S.A.", 21 years before "Waterworld" |
Kevin Costner
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The first of hundreds of "Star Trek" novels was James Blish's this first officer "Must Die!" |
Spock
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Flavor of Life Saver that may set off sparks in your mouth |
wint o green
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The Solovets Islands were part of this "archipelago" of labor camps |
gulags
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Gene Wilder made his directorial debut with a 1975 film about this man's "Smarter Brother" |
Sherlock Holmes
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(Judge Hatchett seated at the bench.) In court when an attorney raises one of these, I may sustain it or overrule it |
(Alex: [Prior to the reading the clue] Here comes the judge, here comes the judge.)
objection
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This founder of Scientology wrote the novel "Battlefield Earth" |
L. Ron Hubbard
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Native Americans who lived in the Green Bay area (Their name is now on mobile homes) |
Winnebago
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Working in secrecy, Sergei Korolyev headed this program that included Voskhod |
(Kristen: What is... KGB?) (Susan: What is Sputnik?)
Soviet space program
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In 1976 this film became the first to win all 5 top Oscars since "It Happened One Night" in 1934 |
(Kristen: What... what was Jaws?)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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The molecule Olympiadane, synthesized in 1994 is so named because it has this many interlocked rings |
5
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Upon graduating from law school, a student receives a J.D. degree, which stands for this |
(Kristen: What is juris doctorate?) (Alex: Juris doctorate, yes.) [ERRATUM: The degree is juris doctor.]
juris doctor
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A classic 1967 Harlan Ellison story is titled "I Have No Mouth and I Must" do this |
(Greg: What is eat?) (Susan: What is speak?)
Scream
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Buzz Aldrin's real first name |
Edwin
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A 1930s forced famine killed millions of peasants, the greatest number in this Soviet republic |
(Greg: What is Siberia?)
Ukraine
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In this "Force"ful 1973 sequel Clint Eastwood came back for more action as Dirty Harry Callahan |
Magnum Force
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In the 1940s Dorothy Hodgkin worked out the structure of this early antibiotic |
penicillin
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U.C. Berkeley has a legal institute named for this former governor & Chief Justice of the U.S. |
Earl Warren
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Fiction was a feature of this slick science magazine that debuted in 1978 |
(Greg: What is Scientific American?)
Omni
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Charming, in a childlike way |
winsome
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A big yellow building in central Moscow is this notorious Soviet prison |
Lubyanka
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Jack Lemmon & Sandy Dennis starred in this 1970 film remade in 1999 with Steve Martin & Goldie Hawn |
The Out-of-Towners
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Alexander Todd, "Lord Todd Almighty", synthesized this antioxidant vitamin also called tocopherol |
vitamin E
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In 621 B.C. this Greek introduced Athens' first written code of law; most crimes were punishable by death |
(Kristen: Who was... Pericles?) ... (Alex: Who was [*]? Hence the Draconian law. You're at $3,800, and we have a minute to go.)
Draco
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Books for kids by sci-fi masters include Asimov's "The Heavenly Host" & this author's 1955 "Tunnel in the Sky" |
(Greg: Who is Bradbury?)
Robert Heinlein
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Separating the wheat from the chaff by air |
winnowing
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