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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS |
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This property allows a razor blade to float on water or mercury to gather into globules |
(Steve: What is viscosity?)
surface tension
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In this show, Tony Manero is headed for the disco when he discovers-- Oh, no! A cold sore!! |
Saturday Night Fever Blister
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"The Color Purple" |
Alice Walker
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A short prayer of thanks said before a meal, it's from the Latin for "favor" |
grace
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The epithet of this prince, Richard II's father, probably refers to the color of his armor, not the terror he inspired |
(Edward) the Black Prince
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The pistils of most flowers have 3 main parts: the stigma, the style & this round base where egg cells are formed |
(Steve: The stamen?) (Alex: No.) (Steve: What is the stamen?) (Alex: No.) ... (Alex: The egg cells are formed in [*].)
the ovary
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ABBA's rockin' musical about the very maternal star of "Rosemary's Baby" |
Mamma Mia! Farrow
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"The Bridge of San Luis Rey" |
Thornton Wilder
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The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board |
(Steve: What is a gambit?) (Matt: What is an opening?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Matt: What is an opening move of the game?)
a defense
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This 64-square-mile lake is really just a broad basin of the Jordan River |
the Sea of Galilee
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This Prussian statesman was given the title of Prince in 1871 |
Bismarck
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His 2 laws of genetics are the law of segregation & the law of independent assortment |
(Gregor) Mendel
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Mrs. Levi dumps matchmaking & busts out as a voluptuous country singer in this blockbuster |
Hello, Dolly! Parton
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"The Fixer" |
Bernard Malamud
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It's the 2-word nickname for the Mongol army that overran Eastern Europe |
the Golden Horde
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Austrian prince & foreign minister Metternich arranged a marriage between Napoleon & this archduchess |
Maria Luisa
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Of the 6 simple machines, the screw is a spiral version of this other simple machine |
(Steve: What is the lever?)
the inclined plane
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Fanny Brice is a laugh riot when she leaves the Follies to sell cookies & earn merit badges in this smash hit |
(Matt: What is Ziegfield Girl Scout Cookies?)
Funny Girl Scout
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"All the King's Men" |
Robert Penn Warren
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Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves |
(Steve: What is checkmate?) (Alex: Choo... Be more specific...)
fool's mate
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It's not dad's dad, it's a large gray dolphin with a blunt snout |
(Steve: What is a great-grandfather?) (Robin: What is a grandfather?)
a grampus
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The caravel was developed under the patronage of this man born in 1394 |
(Robin: Um... Who is... Prince, um, oh, I don't know, Cosmo de' Medici?)
Prince Henry (the Navigator, of Portugal)
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The Crab Nebula in this Zodiac constallation is the remains of the supernova of 1054 A.D. |
Taurus
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A Siamese monarch & a governess team up for this ungrammatical salute to the play that inspired "Cabaret" |
The King and I Am a Camera
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" |
John Kennedy Toole
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He's the cutting-edge composer of works like "Koyaanisqatsi" |
Philip Glass
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While Prince of Novgorod in the 13th century, he became its hero |
(Steve: Who is Ivan... no, who is Boris Godunov?)
Alexander Nevsky
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