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MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s |
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He once promised, "As long as there is imagination left in the world" his theme park would never be completed |
Walt Disney
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In 1967 Aretha Franklin proved she could S-P-E-L-L with this song, one of the biggest solo hits of her career |
"Respect" ("R-E-S-P-E-C-T" accepted)
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According to his lawyer, Joe DiMaggio died with this woman's name on his lips |
Marilyn Monroe
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It's nothing to write home about, but the hollow spines on a hedgehog are called these |
quills
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Use this device with telescoping legs when slow shutter speed requires a steady camera |
tripod
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Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! They're the opposing minds seen here during the 1925 Scopes trial |
(Ken: Who are [*]? But probably not in that order.)
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan
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In 1963 Bobby Vinton had 2 consecutive top 3 hits with this color in the titles |
blue
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Book that ends, "...Aunt Sally, she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before" |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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You may have noticed that this planet isn't on the same ecliptic plane as the others in the solar system |
Pluto
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Popular in the 1800s, it was produced on a sheet of metal, but not the one in its name |
tintype
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Helen Keller's "Miracle Worker", this teacher was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2003 |
Annie Sullivan
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Producer Phil Spector played the guitar solo on this R&B vocal group's 1963 Top 10 hit "On Broadway" |
The Drifters
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At the end of this 1960 Billy Wilder comedy, Shirley MacLaine settles down to a card game & says, "Shut up and deal!" |
The Apartment
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The eggs of the Japanese species of this small game bird were studied on the Mir Space Station |
quail
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He first took an interest in photography during a family trip to Yosemite in 1916 |
Ansel Adams
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OILY MAP |
(Alex: Yes, and you got it in in time.)
Olympia
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California governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. went by the name Jerry; his father, also governor, went by this nickname |
Pat
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Its lyrics include "We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat, and we've never missed yet with the girls we meet" |
"I Get Around"
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This 1892 Leoncavallo opera ends with "La commedia e finita", or "The comedy is finished" |
I Pagliacci
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The Titanic sank with its artifacts to 12,500 feet, where this is measured at about 380 atmospheres |
pressure
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A flaw in some pictures, here it's used for artistic effect above the subject's head |
lens flare
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In 1917 this Montanan became the first woman member of the U.S. House of Representatives |
Jeannette Rankin
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In 1968 the Lemon Pipers asked us to "Listen while I play" this colorful title instrument |
the green tambourine
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This president's last words referred to his wife: "I know that I am going where Lucy is" |
(David: Who is Teddy Roosevelt?)
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Sadly, James Joyce died before these hypothetical particles were named for a word he used in "Finnegans Wake" |
(Alex: That is right, with a minute to go.)
a quark
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In darkroom chemicals, this one is used to arrest the action of the developer |
(Karen: What is a fixer?) (Ken: What is a fixative?)
a stop bath
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