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    | English blacksmith Thomas Newcomen developed this type of engine, constructing one in 1712 | (Leonard: What is combustion?) 
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    | In 2007 this former VP won the Nobel Peace Prize, sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Al Gore 
 
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    | To repeat a piece of poetry before an audience | recite 
 
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    | If you are asked to keep something secret, you've been told "in" this, also a word meaning "self-assurance" | confidence 
 
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    | 2012 brought online gamers a deluxe "Mists of Pandaria" digital download expansion of this game | World of Warcraft 
 
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    | In 1783 Antoine Lavoisier named this element, from Greek words for "water former" | hydrogen 
 
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    | Galatians: "Christ is become of no effect unto you... ye are fallen from" this | (Barrett: What is the garden?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
 
 grace
 
 
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    | In 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton & this woman formed the National Woman Suffrage Association | (Susan B.) Anthony 
 
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    | Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere | precipitation 
 
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    | During World War II, this girl & her sister Margot lived in a secret annex | Anne Frank 
 
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    | His song "Home" downloaded huge after he won "American Idol" in 2012 | Phillip Phillips 
 
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    | This polio vaccine developer established a research facility in San Diego that's named for him | Jonas Salk 
 
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    | Matthew 6 says, "Consider" these flowers "of the field, how they grow" | (Barrett: What are roses?) 
 the lilies
 
 
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    | In 1959, he gave up the title of chairman of the People's Republic of China but kept control of the country | Mao Tse-Tung 
 
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    | A car starts to do this--lower in value due to wear & tear--the second it leaves the lot | depreciate 
 
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    | This law enforcement division was created in 1865 to fight counterfeiting | the Secret Service 
 
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    | One of 2011's top nonfiction Kindle downloads was "Inside" this: "The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion" | Scientology 
 
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    | In the 1930s this Caltech seismologist devised a way to determine the magnitude of earthquakes | (Charles) Richter 
 
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    | In Luke, a father celebrates the safe return of an errant son by killing this; "Let us eat, and be merry" | (Nilai: What is a ram?) ...
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    | Singular last name of Zebulon, who got a Colorado peak named for him without ever reaching the top | Pike 
 
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    | To make a return as for something given, like a favor | reciprocate 
 
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    | In a book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Lennox finds a key that she hopes will open this title place | The Secret Garden 
 
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    | One mouthwatering iPhone app was this food-cutting game featuring the wise sensei | Fruit Ninja 
 
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    | "Reaching for the Stars" is a biography of this rocket scientist, the son of a German baron | (Leonard: Who is Robert Goddard?) ...
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 (Wernher) von Braun
 
 
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    | In this Old Testament book, the handwriting on the wall read, "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin" | the Book of Daniel 
 
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    | Brutus called this man, his co-conspirator, "the last of the Romans" | Cassius 
 
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    | Superficially pleasing or plausible; it describes some arguments | specious 
 
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    | This anti-immigrant party that peaked in the 1850s grew out of a secret society | the Know-Nothings 
 
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    | You can download a podcast of the Kokua Festival started by this Hawaiian singer-surfer-songwriter | Jack Johnson 
 
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