ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP |
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HERE'S YOUR SCIENCE PRIZE |
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TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE |
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BUT I HAVE THIS HISTORIC MEETING |
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Once a desperate shaved-head Frenchwoman, things began to look up once I found out I was the heir to Genovia's throne |
[Ken does not name Les Misérables and The Princess Diaries as the movies.]
Anne Hathaway
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Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg wrote this classic tune sung by the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" |
"If I Only Had A Brain"
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Sia wanted to swing from one: ARCHED LINE |
chandelier
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The 2021 Einstein Prize went to Clifford Martin Will & Saul Teukolsky for "contributions to observational tests of general" this |
relativity
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Done in 1808, his sixth symphony, nicknamed "Pastoral" |
Beethoven
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The tough guy born Temüjin got this new name at a meeting of Mongol representatives in 1206 |
Genghis Khan
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Here I am, just a lowly Hobbit from the Shire who finally took the field for Notre Dame; hey! I got a sack |
(Cindy: Who is Frodo? Oh, sorry, who is Elijah Wood?) ... (Ken: Yes, Lord of the Rings and Rudy.)
Sean Astin
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In computer programming, this 2-word "statement" means that when a specific condition is met, a specific action follows |
if-then
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One of man's best friends: DADS HUNCH |
dachshund
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Frederick Sanger is the only 2-time winner of the Nobel Prize in this, for work on proteins in 1958 & nucleic acids in 1980 |
(Jessica: What's biology?) [NOTE: Between the time of this show's taping and its airing, Karl Barry Sharpless became another 2-time winner of the prize.]
the Chemistry Prize
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"The Calf Bearer" from the 500s B.C. discovered on this Athens elevation in 1864--sad that parts are missing, but now we can show it |
the Acropolis
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In what's now the city of Sovetsk in 1807, Napoleon & the ruler in this job met on a raft so it wouldn't be on anyone's home turf |
the czar (Alexander I)
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Despite being brittle-boned Elijah Prince, I'm still firmly in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
(Ken: Yes, Unbreakable and the Marvel movies.)
Samuel L. Jackson
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In "Field of Dreams", Kevin Costner first hears this phrase while walking through his corn |
(Aaron: What is "If you build it, they will come"?) ... (Ken: Yes, it's often misquoted, but that is the line.)
If you build it, he will come
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A chef's finishing touch: REPLAYS |
(Aaron: What is... [Sighs])
parsley
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The Gonin Medal is awarded every 4 years for outstanding work in this medical specialty of the eye |
ophthalmology
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From Rubens & his workshop, "The Lion Hunt", "The Tiger Hunt" & this Roman goddess "& her Nymphs on the Hunt" |
(Aaron: Who is... Artemis?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, it's her Roman equivalent, [*].)
Diana
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On May 30, 1593 4 men met in Deptford: 3 were associated with the Elizabethan spy service & 1 was this playwright, who ended up dead |
Marlowe
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Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston |
(Ken: From Kill Bill and Ally McBeal, that's [*].)
Lucy Liu
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The Department of Homeland Security designates Sept. 25 as awareness day for this 6-word reminder to report suspicious activity |
If you see something, say something
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It's got a West Indian vibe: SCALP YO |
calypso
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The 2016 Turing Award, the "Nobel Prize of computing", went to this hyphenated Brit "for inventing the World Wide Web" |
Berners-Lee
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This bandleader's classical-influenced 1940s compositions "Black, Brown & Beige" & "Liberian Suite" |
Duke Ellington
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Dormant since its last meeting in 1669, this trading league started meeting again in 1980 in Zwolle, the Netherlands |
the Hanseatic League
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Being half of a legendary Wild West outlaw duo gave me the courage to take the ice for the Charlestown Chiefs |
(Ken: That's [*] in Butch Cassidy and Slap Shot.)
Paul Newman
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In a rousing 1765 Patrick Henry speech criticizing Britain, these 4 words preceded "make the most of it" |
(Aaron: What is... give me liberty or give me death?)
if this be treason
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It can have a beach on both sides: SALINE PUN |
peninsula
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Winners of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for popularizing science include this knighted narrator of BBC's "Life" |
(Sir David) Attenborough
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"Child with Toy Hand Grenade" from 1962, a famous image by this woman who often photographed social outcasts |
(Diane) Arbus
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An ostensible duck hunt in 1910 was actually 6 guys meeting to plan this central banking authority of the United States |
the Federal Reserve
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