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Norm Buckley, anesthesia chair at Canada's McMaster U., studies this sensation, both acute & chronic |
pain
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More than halfway through, Mike Myers decided to give the title character of this 2001 film a Scottish accent |
Shrek
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"Cambridge was a desert", begins Chapter 1 of Andre Aciman's this "Square" |
Harvard
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One of the 3 "B"s, he was appointed director of music for the Protestant churches in Leipzig in 1723 |
Bach
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Pro boxing division with a top limit of 160 pounds |
middleweight
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In 1871 John Maynard Woodworth became the first man appointed to this top U.S. medical post |
surgeon general
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Ed Asner voiced Carl, a retired balloon salesman, in this 2009 animated feature |
Up
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This author of "Lolita" also wrote "Pnin", about a Russian prof at a U.S. college, like himself |
(Vladimir) Nabokov
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The same company that makes the Roomba also made Ariel, a robot that detected & disposed of these buried munitions |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
land mines
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This "Carmen" composer's "Symphony in C" was written in 1855 but only discovered & performed in 1935 |
(Georges) Bizet
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As a verb it means to assist in the birth of a baby or a new idea |
midwife
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In prisons in Azerbaijan, Rafail Mehdiyev fights this lung disease caused by a bacillus |
tuberculosis
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This 2015 drama shows how the Boston Globe uncovered abuse claims against the Catholic Church |
Spotlight
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An errant throw by a Westish College baseball star plays a major role in Chad Harbach's "The Art of" this |
Fielding
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From the Greek for "manlike", it's a robot that closely resembles a human in form & function |
android
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This French title of a beloved Debussy work means "moonlight" |
"Clair de lune"
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The world of mortals in Norse mythology |
(Alex: Yes, less than a minute.)
Midgard
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Catherine Hardwicke directed this tale of vampire love but not any of its sequels |
Twilight
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This author known for his white suits set the novel "I Am Charlotte Simmons" at DuPont (don't call it Duke!) University |
Tom Wolfe
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With names like Pookie & Snickle-Fritz, these robotic toy hamster pets have snuggled their way into our hearts |
Zhu Zhu Pets
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PBS' "Capitol Fourth" often features this Russian piece written almost 70 years after its title year |
the "1812 Overture"
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A sub-oceanic ridge between Iceland & Antarctica; its peaks are islands like the Azores |
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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In South Sudan Abdinasir Abubakar battles this water-borne infection that's caused 7 pandemics since 1800 |
cholera
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Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus in this sword-&-sandals epic from 2000 |
Gladiator
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Murder breaks the peace of Hampden College in this novel by Donna Tartt |
The Secret History
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In 2015 a robot that had traveled 6,000 miles by this method was damaged beyond repair in Philadelphia |
hitchhiking
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The music heard here appears in an Edvard Grieg suite when this title character is chased by trolls |
Peer Gynt
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Sir Walter Scott titled a novel "The Heart of" this, after an Edinburgh prison |
Midlothian
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