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Theodor Svedberg, who developed the ultracentrifuge, won this prize for chemistry in 1926 |
the Nobel Prize
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Fibrin is the protein that makes this fluid clot |
blood
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This agency is responsible for retirement, disability & death benefits for about 90% of U.S. workers |
Social Security
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Neuschwanstein is just one of these built by the eccentric King Ludwig II between 1869 & 1886 |
a castle
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You need this liquor to make a Moscow mule |
vodka
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The title character in Marschner's opera "The Vampire" is killed by a bolt of this |
Lightning
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It's believed that this Soviet dictator was planning another purge when he died suddenly in March 1953 |
Stalin
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In 1973 Cohen & Boyer performed the first true test of this type of life science engineering |
genetic
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The storage of the government's gold & silver bullion is under the auspices of this agency |
(Bev: What's the Treasury?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Bev: What's the Treasury department?)
the Bureau of the Mint
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This will next be presented in Oberammergau in the year 2000 |
the Passion Play
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Barolo is a robust red wine from the Piedmont region of this country |
Italy
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Woglinde is one of the Rhine maidens in his opera "Das Rheingold" |
Wagner
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The plaque inscribed with Emma Lazarus' poem wasn't placed on its pedestal until 1903 |
the Statue of Liberty
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The oldest strand of this substance extracted is from a 25-million-year- old termite |
DNA
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This Cabinet member is the official custodian of the Great Seal of the U.S. |
(Adam: Who is the Secretary of the Interior?)
the Secretary of State
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The National Socialist German Workers' Party was formed in this Bavarian city |
Munich
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Like a white rose cocktail, a white baby contains this liquor -- you might prefer the dry type |
gin
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The role of Orsini, a male character, is sung by a woman in Donizetti's opera about this Borgia |
Lucrezia Borgia
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On June 3, 1937, at a French chateau, this American woman finally married an ex-king |
Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor)
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Humans are life forms "based" on this element |
(Alex: And we have about a minute to go in the round.)
carbon
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The National Measurement Laboratory is part of this Cabinet department |
(Gus: What is the Interior?)
Commerce
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This son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha W as born near Coburg, Bavaria August 26, 1819 |
(Gus: Who is Kaiser Wilhelm?)
Prince Albert
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White creme de menthe & this liquor put the sting in a stinger |
brandy
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First name shared by a servant in "La Traviata" & the composer of "La Traviata" |
(Adam: Um, [*].) (Alex: Sorry. Adam, you can't ring in again.) (Adam: It's a reflex action.) (Alex: Two problems, Adam, with your response. One, time had run out, and second, you didn't phrase it in the form of a question.)
Giuseppe
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Historian Nicolae Iorga served briefly as this country's prime minister during the reign of King Carol II |
Romania
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It's the major division of organisms between class & family |
(Gus: What is species?) (Adam: What is phyla?)
order
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Since 1953 the Voice of America has been administered by this government agency |
the U.S. Information Agency
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The giant version of this bearded dog was bred to drive cattle in Bavaria |
(Gus: What is a St. Bernard?)
the giant schnauzer
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This Scandinavian liquor is made by redistilling alcohol made from grain or potatoes |
[Applause for Adam's run of the category] (Alex: What is it in your background that enabled you to run this entire category from top to bottom?) (Adam: I had a good life, Alex.) (Alex: Obviously, for one so young.)
aquavit
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At the beginning of Mussorgsky's opera, this title character pretends he doesn't want to be Czar |
(Gus: Who is Ivan the Terrible?)
Boris Godunov
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