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Gravitation is an effect of distortion of time & space by matter, according to the theory of general this |
relativity
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In 2012 Trent Grimsey swam it in a record 6 hours, 55 minutes |
the English Channel
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That fun, intense time of year when college fraternities & sororities recruit new students |
rush (week)
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The Romans considered the sun a god & gave him this 3-letter name |
Sol
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"Masters of Sex" stars Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters & Lizzy Caplan as this research partner |
(Virginia) Johnson
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A statue of Apollo was one of the first large bronzes excavated from this city destroyed in 79 A.D. |
Pompeii
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In Jungian theory primordial images of stories or characters aren't just regular "types" but these |
archetypes
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The Corsica Channel separates Corsica from this other island where Napoleon lived |
Elba
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What the couple seen here is doing |
the rumba
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Apple's website says you can ask this entity to find the best sushi place or show you the constellation Orion |
Siri
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This former TV "Friend" stars as a version of himself on the Showtime series "Episodes" |
Matt LeBlanc
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Because of their proximity to us, Apollo asteroids are on NASA's table of NEOs, short for these |
near-Earth objects
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On April 7, 1954 Pres. Eisenhower spoke about this theory regarding the effects of the fall of French Indochina |
(Len: What is containment?) ... (Alex: You drop to zero. You want to earn some money to be eligible for Final.)
the domino theory
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Ushuaia, Argentina is the largest city on this channel named for a ship that surveyed the area in 1833 & 1834 |
the Beagle Channel
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4-word expression meaning ordinary |
run of the mill
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With his daughter Lucy, this British physicist authored a kids' book called "George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt" |
Stephen Hawking
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On a Showtime series, Jeremy Irons was the head of this 15th century Italian family |
the Borgias
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Bratislava's Apollo Bridge spans this lengthy European river |
(Len: What is the Rhine?)
the Danube
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A branch of math, this 11-letter theory uses dice & card games but may be best known for examining coin flip outcomes |
probability
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A channel called Rich Passage separates relatively rich Bainbridge Island from this state's Kitsap Peninsula |
Washington
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This species of hummingbird |
ruby-throated
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A long work by Ezra Pound is titled "The" these; he completed 117 of them |
Cantos
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This series starring Don Cheadle & Kristen Bell is based on a book about management consultants |
House of Lies
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This choreographer's 1928 ballet "Apollo" was the first work of his neoclassical style |
(Amelia: Who is Nijinsky?)
(George) Balanchine
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On "Big Bang Theory" Sheldon debated loop quantum gravity ("balderdash") vs. this advanced physics theory |
string theory
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This channel seen here is one of the few places home to the coelacanth, a prehistoric fish |
the Mozambique Channel
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It's also called a Swedish turnip |
a rutabaga
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He may not look like it here, but the surname of this four-time British prime minister begins with a happy word |
William Gladstone
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On a documentary series, this comedy legend takes viewers "Inside Comedy" |
David Steinberg
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In 1975 an Apollo spacecraft docked with this in the first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission |
Soyuz
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