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| In "Thunderball" Bond makes an escape wearing one of these personal flying devices we were all supposed to have by now |
a jet pack
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| Diamonds are naturally occurring forms of this element |
carbon
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| No way! Back in the day, instead of tobacco, doctors used Page's inhalers, "medicated" these with tea leaves & kola nuts |
(Garrett: What are pipes?)
cigarettes
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| In Ray Bradbury's "Chronicles", humans conquer this title planet, but with unexpected consequences |
Mars
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| Saints' days used to be marked on the calendar with a particular color, hence this term for any happy day |
a red-letter day
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| It's nicknamed "The Magnolia State" |
Mississippi
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| After playing this character in 17 Bond films, Desmond Llewelyn made his final exit through a laboratory trap door |
Q
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| Weighing 287 carats when discovered in 1877, the yellow diamond named for this jeweler is worn in public about every 60 years |
(Kevin: What is a De Beers diamond?) (Amy: What is the Cartier diamond?)
Tiffany's
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| Ach, nein! Advocating a drug he enjoyed himself, this Austrian psychoanalyst published "Uber Coca" in 1884 |
Freud
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| Becky Chambers' "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" is achieved by using these intergalactic shortcuts |
wormholes
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| "Sweet Thursday" is the name of a book by John Steinbeck, very different from this nickname for October 24, 1929 on Wall Street |
(Garrett: What is Black Tuesday?) (Kevin: What is Black Friday?) (Amy: What is [*]?) (Alex: Yes.) [Audience laughs]
Black Thursday
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| With these "returns", profits eventually lessen with additional investment |
diminishing
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| A Time Magazine report found that this 1995-2002 Bond was the deadliest, averaging 27 kills per movie |
Pierce Brosnan
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| When it comes to grading diamonds. the 4 Cs are cut, color, carat & this |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute now.) [ERRATUM: The clue had a period after "diamonds" instead of a comma.]
clarity
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| Doc, no! Your predecessors treated syphilis with this liquid metal--one side effect was death |
mercury
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| In this Carl Sagan novel, astrophysicist Ellie wants a message from outer space; she gets one & goes on quite the adventure |
Contact
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| This band rocked the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall induction ceremony with "When I Come Around" & "American Idiot" |
Green Day
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| Inflammation of the gums accompanied by tenderness & slight bleeding |
gingivitis
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| Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mister Bond, I expect you to" do this |
die
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| Talc is a 1 on this hardness scale & a diamond is a 10 |
the Mohs scale
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| In the 1800s Paris hospitals used 5 million of these annelids a year--I know they can still be useful, but no thanks |
leeches
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| In a Larry Niven novel, a motley crew of explorers travel to this ribbon-like "world" that encircles a star |
(Garrett: What is Discworld?)
Ringworld
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| This casual dining chain got its name from a song by The Rolling Stones |
Ruby Tuesday
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| Look it up online! In Hawaiian this double talk word means "quickly" |
(Amy: [Shakes head]) (Alex: Oh, blank.)
wikiwiki
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| Donald Pleasence & Christoph Waltz are among the actors who've played this cat fancier & Bond archfoe |
Blofeld
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| The name of this famed diamond means "mountain of light" in Persian |
the Koh-i-Noor
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| Glad I didn't live in ancient times, when trepanning involved removing some bone from here so that evil spirits could escape |
the skull
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| Stanislaw Lem's tale of a journey to this title planet was turned into a 2002 film starring George Clooney |
Solaris
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| March 26 is Purple Day, which raises awareness of this neurological disorder characterized by seizures |
epilepsy
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| From the Latin for "nothing", it's an adjective for someone who's totally down for anarchy |
(Garrett: What is a nihilist?)
nihilistic
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