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The problem in this 1902 story is for Sherlock to find the beast (or man) that's been killing folks on the Devonshire moors |
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Huntington Library has some jewels--a manuscript of "The Canterbury Tales" (c. 1410) & one of his Bibles (c. 1455) |
Gutenberg
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A flat piece of absorbent material on which you wipe your feet before entering a house |
a doormat
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This Spielberg film featured a longer ending in which Richard Dreyfuss explores the mother ship |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Grapple |
a grape & an apple
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The outward projection of a hat |
a brim
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In this story Bilbo & the dwarves have to get a pile of treasure out from under a dragon |
The Hobbit
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Hebrew university has his archives--digitized, too, so you can see his notes on relativity in his hand |
Einstein
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This basic type of sheet has elastic edges tailored to grip a mattress; can somebodv help me fold it? |
a fitted sheet
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A blood-craving Audrey II "branches" out & takes over NYC in Frank Oz' ending that never was to this film |
Little Shop of Horrors
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Stagflation |
stagnation & inflation
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Filled with gloom, like a certain reaper |
grim
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Sydney Carton solves the problem of saving Charles Darnay's neck (literally) in this work |
A Tale of Two Cities
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Apollo astronauts collected 841 pounds of these (most are stored at Johnson space center) |
Moon rocks
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From the Greek for heavy fabric, it's the type of thick wall covering seen here |
a tapestry
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An alternate ending for this movie has Will Smith alive & a reunion of vampire lovers |
I Am Legend
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Pixel |
[Lots of applause after Robert's correct response, which lasts longer than usual as Robert waits for Alex to select the last clue for him]
picture element
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Dainty & refined partner of proper |
prim
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In this 1980 Ludlum thriller, an amnesiac is faced with the problem of reconstructing his past while dodging killers |
The Bourne Identity
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A 17-ton piece of its hull was recovered from its wreckage site, 450 miles off the coast of Newfoundland |
the Titanic
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Named for an 18th century London draper, it's a small, lacy, ornamental cloth |
a doily
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Dante got shot while minding the convenience store in the original end of this Kevin Smith comedy |
Clerks
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Tangelo |
(Robert: What is a tangerine and an orange?) (Rachel: What is a tangerine and a grapefruit?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before the Double Jeopardy! Round] (Alex: Correct response: what is [*], which is very similar to a grapefruit.)
a tangerine & a pomelo
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A sudden, capricious desire or act |
whim
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Porfiry's problem in this story is to get Raskolnikov to confess |
Crime and Punishment
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The oldest artifact in D.C.'s Newseum is a 3,200-year-old Sumerian brick that spread the news using this writing system |
cuneiform
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It's not something false, it's a decorative covering for a pillow |
a sham
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The original script for this Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia had his FBI team getting blown up |
(Rachel: ...I'm sorry.) (Alex: Oh, that's too bad. Nick or Robert? Uh, oh, Robert?) (Robert: ...What is Miami Vice? [Shakes head]) (Alex: No. ...Not in Saudi Arabia. It was called [*]. [*].)
The Kingdom
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Cyborg |
cybernetic organism
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What one does during natation |
swim
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