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    (Sharon: What is an asteroid?) (Niels: What is a meteorite?) ... (Alex: That size not impressive for a meteorite, but [*], [*] 8-inches across.  Ooh, pain.)
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    | This husband of Barbra Streisand screen-tested to play Bond in "Octopussy" | 
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    | Familial titles from Chekhov include "The Three Sisters" & this one subtitled "Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts" | 
    (Niels: Uh, what are pastorals?)
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    sweethearts
 
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    November 24, 1963 at Parkland Memorial Hospital | 
    (Niels: Who is JFK?) ... (Alex: We're not talking about November 22nd, but November 24th and that was not JFK but [*].)
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    (Niels: What is [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Final Jeopardy!] ... (Alex: With less than a minute to go now.)
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    February 3, 1959 in an Iowa cornfield (one of 3 musicians) | 
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    | A candidate to play Bond at the start was this suave superstar who did capers like "To Catch a Thief" & "Charade" | 
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  Ἐρατώ | 
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    October 31, 1926 in Detroit, of peritonitis from a stomach injury | 
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    | In 1966 71.8 inches of rain fell in 24 hours on this Indian Ocean island that sounds like where classmates might get together | 
    Reunion
 
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    (Alex: Pulled that one out of thin air, didn't you?)
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