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This Pilgrim document is dated November 11, 1620 & begins, "In the name of God, amen" |
Mayflower Compact
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This largest artery, which arises from the left ventricle, is shaped like a walking cane |
aorta
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Find 2 of these in 1 egg & good fortune will be yours |
yolks
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In "Hook" Julia Roberts flutters about the screen in this role |
Tinker Bell
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Legend says Newton's Law of Gravity & his invention of calc. came from watching one of these fruits fall |
apples
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This planet is 9 1/2 times farther from the sun than the Earth is |
Saturn
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On April 17, 1961 a force of about 1,500 exiled Cubans trained by the CIA landed at this site |
Bay of Pigs
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Sort of a holding tank for food, it's the widest part of the alimentary canal |
stomach
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If these start to ring or burn, beware...someone is talking about you |
ears
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Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer defends 2 Marines accused of murder in this film |
A Few Good Men
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This 17th c. Frenchman contributed to the development of calc. when he used algebra to describe curves |
Descartes
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In mythology these forest gods, half-man, half-goat, were famous for chasing nymphs |
satyrs
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Most of these 85 essays written to New York newspapers were published in book form in 1788 |
Federalist Papers
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In a healthy adult, this pair of organs filters about 50 gallons of blood each day |
kidneys
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Not only is it bad luck to break it, but looking into a cracked one is also ill-advised |
mirrors
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You've got to "hand" it to Johnny Depp, he was a real "cutup" in this 1990 Tim Burton film |
Edward Scissorhands
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You need calc. to take this earth measurement because it isn't a perfect sphere; if it were, you'd use (4/3) pi r3 |
volume
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It's the form of literature that uses irony or sarcasm to attack human nature |
satire
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Between 1804 & 1807, while Chief Justice, he published a 5-volume "Life of George Washington" |
(John) Marshall
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It's the 2-word name of the lowest part of the brain stem that controls heart rate & breathing |
medulla oblongata
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Some say this pair of weather phenomena is the voice & wrath of God |
thunder & lightning
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In this true-life drama, Nick Nolte & Susan Sarandon try to find a cure for their son's illness |
Lorenzo's Oil
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The 2 main branches are differential & this |
integral
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On their first U.S. No. 1 Hit, The Rolling Stones tried, & they tried but they couldn't get this |
"Satisfaction"
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In 1838 a border conflict erupted between New Brunswick & this state over the Aroostook Valley |
Maine
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Also called immunoglobulins, they're the proteins produced by the immune system to fight off disease |
antibodies
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In Scotland it's unlucky to reveal the name of a baby before he or she has had this rite performed |
baptism (christening)
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This 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film was based on Philip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" |
Total Recall
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This German calculus founder was considered a universal genius by his friends & thief by Newtonians |
(Dave: Who is Riemann?)
Leibniz
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It's a popular Asian dish consisting of grilled meat on skewers served with peanut sauce |
[Dave's pronunciation of "SA-tee" was accepted.]
satay
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