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THROWING A GOOD BOOK AT YOU |
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This musical instrument is the prized possession of Gunter Grass' dwarfish hero Oskar |
the tin drum
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Last name of the husband & wife with an atomic weight of 247 |
Curie
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From the Greek for "wandering about to find pasture", it's a member of an itinerant people |
a nomad
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The first entry in Reader's Digest's "Who's Who in the Bible" is this older brother of Moses |
Aaron
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Flagstaff, Arizona grew up around a flagpole erected to celebrate this event in 1876 |
the U.S. Centennial
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Sadly, this final act of Goethe's infatuated hero young Werther was widely imitated by young romantic readers |
committing suicide
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He predicted the periodic law, but probably never envisioned element 101 being named for him |
(Joel: Who is Mendelev? [*]?)
Mendeleev
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Describing something self-evident or easy, this term literally means "without cerebellum" |
a no-brainer
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Today's special is this son of Noah, who found his dad unclothed & tipsy in Genesis 9:22 |
Ham
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In the 1890s you could take a 2-day ride from Flagstaff to its south rim |
the Grand Canyon
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The title vessel of a 1494 poem by Sebastian Brant & of the painting of the same period by Hieronymus Bosch |
the ship of fools
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This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99 |
[ERRATUM: Ulm was located in the German Kingdom of Württemberg in 1879 and had not been part of Bavaria since 1810.]
(Albert) Einstein
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Maori receptions in New Zealand often involve "hongi", the ceremonial pressing together of these |
noses
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In Genesis 29:11 "Jacob kissed" this formerly infertile mother of Joseph "and wept" |
Rachel
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This fabled highway built in the 1920s made Flagstaff a popular tourist stop |
Route 66
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The Peter Weiss play known by this 2-word title is "performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton" |
(Maureen: I don't know.)
Marat/Sade
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Johan Gadolin wonders will you still need him, will you still feed him now that's he's element number this |
64
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He's the comedian best known for playing Father Guido Sarducci |
Don Novello
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Out of the whirlwind, God tells him to "Gird up thy loins now like a man" in Chapter 40 of his book |
(Joel: Who is Daniel?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Job
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In the 1850s, Army expeditions near Flagstaff included one led by E. F. Beale using this unique form of animal transport |
camels
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The original title of this author's "Magister Ludi" means "The Glass Bead Game" |
(Hermann) Hesse
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There is just the value of this clue, no prize, for knowing this man for whom element 102 was named |
(Alfred) Nobel
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In Longfellow's tale, the grandmother who raised Hiawatha |
Nokomis
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Pluto was first observed in 1930 at this Flagstaff landmark that opened in 1894 |
Lowell Observatory
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