| POPULAR SCIENCE BEST OF 2006 |  
   
 
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  | BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS |  
   
 
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    | Science "disproved the obvious" & showed that not all kids love Santa, & actually you can "teach an old dog" these | 
    new tricks
 
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    | One of 4 musicals that won for Best Picture in the 1960s, it was based on a Charles Dickens novel | 
    Oliver!
 
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    | In cooking, a stick of butter converts to this many ounces | 
    (Ssezi: What is eight?)
  four
 
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    | In "Little Women", the March girls' father is an army chaplain serving during this war | 
    the Civil War
 
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    | Accountants do it to numbers | 
    crunch
 
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    | 3 of the Dead Sea Scrolls tell of the preparation of a sacred meal of bread & this potent potable | 
    wine
 
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    | Vision's of TV's Steve Austin & Jaime Sommers: the first brain-controlled hand of this type was unveiled | 
    bionic
 
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    | It not only won Best Picture, it also earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Best Director Oscar | 
    The Departed
 
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    | To convert from miles into these units, multiply by 1.6 | 
    kilometers
 
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    | In the children's classic titled "The Wonderful" this, a character named Henry says, "There's a cyclone coming, Em" | 
    The Wizard of Oz
 
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    | Collection of coconuts in a 1950 novelty song | 
    a lovely bunch
 
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    | Put on your goggles at breakfast when eating Citrus paradisi, this fruit that grows in clusters | 
    grapefruit
 
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    | Scientists in Australia hope to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger by using genetic fragments & this method | 
    cloning
 
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    | In this film, Clint Eastwood says, "Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Ya take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have" | 
    Unforgiven
 
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    | To convert from miles to these units, multiply by 1,760 | 
    yards
 
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    | "And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long" one of these | 
    winter's nap
 
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    | It should ring a bell that Quasimodo was one | 
    a hunchback
 
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    | A food staple on any camping trip is gorp, "good old raisins &" these | 
    peanuts
 
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    | Mel Gibson won Oscars for producing & directing this 1995 Best Picture | 
    Braveheart
 
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    | The year 2007 becomes this in Roman numerals | 
    MMVII
 
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    | James Henry Trotter meets the silkworm, the ladybug & 5 other insects in a very large one of these | 
    a peach
 
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    | In a 1961 song it's what Ray Charles wanted done with his heart | 
    unchain
 
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    | Some soldiers might say it stands for "yuck!", but "MRE" stands for this in the army | 
    a meal ready to eat
 
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    | Want a safe & long-lasting tan?  It may be possible with an implant that triggers production of this skin pigment | 
    melanin
 
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    | Inmates at the Oregon State Mental Hospital played extras in this 1975 Oscar winner | 
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 
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    | E.H. Shepard's illustrations of this imaginary creature in the Winnie-the-Pooh books resemble an elephant | 
    a heffalump
 
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    | Elastic band used to fasten hair | 
    a scrunchie
 
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    | Actress Suzette Reichenberg may have lent her name to this dish that is served on fire | 
    Crêpe Suzette
 
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