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    | My favorite part of going is watching the previews called these, like something a car pulls | 
    trailers
 
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    | This Austrian monk found pairs of genes separate in a random fashion when a plant's gametes form | 
    Mendel
 
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    | A hole in a boat, or information given to the press without permission | 
    a leak
 
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    | A land bridge called al Lisan separates this "corpselike" body of water into a southern basin & a northern basin | 
    the Dead Sea
 
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    | Teen emperor Elagabalus forced all important Romans to worship Elah-gabal, a sun type of this | 
    a god
 
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    | This number is represented by the Roman numeral X | 
    10
 
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    | I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" & "highest quality 3D" | 
    (Lily: What is HD?)
  IMAX
 
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    | Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900 | 
    Ivan Pavlov
 
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    | It's a "g"ift from the "g"overnment to an organization; block is one type | 
    a grant
 
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    | This ocean's greatest depth, about 18,000 feet, lies at around 82 degrees north latitude | 
    (Porter: What is the Pacific Ocean?)
  the Arctic Ocean
 
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    | This Shoshone teen was an asset in many ways for Lewis & Clark, including finding edible plants during the journey | 
    Sacagawea
 
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    | In a letter or message, an X symbolizes one of these | 
    a kiss
 
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    | The ticket guy knows me, so I'm front row center for this 2016 monster movie sequel with an address for a title | 
    10 Cloverfield Lane
 
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    | This Swede's original scale had water's boiling point at 0 degrees & its freezing point at 100 | 
    Celsius
 
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    | An envoy such as an ambassador; it can also mean anyone who's tactful & avoids outright conflict | 
    a diplomat
 
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    | This second-longest African river takes its name from a kingdom that once existed near its mouth | 
    (Apurva: What is the Mali?)
  the Congo River
 
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    | In 2016 a British 15-year-old got $250,000 for winning a new race of these remote-controlled craft around a track | 
    drones
 
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    | This male first name starting with "X" is also a Jesuit university in Cincinnati | 
    Xavier
 
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    | I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name | 
    (Porter: What are dibs?)
  bonbons
 
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    | This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge | 
    Hawking
 
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    | Though they weren't mounting pictures, the Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution are known as this | 
    the Framers
 
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    | The Gulf of Mannar between India & this island nation is noted for its pearl banks & the sacred chank, a gastropod mollusk | 
    Sri Lanka
 
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    | He was just 18 when he joined brother Frank & the Younger Gang to rob his first bank in 1866 | 
    (Porter: Who is Buffalo Bill?)
  Jesse James
 
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    | In the 1637 work "Geometrie" he introduced the use of X, Y & Z as symbols of unknown quantities | 
    (Porter: Who is Euler?) ... (Alex: Géométrie--French.)
  Descartes
 
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    | Before we go, we should check out the ratings on this website that sounds like something you throw at a bad film | 
    Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com)
 
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    | This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor | 
    (Enrico) Fermi
 
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    | Once there were hopes for an overall budget agreement between Obama & the GOP, the "grand" this type of deal | 
    a bargain (a compromise accepted)
 
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    | The Strait of Tiquina connects the northern & southern parts of this lake in the Andes | 
    Lake Titicaca
 
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    | As a teen, this "Birds of America" artist conducted the first bird-banding on the continent by using thread | 
    Audubon
 
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    | X Division at this New Mexico national lab is the USA's center for the physics of nuclear weapons | 
    Los Alamos
 
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