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This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest |
the Holy Grail
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Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refers to climbing on this continent |
South America
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In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of Geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt |
Euclid
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"Mister Roberts", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Stagecoach" |
(John) Ford
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In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it |
Seville
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Mildew, mold or a mushroom |
fungus
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A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium" |
platonic (or Plato)
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Face & crack climbing are two types of this popular activity seen here |
rock climbing
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A straight angle has this many degrees |
180
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"The Milagro Beanfield War", "Quiz Show", "The Legend of Bagger Vance" |
Robert Redford
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Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about |
Santa Monica
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It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study |
a syllabus
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This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon" |
Shangri-La
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In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs |
(Emily: What is [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed prior to the Daily Double at clue 29]
pulmonary edema (hape accepted)
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The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of this |
the hypotenuse
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"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia" |
David Lean
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In 1918 Padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds" |
stigmata
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It's the zodiac sign whose symbol is seen here |
Sagittarius
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Jonathan Swift created Lilliputians; this author created Munchkins |
(Frank) Baum
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This fastener seen here gets its name from its original use of clipping a carbine rifle to a band |
carabiner
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The word geometry means to "measure" this |
(Alex: And Emily, before I ask you to make your wager, I have some good news for you. One of the joys of hosting this program is that I am continuously learning things. You gave a response a while ago of "hape" in that CLIMBING category. Hape, we find out, is "high altitude pulmonary edema" and that's what we were going for. So you taught us something, and as a result you add $1,200 to your total, so you're now at $4,000 as you make your wager. And you realize, of course, that if you risked it all and responded correctly, you and Alan would be tied for the lead.) (Emily: Yeah, yeah, yeah.) [Audience laughter] (Alex: But it's JUST PLANE GEOMETRY.) (Emily: Yeah, I didn't study too hard in geometry. Let's go with a thousand, please.)
the world, the earth (the land)
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"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing" |
Costa-Gavras
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During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible |
(Emily: What is the St. James?)
St. Jerome's or the Vulgate
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Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe |
Bosphorus
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"The shot heard round the world" was first heard in this man's "Concord Hymn" |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope |
to belay
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To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw |
(Emily: What is a compass?)
an ellipse
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"Woman with a Past", "The Peacemaker", "Deep Impact" |
Mimi Leder
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Saint Fursey's visions were recorded by this venerable saint |
Bede
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He killed the Minotaur |
(Alan: Who is Odysseus?) ... (Alex: Two other names might have come to mind: Perseus or [*], and it is [*] instead.)
Theseus
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