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Number of watts in a kilowatt |
1000
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Hannibal Hamlin, first Republican Vice-President, served under him |
Lincoln
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There were no witch trials at this Oregon capital |
Salem
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American poet who spent his life adding to, not cutting his "Leaves of Grass" |
Walt Whitman
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This early Greek physician is said to have used nearly 500 herbs to treat patients |
Hippocrates
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Informal geographic term for Australia's location |
Down Under
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A mixture of ethyl alcohol & gasoline |
gasohol
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Highest office ever held by 2-time Presidential contender Thomas Dewey |
governor (of New York state)
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West Virginia's capital, not South Carolina's |
Charleston
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His own short story "A Calculus at Heaven" was the basis for his novel "The Naked & The Dead" |
Norman Mailer
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Technical term for vitamin C, it means "no scurvy" |
(Paula: Oh. Uh...)
ascorbic acid
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Sheila is slang for this |
a woman
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The Netherlands is the world's 3rd-largest producer of this energy source |
(Alan: What is, uh, oil?)
natural gas
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After leaving baseball in 1956, this Black Dodgers star was active in New York politics |
Jackie Robinson
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The capital of this state is named for our 3rd President |
(Alan: What is Jefferson City, uh... [*]?)
Missouri
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In his native German, this Erich Maria Remarque novel title is "Im Westen nichts Neues" |
(Alex: How was my pronunciation? Reasonable?) (David: I wouldn't know.) (Alex: Oh. You didn't spend enough time in Luxembourg or Germany.)
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Ringworm isn't caused by worms or rings, but a type of this |
(Alan: What is a virus?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a fungus
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Energy derived from the natural heat of the Earth |
geothermal energy
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Last President to submit a balanced budget |
(David: Who was R--who was Lyndon Johnson?) (Alex: Who were you about to say?) (David: I was about to say [*].) (Alex: Then you would have been correct, because it happened in 1970.) ... (Alex: [After the next clue] Just a point to remind you, David, that a moment ago on that Daily Double, you forgot the category, the category was REPUBLICANS and Lyndon Johnson, as you know, was not a Republican.)
Richard Nixon
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The 2 state capitals whose names come from the same explorer |
(Alan: [*]--) (Alex: --Remember, phrase it in the form of a question.) (Alan: What is [*] and [**]?)
Columbus (Ohio) & Columbia (South Carolina)
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Storm-beaten house on the Moors owned by the kindly old Mr. Earnshaw |
(David: What was Hound of the Baskervilles?)
Wuthering Heights
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The world's largest hydroelectric plant is located on the border of Paraguay & this country |
(David: Where is Chile?) (Paula: Where is Argentina?)
Brazil
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Since 1948, this former governor has sought presidential nomination seven times |
Harold Stassen
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America's easternmost state capital |
(Alan: What is Bangor?)
Augusta (Maine)
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Last name of British family of writers Sir Osbert, Sacheverell, & Dame Edith |
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)
Sitwell
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