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To replace the silver half-dime, Congress authorized this U.S. coin for the first time |
the nickel
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The Department of Energy says homes employing this water heating method can save 50% on their bills |
solar energy
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"I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain" |
(Alex: From Death of a Salesman.)
Arthur Miller
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Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection |
an airport
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Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for this movie |
The Blind Side
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In this Douglas Adams novel, the Earth is demolished in favor of a new hyperspatial express route |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Putting him at odds with Congress, this U.S. president vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
(Andrew) Johnson
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100-foot-tall towers grouped in "farms" are used to create this type of power |
wind
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"If there is one thing interesting--remarkable indeed--in the whole province, it's just our cherry orchard" |
(George: Who is Wilder?) ... (Alex: The Cherry Orchard was written by [*].)
Anton Chekhov
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Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect (or separate) France & Spain |
the Pyrenees
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Traditional offering to someone facing a firing squad |
(George: What is a eye blind?)
a blindfold
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A virus could kill half of humanity if Robert Langdon can't remember his Dante in this 2016 film based on Dan Brown's novel |
(Alex: Yes, and it opens tomorrow.)
Inferno
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Garnier & Doudart de Lagree, sort of the French Lewis & Clark of Asia, left Saigon in 1866 & journeyed up this river |
the Mekong
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Fuel cells made of this most abundant element in the galaxy powered the Space Shuttles |
hydrogen
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"Time just outran me, Big Daddy--got there first" |
(Alex: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was the play.)
Tennessee Williams
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The Frejus Tunnel carries car traffic from Mondane, France to the Piedmont region of this country |
Italy
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With your eyes covered, try to catch & identify other players in this game |
blind man's bluff
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Galactic apocalypse? No problem for Cortana & Master Chief in this video game series |
Halo
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This novel about a murder & its aftermath was first published in installments in the Russian Messenger |
Crime and Punishment
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Hydroelectric power employs rushing water passing through these rotored machines that turn generators |
turbines
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"I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else" |
(Alex: Yes, Pygmalion.)
Shaw
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This lake lies between southwestern Switzerland & the Haute-Savoie Department of France |
(George: What is Lucerne?)
Lake Geneva
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Said to be without racial prejudice |
colorblind
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This Max Brooks novel begins, "It goes by many names: 'The Crisis,' 'The Dark Years,' 'The Walking Plague'" |
World War Z
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2016 is the 150th birthday of Fisk University in this city, home of the Jubilee Singers & alma mater of W.E.B. Du Bois |
(P.J.: What is New Orleans?)
Nashville
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This 7-letter word can refer to the total weight of one plant species or to plant material used as fuel |
biomass
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"A big nose is indicative of a soul affable, and kind" |
(P.J.: Oh. Nope.) (Alex: Ah, that's unfortunate. Ken.) (Ken: Who is de Bergerac?)
Edmond Rostand
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Baptiste du Cerceau & Pierre des Illes designed this, the oldest existing bridge across the Seine |
(Alex: [*], yes, which means "new bridge".)
Pont Neuf
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Photokeratitis, basically a sunburned eye, includes this condition that's especially common on high mountains |
(George: What is sun blindness?)
snow blindness
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Will Smith is the last man on Earth you'd expect to star in this 2007 film dealing with a vampiric plague |
I Am Legend
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