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THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF EUROPE |
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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS |
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This actress' first screenplay was an adaptation of her own book "Postcards from the Edge" |
Carrie Fisher
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Edward J. Smith became captain of the Olympic in 1910 & of this sister ship 2 years later |
the Titanic
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A beauty contest, or a spectacular procession involving costumed performers |
a pageant
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The national library of this U.K. country in Aberystwyth is noted for its collections of Celtic materials |
Wales
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In North America the Wisconsin glaciation was part of one of these that ended about 12,000 years ago |
an ice age
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Sky Masterson & the Crap Shooters: "Luck Be A Lady" |
Guys and Dolls
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The Dick King-Smith book on which this 1995 film was based is subtitled "The Gallant Pig" |
Babe
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On April 28, 1789 he wrote, "Just before sunrise, Mr. Christian" seized him & tied his "hands with a cord" |
Bligh
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This word for a group of people traveling with pack animals, perhaps across a desert, is derived from Persian |
caravan
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The Austrian National Library's department of planned languages has a museum devoted to this artificial language |
Esperanto
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(Sarah demonstrates with a glow stick.) Three components make up light sticks--hydrogen peroxide, phenyl oxalate ester & a florescent dye; the two chemicals excite these negatively-charged particles in the dye, causing the mixture to glow |
electrons
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Miss Hannigan: "Little Girls" |
Annie
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1958's "The Long, Hot Summer" was based on this author's "The Hamlet", the first in his "Snopes" trilogy |
(Alice: Who is Tennessee Williams?)
William Faulkner
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Isaac Hull captained this ship to victory over the British frigate Guerriere during the War of 1812 |
the Constitution
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A dog of mixed or undetermined breed |
mongrel
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Among the exhibits at this Irish college's library is the book of Durrow, a gospel manuscript dating to the 7th century |
Trinity
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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase & telophase are stages of these 2 forms of cell division |
(Ben: What is mitosis?) (Alex: Two forms.) (Ben: And meiosis?)
mitosis & meiosis
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The full company: "Just Like Paradise" & "Nothin' But A Good Time" |
Rock of Ages
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John Irving & Michael Caine won Oscars for this 1999 film--Irving for adapting his own novel |
The Cider House Rules
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Captain Juan Sebastian del Cano completed the world circumnavigation this man got the credit for |
Magellan
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From a word for "chest of drawers", it's the set of clothing & bedding for a newborn child |
layette
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This Danish astronomer died in Prague in 1601, & the Clementinum National Library there has material relating to him |
(Alice: Who is Copernicus?)
Tycho Brahe
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Defined as 10-400 nanometers on the spectrum, these rays fall between visible light & X-rays |
(Ben: What is infrared?)
ultraviolet
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Curley & Laurey: "People Will Say We're In Love" |
Oklahoma!
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"Blade Runner" was based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream Of" these? |
electric sheep
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In September 1835 Captain Robert FitzRoy anchored this ship in the Galapagos for a 5-week stay |
the Beagle
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Rustic (6 letters) & pastoral (8) are synonyms for this adjective |
bucolic
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French name of the Paris library that as early as 1537 began receiving a copy of every French publication |
La Bibliothèque nationale
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Among the world's lightest solids are carbon aerogels, nicknamed "frozen" this |
smoke (air accepted)
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Christine Daae & Meg Giry: "Angel Of Music" |
The Phantom of the Opera
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