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A SHORT COURSE IN CHEMISTRY |
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This most beloved of Jacob's sons spends many years in Egypt but is reunited with dad in Genesis 46 |
Joseph
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A like-minded "spirit", or the title of a 1979 Octavia Butler novel |
kindred
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Blue litmus paper turns red when exposed to an acid; red paper turns blue when exposed to this type of substance |
a base
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She played Rocky Blue on "Shake It Up" & Rue on "Euphoria" |
Zendaya
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In 1985 a peak on the border of this California national park was named for the late Ansel Adams |
Yosemite
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In England this dirty job was often performed by orphans known as climbing boys |
chimney sweep
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This third son of Adam "begat Enos" at age 105 & lived another 807 years |
(Ken: Yeah, those were the days.)
Seth
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Borrowed from Turkish, it means "destiny" |
(Bethany: What is karma?)
kismet
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2 atoms share 3 pairs of electrons in the triple type of this |
(Mark: Uh, what is valence?)
a (triple) bond
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Erin Hannon took over as receptionist after this character briefly joined the Michael Scott Paper Company |
Pam (Beesly)
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Mount Chelia in northern Algeria is the highest of the Aures Mountains, a part of this greater system |
the Atlas Mountains
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In Iowa & Nebraska you can get a job detasseling this |
corn
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The angel Gabriel appeared to the priest Zacharias & told him that his wife "Elizabeth shall bear thee a son" named this |
(Ken: A son named [*], [*] the Baptist.)
John
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Lester Shubin helped design the first vests made of this fiber from the DuPont company |
Kevlar
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In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleyev wrote that when arranged via his method, the elements showed this kind of "change of properties" |
(Will: What is--I don't have it, I'm sorry.) ... (Ken: ... hence the name, [*] table.)
periodic
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The child of a 2-faced man & a 4,000-year-old mummy, he was the uniquely handsome host of an HBO anthology show |
the Crypt Keeper
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In 1983 authorities used dynamite in an effort to divert lava flows during a 4-month eruption of this Sicilian volcano |
Mount Etna
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Before it was automated, this job might have been right up your alley |
(Will: Uh, what's a... [**]? Bowling pin [**]?) (Ken: [Hesitating] Yeah, we'll take that; I think it's called [*].)
a pinsetter (a pin re-racker)
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1 Kings says this son of David had 700 wives & 300 concubines |
Solomon
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A Japanese writing system using ideograms adapted from Chinese |
kanji
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It's the term for a substance, usually a liquid, in which other materials dissolve to create a solution |
the solvent
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Comedian Donny Dunn is stalked by Martha Scott on this 2024 Netflix series |
Baby Reindeer
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This mountain range forms an arc from the Danube gap near Bratislava to the Iron Gate near Orsova, Romania |
[The accent mark in "Orșova" was not shown in the clue.] ... (Mark: Um... what is... uh... the...) [The time expiry signal sounds.] (Mark: Caucasus?) (Ken: Ran out of time, I'm afraid. [*]; maybe that's what you were stretching for.)
the Carpathians
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It's the 6-letter word for a person who makes, sells or repairs knives |
a cutler
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The progeny of this son of Noah & brother to Shem & Ham settled in the "isles of the Gentiles" |
Japheth
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It's a Scottish shape-shifting mythical creature that appears as a horse & takes the gullible into the deep end of the loch |
(Ken: Your Scottish knowledge pays off, yes.)
a kelpie
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Shortly after he transformed chemistry into a real science, this great Frenchman lost his head during the Reign of Terror |
Lavoisier
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On a sitcom in the early aughts, this actor raised a family while working at Powers & Sons Aviation |
George Lopez
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This 19,551-foot Canadian peak towers about 14,000 feet above the Seward glacier in the Yukon |
(Ken: Canada's highest point is [*].)
Mount Logan
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An early name for The Beatles, or guys of past & present who drill & extract stone |
The Quarrymen
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