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THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION |
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Toulouse-Lautrec painted a different kind of nightlife in "The Bed", now seen at this city's Orsay Museum |
Paris
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Never has molding clay been more passionate than when Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore got dirty in this film |
Ghost
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Einstein wrote a book on this because "if I do not, the theory will not be understood, simple though it is" |
the theory of relativity
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A female deer & a sneaker |
doe & shoe
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Valentine & Proteus are the pair of fellows in this Shakespeare title |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Samuel Adams is seen here representing this state |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Massachusetts
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The lucky snoozers here are being watched by these, also a name for a volunteer group begun in 1979 |
guardian angels
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt loses the title girl in "(500) Days of Summer" & naturally moves on to a girl named this |
Autumn
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The life work of Albert Michelson was sort of using a radar gun on this value & establishing it as a constant |
the speed of light
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An adjective describing the sun & a specialist on an academic subject |
(Alex: With less than a minute now.)
solar & scholar
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Teen detectives join forces in "Double Crossing" when Nancy Drew teams up with these guys, Frank & Joe |
the Hardy Boys
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A 19th century painting is titled after this Victor Hugo character--look, it's baby Cosette! |
Fantine
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Ernest Rutherford found that the volume of an atom was made up mostly of this |
(Rob: What is its nucleus?)
empty space
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Money for finding something lost & a person who looks after passengers on a ship |
(Elaine: Uh... what is... [Beep] A bur--)
reward & steward
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A chapter in this fantasy volume is titled "The Taming of Smeagol" |
(Joyce: Uh... what is The Hobbit?) (Rob: What is The Lord of the Rings?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Rob: What is The Return of the King?)
The Two Towers
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Visions of sugar plums are dancing in the heads of the Christmas hopefuls drawn by this Harper's Weekly cartoonist |
Thomas Nast
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This 2014 movie was a remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields movie of the same name |
Endless Love
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In the 18th c., this physicist & instrument maker found that the boiling point of liquids varies with air pressure |
(Joyce: Who is Kelvin?) ... (Alex: So you lost a bit. You're in second place. Go again. Take a deep breath.) [Joyce chuckles.] (Alex: That's it. Relax. Go.)
Fahrenheit
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A false vision in a desert & the leaves of a plant |
(Rob: What is a [*] and foilage?) (Alex: Oh, Rob, "[*]" is correct, but your mispronunciation of "[**]" is enough for our judges to rule against you, so it's gonna cost you. But pick again. We're running out of time.)
mirage & foliage
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Nick & Nora Charles are the crime-solving duo in this 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett |
The Thin Man
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"King of Rome" was a title conferred on this man's only son, born in 1811 |
Napoléon
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Patrick Dempsey realizes Michelle Monaghan is his soulmate in this film whose title sounds like a wedding attendant |
(Rob: What is The Bridesmaid?)
Made of Honor
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This quantum theorist has more than 80 institutes named for him in Germany |
Max Planck
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First names of the fairy tale-collecting Grimm Brothers |
Jacob & Wilhelm
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