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    | This property allows a razor blade to float on water or mercury to gather into globules | 
    (Steve: What is viscosity?)
  surface tension
 
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    In this show, Tony Manero is headed for the disco when he discovers-- Oh, no! A cold sore!! | 
    Saturday Night Fever Blister
 
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    | "The Color Purple" | 
    Alice Walker
 
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    | A short prayer of thanks said before a meal, it's from the Latin for "favor" | 
    grace
 
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    | The epithet of this prince, Richard II's father, probably refers to the color of his armor, not the terror he inspired | 
    (Edward) the Black Prince
 
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    | The pistils of most flowers have 3 main parts: the stigma, the style & this round base where egg cells are formed | 
    (Steve: The stamen?) (Alex: No.) (Steve: What is the stamen?) (Alex: No.) ... (Alex: The egg cells are formed in [*].)
  the ovary
 
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    | ABBA's rockin' musical about the very maternal star of "Rosemary's Baby" | 
    Mamma Mia! Farrow
 
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    | "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" | 
    Thornton Wilder
 
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    | The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board | 
    (Steve: What is a gambit?) (Matt: What is an opening?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Matt: What is an opening move of the game?)
  a defense
 
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    | This 64-square-mile lake is really just a broad basin of the Jordan River | 
    the Sea of Galilee
 
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    | This Prussian statesman was given the title of Prince in 1871 | 
    Bismarck
 
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    | His 2 laws of genetics are the law of segregation & the law of independent assortment | 
    (Gregor) Mendel
 
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    | Mrs. Levi dumps matchmaking & busts out as a voluptuous country singer in this blockbuster | 
    Hello, Dolly! Parton
 
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    | "The Fixer" | 
    Bernard Malamud
 
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    | It's the 2-word nickname for the Mongol army that overran Eastern Europe | 
    the Golden Horde
 
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    | Austrian prince & foreign minister Metternich arranged a marriage between Napoleon & this archduchess | 
    Maria Luisa
 
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    | Of the 6 simple machines, the screw is a spiral version of this other simple machine | 
    (Steve: What is the lever?)
  the inclined plane
 
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    | Fanny Brice is a laugh riot when she leaves the Follies to sell cookies & earn merit badges in this smash hit | 
    (Matt: What is Ziegfield Girl Scout Cookies?)
  Funny Girl Scout
 
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    | "All the King's Men" | 
    Robert Penn Warren
 
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    | Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves | 
    (Steve: What is checkmate?) (Alex: Choo... Be more specific...)
  fool's mate
 
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    | It's not dad's dad, it's a large gray dolphin with a blunt snout | 
    (Steve: What is a great-grandfather?) (Robin: What is a grandfather?)
  a grampus
 
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    | The caravel was developed under the patronage of this man born in 1394 | 
    (Robin: Um...  Who is...  Prince, um, oh, I don't know, Cosmo de' Medici?)
  Prince Henry (the Navigator, of Portugal)
 
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    | The Crab Nebula in this Zodiac constallation is the remains of the supernova of 1054 A.D. | 
    Taurus
 
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    | A Siamese monarch & a governess team up for this ungrammatical salute to the play that inspired "Cabaret" | 
    The King and I Am a Camera
 
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    | "A Confederacy of Dunces" | 
    John Kennedy Toole
 
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    | He's the cutting-edge composer of works like "Koyaanisqatsi" | 
    Philip Glass
 
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    | While Prince of Novgorod in the 13th century, he became its hero | 
    (Steve: Who is Ivan... no, who is Boris Godunov?)
  Alexander Nevsky
 
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