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POP CULTURE TITLES IN ROMAN NUMERALS |
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WELL, THAT'S JUST SCIENCE |
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In 1854 this microbiologist began a series of studies on alcoholic fermentation at the University of Lille |
Pasteur
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"...Jump Street", on the beat on TV in 1987 |
(Ken: 21.)
XXI
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Mozart's last opera, its "Die Zauberflöte" in German |
The Magic Flute
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Look up! It's this term for the ongoing costs of a business' operation that aren't related to creating a product or service |
overhead
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Let's put it on the table--it's the result of Na & Cl getting together |
table salt (sodium chloride)
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A suspension of activity or a legal delay |
moratorium
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This Dutch art dealer died in 1891, 6 months after his painter brother; the 2 were eventually laid to rest side by side in Auvers |
(Revell: Who is van Gogh?) (Ken: Can you be more specific?) (Revell: Oh, who's Vincent van Gogh?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry.) (Revell: Oh!) ... (Ken: As Revell now realizes, we needed his brother [*].)
Theo van Gogh
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Drew Barrymore's "First Dates", remember? |
(Ken: 50 First Dates, very good.)
L
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The title of this 1896 opera refers to the lifestyle of a poet, a philosopher, an artist & a musician |
La bohème
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Let's check the glossary: AGI is adjusted this |
gross income
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(Melissa Peterman presents the clue.) After being on "Young Sheldon" for 30-plus episodes, I can finally say it--a subatomic particle's position & momentum can't be accurately determined at the same time, says his Uncertainty Principle. Oh, that felt good. Ungh! |
Heisenberg
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A small universe, or a group used as a metaphor for something larger |
microcosm
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Eadweard Muybridge, whose photos explained a horse's gait, put out a whole book of animal this, partly from Latin for "place" |
(Ken: A real page turner.)
locomotion
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Ariana Grande's "...Rings" were No. I on the Hot C in MMXIX |
(Ken: "7 Rings", so what is [*]?)
VII
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A memoir by this Secretary of State was an inspiration for composer John Adams' first opera: "Nixon in China" |
Kissinger
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This type of physical-sounding buyout takes place when one company borrows lots of money in order to acquire another |
a leveraged buyout
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Boasting a silent "G" & a bunch of feldspar & quartz, this metamorphic rock sounds perfectly pleasant |
gneiss
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Intended as a "symbol of a new, brighter Britain", this dome is now known as the O2 |
(Ken: From when it opened, it was [*].)
the Millennium Dome
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August 2, 1832 saw the Battle of Bad Axe, part of this short-lived war named for a Sauk leader |
(Mike: What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?)
the Black Hawk War
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A Rudd awakening: "This Is..." |
(Ken: 40, you got it.)
XL
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Henry Purcell's opera "The Fairy Queen" isn't based on Edmund Spenser's poem but on this Shakespeare play |
(Ken: You looked very relieved to get Pagliacci just now, Josh. Not an opera buff?) (Josh: Not especially, I should've boned up on my opera last night.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Financial advisors tell clients to do this, spread investments in order to reduce risk |
diversify (your portfolio)
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"Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was examined in a 1948 bestseller by this human male |
Kinsey
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It's sounds like it means the same as minimum, but it's really just any small amount |
a modicum
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24-year-old Julia Gardiner married this widower, aged 54, on June 26, 1844 |
(Ken: She was the second Mrs. [*].) ... (Josh: Let's end the category for $800.) (Ken: [Chuckling] Put it out of its misery with this...)
John Tyler
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Snipes on a plane: "Passenger..." |
(Ken: Passenger 57, very good.)
LVII
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The big aria "Vesti la giubba" ("put on the costume") in this opera may make you cry the tears of a clown |
Pagliacci
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An asset that gets its value from that of an underlying asset is one of these, also a term used in calculus |
derivative
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A 2018 study shows the Bajau people have an enlarged this organ that releases extra red blood cells to make diving easier |
(Revell: What is... the lungs?)
spleen
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