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As you'd expect, radon gas is collected out of the radioactive decay of this element, symbol Ra |
radium
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Funicello & Fabray |
Annette & Nanette
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If you're in top physical condition, you can climb this 14,691-foot peak also known as Monte Cervino |
the Matterhorn
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This physician born in 1903 has been called "The man who reared 50 million kids" |
(Dr.) Spock
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He died in 1969 but popped up on a U.S. dollar coin 2 years later |
Eisenhower
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His portrait subjects include Ginevra de' Benci & Lisa del Giocondo |
da Vinci
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In an exception to the norm, Co, cobalt, atomic number 27, is heavier than this element, Ni, atomic number 28 |
nickel
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Lincoln & Arthur |
Abe & Bea
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Swiss banks store heaps of gold in vaults below the Bahnhofstrasse, an elegant street in this city |
Zurich
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Thomas Wolfe described this island as a "million-footed, tower-masted, and sky-soaring citadel" |
(Brad: What is Mont-Saint-Michel?) ... [India's response receives applause from the crowd of New Yorkers]
Manhattan
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The word thaler, which became dollar, is from Joachimsthal, site of a mine for this metal |
(India: What's gold?)
silver
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When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto |
El Greco
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It's the valence number of the oxygen atom in a molecule of water |
2
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Banks & Dunne |
Irene & Ernie
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Schwyz, one of the 23 states called these that make up Switzerland today, was one of the original 3 |
cantons
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The "3 Million Bill" passed by Congress in 1847 appropriated $3 million for the purchase of land from this country |
(India: What is Russia?)
Mexico
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2-word term for a golf score of 3 under par on a hole, or the old $20 coin it might have won you |
double eagle
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In 1883 Claude Monet settled in this hamlet 50 miles from Paris, often seen in his later works |
Giverny
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4-letter word for the intrinsic angular momentum of an elementary particle |
spin
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Campion & Chretien |
Jane & Jean
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This 16th century Dutch scholar is buried in Basel |
Erasmus
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Of the 10 million slaves sent to the Americas over 3 1/2 centuries, almost 40 percent went to this Latin American country |
Brazil
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A "Benjamin" from it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin |
(Brad: What is Israel?)
the Confederacy
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Van Gogh & Kandinsky were in this modern art "show" named for the NYC military building where it was held in 1913 |
(Alex: You know what, Leslie? You have enough money to catch and pass Brad if you made this a True Daily Double, or risked...) (Leslie: I'll wager, uh, $9,000.) [Voluminous applause] (Alex: All right. Let's see if it works out.) (Leslie: I hope so.) ... [A broad smile comes over Leslie's face as the clue is read]
the Armory Show
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This "point" doesn't mean someone's being judgmental--it's where liquid & gaseous phases become identical |
(Brad: What is a boiling point?)
the critical point
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Baxter & Buffett |
(Brad: What is Warren and...) (Alex: Sorry, not quickly enough.) [Brad doubles over towards his podium as his incorrect response takes him out of his slim lead on the last clue!]
Warner & Warren
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A period of the Mesozoic era was named for this mountain range that straddles the Swiss-French border |
(Brad: I'll be a bit conservative and bet $2,000.) ... [Brad ponders the clue for a long time] (Alex: Brad?) (Brad: Uh, what is the [*]?) (Alex: Yes! For Jurassic!) (Brad: Pure luck!) (Alex: That counts as well, as you know.)
the Jura
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Led by a man from Popowo, in 1981 it had 10 million members |
Solidarity
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This revolutionary year (not the one you might think) appears on the front of all U.S. dollar bills |
(Alex: Yes, on the Treasury Department Seal. Well done! You're in a tie with Leslie!)
1789
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Ms. Gentileschi, the painter, rape victim, & movie subject whose work is seen here, had this first name |
Artemisia
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