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It sure looks like a dead leaf, doesn't it? but the creature seen here is actually the Indian dead leaf this |
butterfly
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"There is a pile of clothing on the side of the train tracks", says this bestseller by Paula Hawkins |
Girl on the Train
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In 1839 China destroyed more than 20,000 chests of this smuggled drug in Canton, leading to a 3-year war with Britain |
opium
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He coined the term "psychoanalysis" |
Freud
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James Doohan voiced "The Oracle" on this series' episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" |
Star Trek
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It's a chronology of activities or events |
a timeline
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This bird (really Zeus) seduced Leda, leading to the birth of Helen |
a swan
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This American woman is the subject of "The French Chef in America" |
Julia Child
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When this alliterative ruler gained control in 1279, it was the first time that all of China had come under foreign rule |
Kublai Khan
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The Penguin Dict. of Psychology says, "An intense dialogue about the wallpaper" would do as well as this inkblot test |
the Rorschach test
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Mother is a computer on the Nostromo in this 1979 Ridley Scott movie |
(Nilanka: What is Aliens?)
Alien
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Mexicos Zapatista rebels disguised themselves with these cold-climate items |
(Emmett: What are ponchos?)
ski masks
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Despite falling for caretaker Louisa Clark, Will Traynor chooses assisted suicide over life in a wheelchair in this Jojo Moyes novel |
(Joanne: What is Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
Me Before You
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In 1955 the United States signed an agreement with this leader guaranteeing Taiwan's defense |
Chiang Kai-Shek
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(I'm Anderson Cooper.) In an unsettling experiment, I test a device that simulates hearing voices in your head, a symptom of this mental disorder |
schizophrenia
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"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" shows us the exact moment that this computer system says "Hasta la vista", humans |
(Joanne: Ooh, no.)
Skynet
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Retronym for a 20th century-style telephone connection |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a landline
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In this Shakespeare play, Rosalind disguises herself as Ganymede & counsels Orlando |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now.)
As You Like It
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This Russian dynasty is chronicled from 1613 to 1918 in a biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore |
the Romanovs
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In 210 B.C. Emperor Shi Huangdi was buried with an honor guard, thousands of clay soldiers known as this "army" |
the Terracotta Army
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This Swiss mister came up with concepts like the collective unconscious & archetypes |
Carl Jung
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The Cardiff Giant was a PC produced on this '80s-set AMC show whose title refers to a destruct command |
(Nilanka: What is Halt and Set Fire?)
Halt and Catch Fire
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Fighting in Blackburn's Ford & the Peninsular Campaign, Sarah Edmonds dressed as a man to fight in this war |
the Civil War
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This guy from "The Office" gave kids (& their parents) "The Book With No Pictures" |
(Emmett: Who is Carrell?)
B.J. Novak
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After a massive demonstration in Beijing in 1999, China banned this spiritual movement, calling it a heretical cult |
Falun Gong
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Ivan Pavlov training dogs to salivate when a bell rings is an example of this classic type of reflex or response |
classical conditioning
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Edi & Legion are artificial intelligence entities helping the puny humans in the video games this "Effect" 2 & 3 |
(Joanne: What is The Butterfly Effect?)
Mass Effect
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MetLife Stadium boasts that all 82,500 of its seats have "incredible" these |
line of sight (or sightlines)
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