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His work got a good review in the Times of London in 1919: "New Theory of the Universe--Newtonian Ideas Overthrown" |
Einstein
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The only Beatles tune ever to win, this song is a woman's first name |
"Michelle"
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Casinos in Reno & Shreveport named for this lost city seem like the perfect place to pick up some gold |
(Jason: What is Atlantis?) (Peggy: What is Shangri-La?)
El Dorado
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This directional phrase means to reject or something done to prepare a bed |
turn down
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7-letter word for a renewable energy source made from algae, plants or animal waste |
biofuel
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After the 1994 election, she became Germany's Minister of Environment, Conservation & Reactor Safety, but a promotion awaited |
(Angela) Merkel
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This Bruce Springsteen tune from a Tom Hanks film won Grammy Song of the Year & the Oscar for Best Original Song |
"Streets Of Philadelphia"
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Danny Kaye & Ayn Rand went to this Norse hall of heroes, or at least a cemetery in a New York hamlet named for it |
Valhalla
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This adjective for something short, like a cute li'l nose, can also mean to spurn or ignore |
snub
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The 50-foot Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza |
Illinois
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NASA uses "solid rocket" these to help the main engines in the early going; they fall back to Earth & are reused |
boosters
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20-year-old Dirk Nowitzki began playing for this NBA team in 1998 & was still with them 20 years later |
the Mavericks
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This soulful ballad by Sam Smith won for 2014 |
"Stay With Me"
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This realm of legend has resurfaced in the Bahamas |
Atlantis
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The Discover card website lists 7 reasons why your credit card might suffer this rejection |
being declined
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Band name inspiration "A Sound Garden" |
Washington
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It gets up to about 3,000 degrees in this kind of furnace used to make pig iron |
(Jason: What is Bessemer?)
blast furnace
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In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" |
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
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It's what "he" is doing "With His Song" in a Roberta Flack hit |
"Killing Me Softly"
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In 1942 FDR gave this name to what's now called Camp David; the old moniker is lost over the horizon |
Shangri-La
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This adjective meaning trivial is also a verb meaning to spurn with pointed indifference |
to slight
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"The Hacienda Horse & Rider" in neon |
Nevada
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Many of the torch lighters you find available at your local liquor store use this type of colorless gas |
butane
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Vroom! He showed off his 25-HP, 4-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine on the cusp of 40 in 1897 |
Rudolf Diesel
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In 1962 the Grammys honored the tune heard here & this man who composed it |
(Jason: Who is [*], "Moon River"?)
(Henry) Mancini
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This 1972 book is named for an actual hill in Hampshire, England; in the novel it's a utopia sought by rabbits |
Watership Down
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Putting "re-" in front of a 4-letter slang word meaning muscular gets you this word for to spurn |
rebuff
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The Crazy Horse memorial |
South Dakota
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The Clean Air Act helped to reduce pollution from this, the most abundant type of coal |
bituminous
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