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It's the place on a racket or paddle where it's most effective to hit a ball |
the sweet spot
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In 1823 Michael Faraday showed that these such as chlorine and CO2 could be liquefied, a basis for modern refrigeration |
gasses
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A presentation of "Custer's last stand" in this man's wild west shows used some Lakota who fought in the battle |
(Jeff: Who is Wild Bill?)
Buffalo Bill
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Argentina renders this musical as "Vaseline" |
Grease
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A brief rest in Maryland's capital |
a nap (in Annapolis)
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The ground-level entrance to this museum is crowned by a steel-&-glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei |
the Louvre
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This little candies with printed sayings claim to be the bestselling Valentine's Day candy |
Sweethearts
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Gravitational waves from 2 black holes were found to be little waves described as these in space-time, validating Einstein |
(Jeff: What are folds?) (Ken: What are warps?)
ripples
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The Long Branch Saloon in this frontier city in Kansas served cold beer, tea, milk, lemonade & sarsparilla |
Dodge City
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To Mexican audiences, Daniel Day-Lewis starred in "Bloody Oil"--this movie |
There Will Be Blood
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A payment in New Jersey's capital |
rent (in Trenton)
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I.M. Pei designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it's safe to say he didn't make a mistake by this lake |
Lake Erie
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Sugar & vinegar are key ingredients in this favorite Chinese chicken dish |
sweet & sour chicken
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In 1961 Claus Jonsson showed that like light, these subatomic particles can behave as waves, not as particles |
electrons
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in 1882 this sheriff wrote the book "An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" to correct "false statements" that had been published |
(Pat) Garrett
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The Chinese call this wild 2007 comedy "One Night Big Belly" (Katherine Heigl's) |
Knocked Up
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A piece of jewelry in Illinois' capital |
a ring (in Springfield)
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Pei designed a pentagonal air traffic control tower for this government agency |
the FAA (Federal Aviation Agency)
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Jonathan Swift wrote that honey & wax furnished "mankind with the two noblest of things, which are" these |
sweetness & light
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Testing thermal coatings was among the 82 experiments on this fittingly named 1973-74 U.S. spacecraft |
(Courtney: What is the Enterprise?)
Skylab
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The Santa Fe Trail split into the Mountain Branch & the Cimarron Cutoff via what's now this state's panhandle |
Oklahoma
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In Germany, this 1971 Gene Hackman film is "Focus Brooklyn" |
(Alex: That's it, we have less than a minute now.)
The French Connection
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A prohibition in New York's capital |
a ban (in Albany)
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Boston is proud of its Pei-designed tower named for this revolutionary. |
(John) Hancock
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This liberal arts women's college in Virginia was founded in 1901 & named for the plantation on which it was built |
(Ken: What is sweetwater?)
Sweet Briar College
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Christiaan Eijkman fed the unpolished type of this grain to chickens & prisoners, proving it helped stave off beriberi |
rice
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These two lovers are seen in a New York photography studio just prior to sailing for Buenos Aires in 1901 |
the Sundance Kid and Etta Place
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Italy turned the title of this film with Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet into "If You Leave Me I Delete You" |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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A foreign currency in Wyoming's capital |
(Ken: What is a lira?)
a yen (in Cheyenne)
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Among Pei's crowning achievements is the Museum of Islamic Art in this country's capital, Doha |
Qatar
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