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Developed as a miracle insecticide in 1939, it was later discovered to cause damage to wildlife & was restricted in 1972 |
DDT
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It's the 5-letter British slang term for what they've watched "Eastenders" on since 1985 |
the telly
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The fifth & sixth of these subatomic particles, bottom & top, were once called truth & beauty |
quarks
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In 1816 this onetime court painter to Spanish royalty published "Tauromaquia", his etchings on bullfighting |
(Eric: Who's El Greco?)
Goya
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"Well, I found a new place to dwell, well, it's down at the end of" this street "at Heartbreak Hotel" |
Lonely Street
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Its name is French for "enjoy the meal!" |
Bon Appétit
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Pressed into service during WWII, this "royal" luxury liner rammed a navy cruiser in 1942, cutting it in half |
(Eric: What is the Queen Elizabeth?)
the Queen Mary
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Zebra crossing isn't an African road sign, it's one of these found on the street |
a crosswalk
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In 1851 this scientist used a pendulum in the pantheon in Paris to show that the Earth rotates on its axis |
(Jean) Foucault
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Although best known for his nonsense poems such as "The Jumblies", he was an accomplished landscape painter |
Edward Lear
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This Beatles song is also the name of a character in "Almost Famous" |
"Penny Lane"
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Founded to rival Time; briefly went all-digital in 2013 |
(Alex: Yes, less than a minute now.)
Newsweek
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This president from N.H. began his inaugural address in "bitter sorrow", his son having recently died in a train wreck |
Franklin Pierce
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The Brits use a different prefix, producing this word instead of "counter-clockwise" |
anticlockwise
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Marble is classified as this type of rock because it changed from limestone due to heat & pressure |
metamorphic
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This 17th century Dutch master who had at least 7 daughters painted "The Milkmaid" & "A Maid Asleep" |
(Johannes) Vermeer
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The statue here is a tribute to Glenn Frey in this Arizona city where he sang of standing on a corner |
(Aaron: What is... Tucson?)
Winslow
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Founded 1888; first issue had compelling article "The Survey & Map of Massachusetts" |
[The clue makes Alex laugh.]
National Geographic
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In 2003 this traditional French vacation month was marred by a heat wave that killed nearly 15,000 |
August
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The trunk of a car is called this, also a type of footwear |
the boot
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Plasma spheres have differing effects on naturally colorless xenon & krypton, which are this class of gas; when they're near the sphere, they become ionized & colorful |
[Aaron gave both listed responses.]
inert (or noble)
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This Venetian's use of his iconic red color can be seen here in his 1548 work "Empress Isabella of Portugal" |
Titian
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Sheryl Crow told us, "All I wanna do is have some fun until the sun comes up over" this "Boulevard" |
Santa Monica
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Where folks "Ask Marilyn" every Sunday |
Parade
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This Caribbean island was all but obliterated in 1997 when the Soufriere Hills volcano woke up |
Montserrat
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To New Yorkers it's a type of subway train; to Brits, it's the pub near home you usually frequent |
the local
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2 compounds made of the same elements in the same proportions but with different properties are called these |
isomers
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This Austrian known for using gold leaf in his paintings was a founder of the Vienna Secession |
(Alex: Very much in the news in recent years--[*].)
Gustav Klimt
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Perhaps paved with good intentions, this title AC/DC thoroughfare has "no stop signs, speed limits" |
the highway to hell
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Get hernia news in this, JAMA for short |
The Journal of the American Medical Association
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