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Henry Schoolcraft is mentioned in school books as the discoverer of the source of this long river |
the Mississippi
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She played Laura Petrie in the '60s & Mary Richards in the '70s, both on CBS |
Mary Tyler Moore
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He wrote a story about a giant mole as well as one about a man changed into a giant insect |
Kafka
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The "Chicago style" of this is deep-dish |
pizza
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The subtitle of his landmark 1859 work is "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" |
Darwin
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Pretty Boy Floyd became the new public enemy number one after this man was killed in Chicago in 1934 |
John Dillinger
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The 36th season of this CBS news magazine included stories on Internet piracy, Equatorial Guinea & "Jeopardy!" |
60 Minutes
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In "The Most Dangerous Game", it's the title prey General Zaroff loves to hunt |
man
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"The stars at night are big and bright" here |
deep in the heart of Texas
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This physicist is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton |
(Stephen) Hawking
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During the '60s this swinging street in Soho was a center of fashion |
Carnaby
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"CSI: Miami" is set in Miami; the original "CSI" is set in this city |
Las Vegas
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Completes the title of Joyce Carol Oates' disturbing story "Where Are You Going,..." |
"Where Have You Been"
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"I'd rather be rich than stupid" is one of these musings by Jack Handey of "SNL" |
Deep Thoughts
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This X-ray discoverer conducted numerous other researches including on elasticity |
Roentgen
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"Seize the day" |
Carpe diem
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Zebulon Pike was accused of having explored the West for this former VP who wanted to rule the area |
(Aaron) Burr
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He hosts the longest-running game show in television history |
(Alex: Come on down, you got it.)
Bob Barker
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In the title of a Hemingway classic, a late-night cafe is praised as being "A Clean" & this type of "Place" |
"Well-Lighted"
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When the Federation took over the Cardassians' Terok Nor, they renamed it this |
Deep Space 9
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In 1675 this Dutchman peered through his microscope & "discovered little creatures in rain" |
Leeuwenhoek
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Isotope used to date archaeological specimens |
(Glenn: What is carbon?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Glenn: What is carbon... dating?)
carbon-14
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Toynbee Hall in London was the model for Hull House, which she founded in 1889 |
Jane Addams
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At 67 years on radio & TV, this daytime soap "shines" as TV's longest-running entertainment program |
Guiding Light
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J.D. Salinger's "Nine Stories" includes "A Perfect Day for" these swimmers |
bananafish
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In 1997 he went one-on-one with IBM's Deep Blue in a highly publicized match |
(Alex: Famous chess match.)
(Garry) Kasparov
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This Swedish botanist was the first to use the Mars & Venus symbols to represent male & female |
(Alex: You have $17,000 more than either of your opponents. How much are you going to risk on this final jeopardy?) (Anne: [Thinks] ...I'll risk a thousand.) (Alex: ...I was trying to steer you into a bigger wager, obviously, and it didn't work.) (Anne: It's pretty big.) (Alex: [Deadpan] No, not really. Here's the clue, though.) [The audience busts out laughing.] (Alex: ...Here's the clue:)
Linnaeus
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Tuscan town typified by its famous marble |
(Anne: What is Carraro?) [Accepted as correct]
Carrara
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