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WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
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Big Bang Theory says these groups that may include a trillion stars mostly formed not long after the bang |
galaxies
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This director spent "Happy Days" studying cinema at USC long before he won an Oscar in 2002 -- what "A Beautiful Mind" |
Ron Howard
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Before making it big in the movies, Mike Myers & Eddie Murphy were regulars on this TV series |
Saturday Night Live
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This classic by Harriet Beecher Stowe sold 300,000 copies in the first year that it was published in book form |
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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The name of this sea is Latin for "in the middle of land" |
Mediterranean
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Chou can be an endearment or this cole slaw ingredient |
cabbage
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This element makes up about 1 percent of the mass of Earth but about 75 percent of the mass of the universe |
hydrogen
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(Hi, I'm Bill Clinton) I met my wife Hillary when we were both law students at this university |
(Sarah: What is Harvard?) (Brian: What is Oxford?)
Yale
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It's the product associated with the slogans "It Floats" & "99 44/100% Pure" |
(Stacy: What is Dove?)
Ivory soap
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Upton Sinclair said of this book, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach" |
"The Jungle"
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This term for an eagle's nest makes it sound light & breezy |
aerie
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Paris) Oddly, in French, french fries aren't called french fries, but these |
(Brian: What are steak frites?) .... (Alex: That implies that there's a steak with them also.) .... (Alex: [before clue 13] Brian, our judges have ruled your response acceptable.)
pommes frites
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In the 1920s Alexander Friedmann's math modified this 1915 theory to allow the universe to expand & contract |
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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In 1974, when he was a university student, this future world leader was the judo champion of Leningrad |
(Stacy: Who is Yeltsin?)
Vladimir Putin
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports, competing at a game with Jimmy) Popular in the 1970s, this game has made a big comeback |
foosball
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The name of this 1837 collection of Hawthorne "Tales" probably comes from a line in Shakespeare's "King John" |
"Twice-Told Tales"
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Alphabetically, he was first among Jesus' 12 apostles |
Andrew
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French for grape is raisin; French for plum is this |
(Brian: Oh my god, what is....[time]?)
prune
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is studying the universe through the brightness of these "super" explosions |
supernovas
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To prepare for his 1969 investiture, he spent a term at the University College of Wales learning to speak Welsh |
(Sarah: Who is Dylan Thomas?) .... (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Prince Charles
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Despite its name, you don't have to be a lawyer to enjoy this men's mag. full of wit, style & "Dubious Achievements" |
Esquire
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"A Backward Glance" is the autobiography of this author of "Ethan Frome" |
Edith Wharton
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There's no escaping the fact that this tennis beauty appears in Enrique Iglesias' music video for "Escape" |
Anna Kournikova
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A ham in the theater is un cabotin; ham on a sandwich is this |
jambon
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This particle whose name is Italian for "little neutral one" is a possible component of dark matter |
neutrino
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This "Cat's Cradle" author said of his time at Cornell, "I was enrolled exclusively in courses I had no talent for" |
Kurt Vonnegut
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This sneakers & sportswear brand was named for its creator, Adolf Dassler |
Adidas
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This Quaker poet wrote, "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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Don't panic! Epinephrine is just another name for this hormone |
adrenaline
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Beurre is butter; this is butter de cacahouetes |
peanut butter
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