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A DAZZLING INTERNAL ORGAN SOLO |
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS |
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THEY GO BY THIER FIRST INITIAL |
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This king wisely had the First Temple built in the 10th century B.C. |
Solomon
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In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow finally broke the male hold on the directing Oscar, winning for this film |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute to go.)
The Hurt Locker
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When folks say this is "growling", they're talking about peristaltic waves, which start at its top & move downward |
the stomach
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A 2008 winner revealed the origins & dispersal of "The Hemingses of" this home |
Monticello
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J is for John: Head & headquarters of the FBI |
J. Edgar Hoover
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To paraphrase Sinatra, "the constituent of dairy products which I possess" |
[Audience laughter]
my whey
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The First Temple was designed as a permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant, which contained these |
the tablets with the Ten Commandments
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With films like "Marie Antoinette" & "Lost in Translation", directing must run in the family for this woman |
Sofia Coppola
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2 healthy specimens of this organ filter wastes from about 50 gallons of blood daily |
the kidneys
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In his speech, this 2001 winner for "The Corrections" thanked another Jonathan, editor Jonathan Galassi |
Jonathan Franzen
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J is for Julius: Los Alamos guy |
(Patrick: Who is Julius Rosenberg?)
(J. Robert) Oppenheimer
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A place that's off the beaten path is called this; it also means sorry, we have no more of curds' partner |
out of the whey
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In 586 B.C. this Babylonian king & his army destroyed the First Temple |
Nebuchadnezzar
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Charlize Theron wowed the critics by playing against type as a serial killer in this 2003 film directed by Patty Jenkins |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Monster
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Usually 3 to 4 inches long, this tube may or may not have a function in humans but blockage there can kill you |
the appendix
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She won in the children's paperback category for "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" |
Madeleine L'Engle
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H is for Henry: Billionaire who had a Reform Party |
(Alex: You can risk up to $2,000.) (Michael: Well, in case I never get the chance, let's go $2,000.)
Ross Perot
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This cliche says "where there's" a document disposing of an estate, there's also a 5% solution of lactose |
where there's a will, there's a whey
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Only the high priest could enter this inner part of the temple, sanctum sanctorum in Latin |
the Holy of Holies
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Our tour now hits the islets of Langerhans, which carry out the endocrine functions of this pear-shaped gland |
(Michael: What is the pituitary?) (Patrick: What is the adrenal gland?)
the pancreas
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This film critic for the New Yorker won in 1974 for "Deeper into Movies", a collection of her reviews |
(Pauline) Kael
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G is for George: Sent to prison for Watergate |
(G. Gordon) Liddy
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It's how you might learn by difficult experience, or the watery part of milk if it's frozen solid |
the hard whey
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From the Greek for "scatter", it's the term for Jewish migrations out of Palestine after the Second Temple fell |
the diaspora
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(I'm Dr. Oz.) One reason to always wear your seat belt is for the protection of this organ under the diaphragm, which creates vital antibodies |
(Patrick: Just in case I don't get a chance to say this--$5.) [Laughter] (Alex: Are you trying to be funny, Patrick?) (Patrick: I'm not. This is deadly serious.) (Alex: Don't worry about it. I-I joke with you.) ... (Patrick: What is the thyroid gland?)
the spleen
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Author Louis Sachar won for Young People's Lit & kids weren't the only ones who dug this novel about Stanley Yelnats |
Holes
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E is for Everette: Sent to prison for Watergate |
E. Howard Hunt
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Someone glib is said to have this, a cheese byproduct paired with vocabulary |
a whey with words
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