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OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST |
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U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES |
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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! |
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Someone who's not up to the job can't do this condiment phrase |
cut the mustard
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A novel about a bestseller on UFOs, or a Will Smith movie about policing extraterrestrials |
Men in Black
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1964, judo: Nguyen Van Binh of this country |
South Vietnam
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The Idaho National Laboratory is the site of the first power plant to produce electricity by this method in 1951 |
nuclear power
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On Christmas Day, 1991, he announced his resignation as Soviet leader, and wished everyone the best |
Gorbachev
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A nice one of these, cash in addition to your salary; on Wall Street in 2017 they averaged $184,000 |
a bonus
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Don't forget it's always the shortened version of "them" in this statement made on showing a winning hand |
read 'em and weep
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In "The Name of the Rose", it is revealed that the murders are related to this Greek's "Poetics" |
(Alex: And that would be [*], not Plato.)
Aristotle
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1984, Ali Al-Ghadi of North Yemen: This common charity race distance, about 3 miles |
a 5K (5000 meters)
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The HQ of 3 national labs, 2 of them named for Ernest Lawrence, are within 40 miles of each other in this state |
California
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On Christmas 1492 this flagship of Christopher Columbus ran aground off Haiti |
the Santa Maria
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A second star from this French guide, meaning my restaurant is excellent & "worth a detour" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
the Michelin
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Signaling ancient secrets, a book magically appears at this Univ.'s Bodleian Library in "A Discovery of Witches" |
Oxford
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1972, gymnastics: This 4-medal female star for the USSR |
(Olga) Korbut
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The top & bottom types of this particle were discovered in Fermilab in Illinois |
quarks
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Hallelujah! This Handel oratorio had its first complete performance in the U.S. on Dec. 25, 1818 in Boston |
"Messiah"
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This U.S. military medal; since 1962, civilians who've sustained a wound are eligible for it too |
(Richard [*]. What is a [*]?)
Purple Heart
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In Azar Nafisi's bestseller, a group of students are secretly "Reading Lolita in" this Middle Eastern capital city |
Tehran
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1960, gymnastics: Miroslav Cerar of this country, father of a future prime minister of Slovenia |
Yugoslavia
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This 4th state of matter is found in the name of Princeton's national lab |
plasma
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Christmas island in this ocean received its name on Christmas Day 1643 |
(Lanier: What is the Pacific?)
Indian (Ocean)
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A grant from the Open Society Foundations, created by this Hungarian-born billionaire to build democracy |
(George) Soros
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In a saying about self-reliance, these 5 words precede "& you feed him for a day" |
(Richard: What is "teach a man to fish"?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
give a man a fish
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In a novel, Juliet Ashton finds the subject of her next book: this island's "Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society" |
Guernsey
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1952, men's marathon: Emil Zatopek of this country that's now divided in two |
Czechoslovakia
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This Southwest facility began as Site Y in the Manhattan Project 75 years ago |
(Lanier: [Whispers] I know this one.) (Alex: Say something. It's not coming, is it?) (Lanier: No, it's not coming to me.)
Los Alamos
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After suffering a stroke, this French explorer died on Christmas 1635 in Quebec |
(Charbel: Who is La Salle?)
Samuel de Champlain
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From the governor, this reduction in my sentence; a pardon would have been nicer, but at least I'm out |
a commutation
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