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THEIR FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT |
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Exhaust gas recirculation is one way to clean the emissions of these engines used in trucks & Jettas |
Diesel engines
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"Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" (1980) |
Pink Floyd
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It's the room between the ceiling joists & the roof rafters where you keep crazy Aunt Meredith |
the attic
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Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell in this state |
Virginia
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In 1497 da Vinci created this scene on a wall of a monastery dining room |
The Last Supper
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This capital lies on a plain in northern China, about 100 miles from the Bohai Gulf |
Beijing
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Erase a hard disk before disposing of a computer: putting personal data out there risks this 2-word crime |
identity theft
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"When Doves Cry" (1984) |
Prince
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It's a self-regulating device that controls a home's heat & air conditioning |
a thermostat
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Jefferson paid $15 million for 828,000 square miles of land in this 1803 deal |
the Louisiana Purchase
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An explosion, or an enlargement of a photograph |
a blow-up
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20 miles east of the Yellow Sea is this South Korean city whose name means "capital", which is convenient |
Seoul
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Using 8 industrial fans, University of Florida engineers have built a simulator of these with 125-mph winds |
a hurricane
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"A Moment Like This" (2002) |
(Lisa: I... don't know.)
Kelly Clarkson
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Also called a breast wall, this type of wall is built to resist lateral pressure & to hold back soil |
a retaining wall
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Palladio's Villa Rotonda in Italy was the inspiration for this home's symmetrical plan & central dome |
Monticello
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Pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
(Pablo: What are "nuptuals"?) (Alex: ...Yeah. [*].)
nuptial
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In 1972 the winter Olympics were held in this Japanese city on Hokkaido, near Otaru bay; beer me! |
Sapporo
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More cardiac arrest patients survive thanks to purposely induced this condition, which cools the blood 5-8 degrees |
hypothermia
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"Lose Yourself" (2002) |
Eminem
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It's the wooden finishing strip at the bottom of an interior wall where it meets the floor |
(Pablo: What is a molding?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
a floor molding
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After the 36th ballot in the House of Representatives on Feb.17,1801, Thomas Jefferson won the presidency & this New Yorker, the veep-stakes |
Aaron Burr
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A pair of successive lines of verse that rhyme & are of the same length & meter |
(Alex: You have $1,200.) (Pablo: Uh, I'll go all in.) (Alex: This is--) (Pablo: True Daily Double.) (Alex: This is not Texas hold'em. This is Jeopardy! All right--) (Pablo: Fair enough.) (Alex: --here is the clue for you...)
a couplet
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Known as "the roof of the world", this autonomous region of China averages more than 15,000' above sea level |
Tibet
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These drone aircraft controlled from Nevada have been attacking targets in Pakistan |
Predator drones
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"How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" (1990) |
Michael Bolton
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It's the 10-letter area between the first floor joists & the earth's surface where you keep crazy Uncle Harry |
(Lisa: What is the cellar?)
crawlspace
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In 2000 the Thomas Jefferson Foundation said it was likely Thomas fathered at least 1, if not all 6, of this woman's kids |
Sally Hemings
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Adjective meaning sudden or unexpected, such as when one is brusque in speech |
abrupt
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Macau is one of 2 special administrative regions of China; this, Chinese-controlled since 1997, is the other |
Hong Kong
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