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Niels Bohr toasted the Intl. Cooperation of Scientific Advancement when he received this prize in 1922 |
the Nobel Prize (in Physics)
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A crunchy treat commonly found in a Beijing vendor's stall is this arachnid & sign of the zodiac, skewered |
(Margaret: What is crab?) ... (Alex: Arachnid, yes.)
the scorpion
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If you're the official attendant to someone in a duel or a boxing match, you're known by this ordinal term |
a second
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On May 2, 1536, she was sent to the Tower of London on adultery charges; on May 19, head rolled |
Anne Boleyn
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Col. Pickering, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Eliza Doolittle |
My Fair Lady
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A pellet of frozen precipitation |
(Margaret: What is hail?) ... (Alex: "Stone" must come up in each correct response.)
a hailstone
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Bohr was born in Oct. 1885 in this capital, where his father was a professor of physiology |
Copenhagen
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The feet are a prized delicacy from this bird that in China symbolizes the mythical phoenix |
the chicken
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Adding to a list that includes the pyramids, Andre the Giant & King Kong have each been called this |
(Margaret: What are Wonders of the World? The Seven Wonders of the World?)
the Eighth Wonder of the World
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It would have been ironic if the guillotine used for her Oct. 16, 1793 execution was also used to cut some cake |
Marie Antoinette
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Nurse Ratched, Randle P. McMurphy, Dr. Spivey |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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A newspaper in this fabled Arizona city is appropriately named the Epitaph |
Tombstone
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Long a proponent of arms control, Bohr was awarded the first Atoms for this prize |
Peace
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Despite their name, these pungent Chinese eggs are preserved in lime, ash & salt underground for about 100 days |
hundred-year-old eggs (or thousand-year-old eggs)
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Harry Truman once "globally" broadened Eleanor Roosevelt's title by calling her this |
First Lady of the World
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If this mythster was into Dylan, she'd have sung "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (until Perseus beheaded her) |
Medusa
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Murray, The Pigeon Sisters, Felix Ungar |
The Odd Couple
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Imitation diamond fit for a certain "cowboy" |
a rhinestone
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Bohr escaped Europe during WWII, eventually making his way to this atomic research center in New Mexico |
Los Alamos
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After they've done their time spinning fine fiber, fry up some of these moth larvae for a Chinese midnight snack |
silkworms
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After Guy Burgess & Donald McClean defected to Russia, Kim Philby was called this, after a Graham Greene title |
(Margaret: That was a guess.)
the Third Man
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On July 28, 1794 this French leader's "Reign of Terror" was cut short |
(Maximilien) Robespierre
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Che, Eva, Peron's mistress |
Evita
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This fashion fad for jeans gives them the appearance of wear |
stonewashed
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Bohr was one of the first to see the importance of this, which gives an element's position in the periodic table |
(Margaret: I have no idea, sorry.) ... (Alex: It is the [*], that's what gives it its position.)
atomic number
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If you're really hungry, stir fry some vegetables & buttered meat from this high Himalayan bovine |
a yak
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J. Lucas-Dubreton's biography of Alexandre Dumas is titled this, like what d'Artagnan wants to be |
The Fourth Musketeer
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On Jan. 12, 1519 this Spanish explorer & Pacific Ocean sighter lost a few crucial lbs. in the public square of Acla |
(Vasco Núñez de) Balboa
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Clifford Bradshaw, The Kit Kat Girls, Herr Schultz |
Cabaret
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