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Robert Hooke spent lots of time arguing over who made discoveries first, notably with this man over gravitation |
Newton
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Computer expert Angela Bennett |
The Net
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3 of these leaves appear on Ontario's coat of arms |
the maple leaf
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Statue-torily, there's one of these at the center of Indiana's flag, representing Liberty |
(Will: What is a star?)
a torch
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To her friends, this exotic "Sarong Girl" of the movies was just plain "Dottie" |
Dorothy Lamour
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Don Evans was the 34th secretary of this cabinet department |
Commerce
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Chicago "L" token seller Lucy, in love with the comatose Peter |
While You Were Sleeping
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In 1953 a dramatic festival devoted to the works of Shakespeare appropriately began in this Ontario town |
Stratford
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The Confederacy's second flag (above) was replaced with the third flag (below) because the second could be mistaken for this |
(Will: What is the state flag of Alabama?)
a flag of truce (or surrender)
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"The only thing I didn't like about 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' was the play", said this Algonquin wit |
Dorothy Parker
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1-word term for fellowship, or the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements |
communion
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It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40 |
(Alex: All righty. And, Will, you have a lot of catching up to do.) (Will: Alex, I want to make it a True Daily Double.) (Alex: All right. $6,400 if you are correct. Here is the clue...)
mercury
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Newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings, who enters rehab for 4 weeks |
(Will: What is 28 Days Later?)
28 Days
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Founded in 1836, an Ontario univ. that's part of the University of Toronto bears the name of this British queen |
Victoria
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The flag of this place "Where America's day ends" features an eagle holding symbols of chiefs' authority |
(Mark: What is Hawaii?)
American Samoa
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She appeared with her sister Lillian in the 1912 film "The New York Hat" |
Dorothy Gish
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2-word Latin term meaning mentally sound; we usually hear about the reverse that starts with "non" |
compos mentis
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Snell measured the Earth by first using this geometric method to measure the distance between towns |
(Mark: What is the Pythagorean theorem?)
triangulation
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Lenina Huxley, a cop in 2032 who unfreezes John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) |
Demolition Man
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Along with the smaller James Bay, this large body of water forms Ontario's northern coastline |
the Hudson Bay
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The fleur-de-lis, on the flag & license plates of Quebec, was a symbol of the man in this position |
the King of France
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"Introducing" this African-American actress who appeared briefly with her sister in the Marx Bros.' "A Day at the Races" |
Dorothy Dandridge
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Controversial 1969 Philip Roth novel that was made into a 1972 film |
Portnoy's Complaint
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Geeky research scientist Diane Farrow |
Love Potion No. 9
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The War of 1812 Battle of Moraviantown in Canada was also known as the Battle of this Ontario River |
the Thames
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When there was just 1 of this country, emperor Kojong chose white as the flag's background color |
(Alex: Hey, well done. We thought it was a China trap, but you saw through our ruse. You select again.)
Korea
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Connect the dots; the British author of "Pilgrimage" or a 2-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist softball player |
(Alex: Who is [*]? Sorry, Mark, not quickly enough.) (Mark: Yep!) (Alex: But you're still in the lead with $10,800.)
Dot Richardson
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A Native American tribe belonging to the Shoshonean division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic stock |
Comanche
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