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Developed in the 18th century, the Leyden jar stores this |
electricity
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In his "I Never Played the Game", he takes pot shots at Gifford, Meredith & Simpson |
Howard Cosell
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John Hancock, Calvin Coolidge, & currently, Michael Dukakis |
governors of Massachusetts
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The Tonkin Resolution, passed Aug. 7, 1964, allowed Presidential action in this country |
Vietnam
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Most of these half-men half-horses were wild & lawless |
(Chuck: What is a Sagittarian?)
a centaur
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Imprint loved on fine paper, but hated on a silk dress |
a watermark
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Of 3 oz., 3 lbs., or 3 kg, approximate weight or pressure exerted per square mile of sunlight |
(Chuck: What is 3 oz?)
3 lbs
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Published in 1956, it was the autobiography of singer Billie Holiday |
Lady Sings the Blues
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1½ story house with deeply slanting roof named for easternmost part of Massachusetts |
a Cape Cod
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It was recently revealed that this top hit of 1968 wasn't about a saint, but Julian Lennon |
"Hey Jude"
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This monster needed more than a steak on his eye after Odysseus drove a stake into his eye |
a cyclops (Polyphemus)
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Without it, a Shirley Temple just wouldn't be a Shirley Temple |
(Chuck: What is ginger ale?)
grenadine
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An emulsion is a colloidal system formed by dispersing 1 of these into another |
a liquid
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Her autobiography's title is her nickname "Bubbles" |
Beverly Sills
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These 2 Mass. patriots & founding fathers were 2nd cousins sharing the same last name |
John and Samuel Adams
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In 1967, this "Red Wing" became the 1st hockey player to score 700 goals |
Gordie Howe
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Author John Gardner retold the epic of Beowulf from this monster's point of view |
Grendel
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Oedipus unwittingly committed this when he killed his father |
patricide
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Constantly breaking down chemically, uranium changes to radium & ultimately to this mineral |
(Chuck: What is carbon?) ... (Alex: We've got about a minute to go.)
lead
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Title of 1959 autobiography of E.R. Braithwaite, a Black teacher in London's East End |
To Sir, With Love
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Site of annual summer music festival held in the Berkshires |
Tanglewood
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In 1960, it became the 4th nation to explode an atomic bomb |
France
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If you cut off a head, the Hydra would do this |
(Kathleen: What is regenerate?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Kathleen: Grow another head.) ... (Chuck: [*].) [Accepted without remark]
grow two back
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Atomic #24, this metal is used with iron to make stainless steel |
(Alex: Find a lot of it in Africa. [*].)
chromium
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26 years after his 1st autobiography, he wrote sequel, "Somebody Down Here Likes Me Too" |
Rocky Graziano
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Mass. abolitionist who also worked for women's rights & wrote "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" |
Julia Ward Howe
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In 1965, after only 2 years, Singapore withdrew from federation with this Southeast Asian nation |
Malaysia
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Name of this creature w/lion's head, goat's body & dragon's tail has come to mean anything fantastic |
(Kathleen: What is a griffin?) (Alex: My boss will be happy that you gave him a plug, but the correct response is what is a [*]?)
a chimera
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French for "petticoat", Southern belles wore them to this kind of dance |
a cotillion
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