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MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST |
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I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE! |
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After winning Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs. Kramer", she left her statuette in the ladies' room |
Meryl Streep
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An atom of this No. 2 element has an alpha particle as its nucleus |
helium
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Slicing ones are harvested when they're about 7 inches long, pickling ones at 1 1/2 to 3 inches |
cucumbers
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From Venezuela's Mount Avila, you can see the presidential palace in this city |
Caracas
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On Nov. 10, 1770 Voltaire wrote, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to" do this |
invent him
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In this film, Lou Gossett Jr. drills Richard Gere & Debra Winger thrills Richard Gere |
An Officer and a Gentleman
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Timothy Hutton won a 1980 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this film directed by Robert Redford |
Ordinary People
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This type of bean is said to be foolproof for gardeners, which makes sense as its name means something easy |
snap bean
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From Grouse Mountain, you'll B.C.-ing a panorama of this big city on a peninsula |
Vancouver
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In this pamphlet Thomas Paine said, government "is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one" |
Common Sense
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In fiscal 2000 over a billion dollars was wagered at New York City's OTB outlets, OTB standing for this |
off-track betting
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Paddy Chayefsky won an Oscar for his very first screenplay--this 1955 Ernest Borgnine film |
Marty
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Pions are a type of these "rays" from outer space that enter the Earth's atmosphere |
(Snow: What are gamma rays?) [Originally ruled incorrect]
cosmic rays
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Long-day onions form this, the rounded, edible part, during long summer days in the northern U.S. |
the bulb
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"Vulcan", the U.S.A.'s largest cast-iron statue, is seen here, looking down on this Southern city |
(David: Boy, um...) (Alex: Give me anything.) (David, What is, uh, what is Lexington, Kentucky?)
Birmingham, Alabama
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In this work Adam Smith wrote, "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production" |
The Wealth of Nations
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Inked impressions are transferred onto paper from another surface in this printing method |
offset printing
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The rumor that her acceptance speech for "Mrs. Miniver" ran over an hour is untrue; actually it was about 7 minutes |
Greer Garson
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In the center of stars, the hot version of this process is going on; a cold version is still a dream |
fusion
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Insulated from cold, carrots, parsnips & other veggies classified as these have a long growing season |
root vegetables
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The Chapel of the Ascension is on this mount that overlooks Jerusalem's old city |
(Robert: What is the Temple Mountain?) (Snow: What is Mount Sinai?)
the Mount of Olives
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When asked whether we had a republic or a monarchy, Ben Franklin gave this 7-word reply |
(David: What is neither?) (Snow: What is depends on who you ask?)
A republic, if you can keep it
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It describes an investment based in a foreign country so its owner laughs at the IRS |
(Alex: But you never laugh at the IRS.)
offshore
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Her 2 acting Oscars for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" & "Airport" were 39 years apart |
(Snow: Um, who is Lauren Bacall?) ... (Alex: Remember the little old lady who used to sneak on these planes?)
Helen Hayes
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This type of agreement must be adhered to; this type of energy is required to keep a nucleus together |
(David: What's a bond?) (Alex: Hmm, no.)
binding
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There's nothing like a vine-ripened one of these, perhaps the vineripe variety |
a tomato
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The view of Rio seen here is from this mountain |
Corcovado
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When this Prussian king died on August 17, 1786, his last words were "I am tired of ruling over slaves" |
Frederick the Great
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Something expected to happen soon is "in" this |
the offing
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