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WOULD YOU LIKE A BEVERAGE? |
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The X-Men know it's a change in a DNA molecule of a cell that's passed on to an offspring cell |
mutation
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This sparkling term for the playing field is as old as baseball |
diamond
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At up to $300 a pound, the world's costliest variety of this breakfast beverage is Kopi Luwak |
coffee
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Died Aug. 30, 30 B.C.: Alexandria, Egypt |
Cleopatra
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When the newspaper gives the price of this, it may be the light sweet crude type |
oil
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"The Sweetest Place on Earth" is an amusement park in Pennsylvania, operated by this company |
Hershey's
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew) This type of electricity can build up on an insulated object like a balloon |
static electricity
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The "H" in the old Schaeffer sign in Ebbets Field lit up for a hit; an "E" was lit when one of these occurred |
error
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This 3-letter word follows "egg" in a drink popular during the winter holidays |
nog
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Died Oct. 16, 1793: Paris, France |
Marie Antoinette
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The NYSE is known as the "Big" one of these, a word that was once part of its name |
Big Board
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The pineapple traditionally symbolized this virtue, so it was carved at the entrances to homes |
(Brian: What is happiness?)
hospitality
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First described by an English physician in 1817, this disease is marked by tremors of the hands |
(Brian: What is Bell's palsy?)
Parkinson's disease
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This term for the pitcher & catcher may refer to the firepower between them |
battery
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The first Pilsner varieties of this were brewed in 1842 in the Czech kingdom of Bohemia |
beer
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Died March 24, 1603: Richmond, England |
Queen Elizabeth I
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A big part of Pres. Bush's 2003 stimulus proposal was eliminating tax on these paid by companies to shareholders |
dividends
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Talk about a loudmouth -- one of these New World monkeys can be heard from nearly 2 miles away |
howler monkey
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Spanning about 35 degrees in the southern sky, the Gum Nebula is a large remnant of one of these explosions |
supernova
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"Shade in the hole" tells the shortstop to move closer to this |
(Brian: What is second base?)
third base
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Add peach-flavored schnapps to orange juice to create this "fuzzy" potent potable |
Fuzzy Navel
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Died Nov. 26, 1504: Medina del Campo, Spain |
Queen Isabella
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Treasury notes & treasury bonds take more than a year to mature; treasury these, a year or less |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
bills
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Dorothy Parker used this word, the science of growing fruits, flowers, etc., in a famous quip |
horticulture
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"From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is the subtitle of this landmark book by physicist Stephen Hawking |
(Brian: What is "From the Universe?")
"A Brief History of Time"
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A walk year is the season before a player becomes one of these |
free agent
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Let's all have one of these icy rum cocktails named for a Cuban rum-producing district |
Daiquiri
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(An empress) Died July 1918: Yekaterinburg, Russia |
(Brian: Who is Catherine the Great?)
Alexandra
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Named SEC chairman in 2002, he founded an investment research firm along with Lufkin & Jenrette |
William Donaldson
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The book of Proverbs tells us, "Before honor is" this |
(Jim: What is hope?)
humility
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