POPULAR SCIENCE BEST OF 2006 |
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS |
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Science "disproved the obvious" & showed that not all kids love Santa, & actually you can "teach an old dog" these |
new tricks
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One of 4 musicals that won for Best Picture in the 1960s, it was based on a Charles Dickens novel |
Oliver!
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In cooking, a stick of butter converts to this many ounces |
(Ssezi: What is eight?)
four
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In "Little Women", the March girls' father is an army chaplain serving during this war |
the Civil War
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Accountants do it to numbers |
crunch
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3 of the Dead Sea Scrolls tell of the preparation of a sacred meal of bread & this potent potable |
wine
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Vision's of TV's Steve Austin & Jaime Sommers: the first brain-controlled hand of this type was unveiled |
bionic
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It not only won Best Picture, it also earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Best Director Oscar |
The Departed
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To convert from miles into these units, multiply by 1.6 |
kilometers
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In the children's classic titled "The Wonderful" this, a character named Henry says, "There's a cyclone coming, Em" |
The Wizard of Oz
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Collection of coconuts in a 1950 novelty song |
a lovely bunch
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Put on your goggles at breakfast when eating Citrus paradisi, this fruit that grows in clusters |
grapefruit
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Scientists in Australia hope to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger by using genetic fragments & this method |
cloning
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In this film, Clint Eastwood says, "Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Ya take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have" |
Unforgiven
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To convert from miles to these units, multiply by 1,760 |
yards
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"And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long" one of these |
winter's nap
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It should ring a bell that Quasimodo was one |
a hunchback
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A food staple on any camping trip is gorp, "good old raisins &" these |
peanuts
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Mel Gibson won Oscars for producing & directing this 1995 Best Picture |
Braveheart
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The year 2007 becomes this in Roman numerals |
MMVII
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James Henry Trotter meets the silkworm, the ladybug & 5 other insects in a very large one of these |
a peach
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In a 1961 song it's what Ray Charles wanted done with his heart |
unchain
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Some soldiers might say it stands for "yuck!", but "MRE" stands for this in the army |
a meal ready to eat
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Want a safe & long-lasting tan? It may be possible with an implant that triggers production of this skin pigment |
melanin
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Inmates at the Oregon State Mental Hospital played extras in this 1975 Oscar winner |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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E.H. Shepard's illustrations of this imaginary creature in the Winnie-the-Pooh books resemble an elephant |
a heffalump
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Elastic band used to fasten hair |
a scrunchie
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Actress Suzette Reichenberg may have lent her name to this dish that is served on fire |
Crêpe Suzette
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