| PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE INITIALS |
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| IT'S ALL SCIENCEY & STUFF |
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| UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE |
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[All the clues in this category were presented centered on the screen in a larger-than-usual font size.]
(John) Fitzgerald (Kennedy)
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| Instead of curing cancer, a virus has been created, leaving Will Smith to fend for himself in NYC |
I Am Legend
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| In 1992 scientists found these at the edge not of a pond but of the universe, from primordial fluctuations |
(Joey: What are waves?)
ripples
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| Denver's Linda Alvarado is the first woman to use her own capital to buy into a MLB team, this one |
the (Colorado) Rockies
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| An 80-foot-high aquarium pillar is in the lobby of the Domaquare Building in this German capital |
Berlin
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| Monica Lewinsky was one at the White House |
an intern
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| M. |
(Paul: Who is Coolidge?)
(Richard) Milhous (Nixon)
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| Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, not Gort the robot |
The Day the Earth Stood Still
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| This element accounts for about 47% of the Earth's crust |
(Joey: What is iron?)
oxygen
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| Carol Meyrowitz got that skirt for half what you paid; she runs TJX including this store with T, J & X in its name |
T.J. Maxx
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| Based on the home of a Russian fairy tale character, the cabin here weighs 13 tons & is near this city, formerly Leningrad |
St. Petersburg
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| A subspecies of this type of large cat lives on the island of Sumatra |
a tiger
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| G. |
(Warren) Gamaliel (Harding)
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| Pierce Brosnan knows this title mountain town is going to have a whole lava trouble |
Dante's Peak
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| Carol Bartz made a deal for Microsoft to power the searches on this engine, where she's CEO |
Yahoo!
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| Any very large person, like pitcher Ed Halicki |
a giant
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(Sharyle: What is Edgar?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(James) Earl (Carter)
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| Dennis Quaid tries to warn the world about abrupt global warming |
The Day After Tomorrow
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| This 6-letter itchy skin condition comes from the Greek for "to boil" |
eczema
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| In 2009 this former CEO of eBay announced a run for governor of California |
(Meg) Whitman
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| The 350-foot-tall Baiterek Tower, also known as the "Large Lollipop", can take a licking in Astana in this country |
Kazakhstan
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| A large structure for open-air sports or other entertainments |
an arena
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| Terranaut Aaron Eckhart has to nuke the center of the Earth |
The Core
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| 5 of the brightest stars in this constellation form a large, irregular "W"; the honoree might have liked a "C" |
(Sharyle: What is Cassopia?) [Initially ruled correct; reversed before her Daily Double at clue 29 when the judges reviewed her pronunciation, which dropped a syllable]
Cassiopeia
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| This founder of a cosmetics & fragrance empire was born Josephine Esther Mentzer around 1908 |
Estée Lauder
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| Opened in 2004, the $300-million Stata Center at M.I.T. was designed by this L.A.-based architect |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
(Frank) Gehry
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| Light-sensitive membrane on the back of your eye |
retina
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