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THE SAME VOWEL, FRONT & BACK |
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Many John Hughes movies are set in the fictional Shermer, perhaps from Shermerville, now this city's suburb Northbrook |
Chicago
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It's Spanish for "water" |
agua
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His travels last 20 years, including the Trojan War |
Odysseus
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On April 15, 1912 at approximately 2:20 A.M., it broke in half & 2 minutes later, plunged below the water's surface |
the Titanic
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"While My ____ Gently Weeps" by the Beatles |
Guitar
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(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Named for the little shelter you draw over the dividend, the "bus stop" is one method in this 2-word exercise that's been called the most difficult basic math process to teach kids |
long division
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Dum Dum, a weapons-making suburb of Kolkata, gave its name to an expanding type of this, banned by international law |
(John: What is landmine?) (Stan: What is grenade?)
an expanding bullet
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To overshadow, metaphorically or celestially |
eclipse
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Before Saturn's neighbor was named for him, one idea was to name it for Saturn's wife Cybele |
Uranus
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Sadly the SS Portland went down in a storm with all 200 or so on board in this same year that the Maine blew up |
1898
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"Mr. ____ Man " by The Byrds |
Tambourine
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The suburb of Shin-Okubo is known as this capital's Koreatown |
Tokyo
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7-letter general term for a massive building |
(John: What is academy?)
an edifice
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The medieval artwork seen here depicts this ancient Roman god |
Janus
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Once the largest ship on the Great Lakes, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this Great Lake during a 1975 storm |
(Kate: What is Erie?)
Lake Superior
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"Bang A ____(Get It On)" by T. Rex |
Gong
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(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) John Frank Stevens, who designed the Panama Canal, & of course, Gustave Eiffel, are big names in this branch of engineering that focuses on major public works |
civil engineering
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A northern suburb of Paris was named for this patron saint of France & was built over his tomb |
St. Denis
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The script of this language, popular in Pakistan, is seen here |
Urdu
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Epimetheus gave the animals gifts like speed, strength & razor-sharp claws, leaving this brother with not much to give humans |
Prometheus
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In 2012, the cruise ship called the Costa this ran aground off the Italian coast with the captain abandoning the ship |
the Costa Concordia
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"Boogie Woogie ____ Boy" by Bette Midler |
Bugle
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(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Mathematician Emmy Noether formulated a theorem that scientists make use of to this day class="nobreak">--there is an associated symmetry for every law of this, meaning a total quantity remains constant |
conservation
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Shopping malls are associated with suburbs & the first enclosed one opened in Edina, a suburb of this Midwest city |
Minneapolis
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This 4-letter word means hodgepodge, which also has 2 O's |
olio
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Constantly reaching for fruit he could never taste, he gave us a word meaning "to tempt someone & frustrate them" |
(Ken: Yes, the word, tantalize.)
Tantalus
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Named for an Italian admiral, this luxury liner famously sank after a collision in 1956 |
(Ken: That was a bit of a disaster for us as well.) [Laughter]
the Andrea Doria
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"The ____ Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" by Tom Waits class="nobreak">--it's the instrument Tom plays |
Piano
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(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) It seems obvious now that a sterile environment is necessary in an operating room, but this British surgeon faced opposition for promoting antiseptic methods; fortunately, his methods got results & were embraced during his lifetime |
Dr. Joseph Lister
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