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    | Marie Curie's 1926 entry on this element said one could use it to make luminous paints to use in watches | 
    radium
 
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    2007: "My name is Robert Neville.  I'm a survivor living in New York City...  If there's anybody out there..." | 
    I Am Legend
 
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    | Sequoia National Park has the General Grant tree & a 255-footer named for this man, Grant's boss | 
    Lincoln
 
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    | Lacking intellectual depth, or one end of a pool | 
    shallow
 
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    | Almost half of his 1926 entry on conjuring was about himself, mentioning such tricks as the milk-can escape | 
    Houdini
 
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    1997: "When do I get my own flashy, little memory messer-upper thing?" | 
    Men in Black
 
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    | This device propels a traditional pogo stick | 
    a spring
 
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    | The bald cypress named for this Aztec ruler is known for its massive trunk, seen here in an example in Mexico | 
    Montezuma
 
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    | An area of grazable grassland; it's found before "lark" | 
    a meadow
 
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    | Carl Sagan took on this vast topic, with thoughts on the "intelligent" type "beyond the solar system" | 
    (Mary: What are beings?  Intelligent beings?)
  life
 
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    1996: "Welcome to Earth!" | 
    Independence Day
 
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    | The Navy's USS Defender has 4 engines of this type, so look for the green handle at the pump when filling her up | 
    Diesel
 
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    | The company named for this "rocky" golf course south of San Francisco has trademarked "Lone Cypress" | 
    Pebble Beach
 
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    | Rendered fat used in making soap or candles | 
    tallow
 
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    | The article on ventriloquism for the 1958 edition was penned by this man, not Charlie McCarthy | 
    (Edgar) Bergen
 
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    2005: "Lean in, place your hand on the small of her back, say it in her ear like a secret.  But watch your hand placement" | 
    Hitch
 
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    | Disneyland's monorail runs on this type of power; let's have a parade! | 
    electricity
 
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    | As a verb, it meant to shoot someone; as a noun it referred to a rectangular bar of chewing tobacco | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: And that gives you $3,200 at the end of the round.  You're still in third place, which means you get to go first in the Double Jeopardy! Round when we come back after this.) [The contestants laugh as Alex realizes that the shark from clue #21 is swimming through the air behind him.] [The sizzler clip for the week on jeopardy.com showed Alex subsequently boxing the shark in the nose.]
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    | In a Japanese forest of mighty cedars, you can rest on one that didn't endure, called Wilson's this | 
    Stump
 
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    | Adjective for an unhealthy yellow complexion | 
    sallow
 
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    | Sir Walter Scott wrote that this refers to "the laws, rules and customs by which" knighthood "was governed" | 
    chivalry
 
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    2004: "I think you murdered him because he was teaching you to simulate emotions" | 
    I, Robot
 
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    | This rocket named for the color of Alabama rock lifted the first U.S. satellite into space | 
    (Alex: Less than a minute to go now, Michelle.)
  the Redstone rocket
 
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    | It's the money used to finance a miner's activities | 
    (Mary: What's a pay stake?)
  a grubstake
 
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    | Connecticut has the Charter this; France has the Chapel this, with a room for prayer inside | 
    Oak
 
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