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5,070
2006-09-29
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3-LETTER WORDS
$1600
The part of an apron or a pair of overalls that covers the chest
the bib
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2006-09-29
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ANCIENT HISTORY
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Bleda co-ruled with this younger brother for 12 years until his brother had him killed in 445
Attila the Hun
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2006-09-29
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WAR MOVIE LOCATIONS
$2000
Clint in "Heartbreak Ridge"
Grenada
5,070
2006-09-29
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YOGA
$2000
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-09-29_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew enlightens us from the yoga studio once again.</a>) Anjali mudra is the hand position associated with this word of greeting & gratitude
namaste
5,070
2006-09-29
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"U"-ENDING CREATURES
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This category could run from the akiapolaau, a Hawaiian bird, to this member of the cattle familhy in India
a zebu
5,070
2006-09-29
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TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN
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Reading "The Devil's Elixir" by Hoffmann helped this Swiss psychiatrist form his "archetypes"
(Carl) Jung
5,070
2006-09-29
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3-LETTER WORDS
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It's a vessel or duct, like the deferens one
a vas
5,070
2006-09-29
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NATIONAL CAPITALS
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This city's website calls it "the last divided capital in Europe"
Nicosia
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
$200
The rustic James A. Garfield was born in one of these rustic structures
a log cabin
5,195
2007-03-23
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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In addition to the "Godfather" movies, he directed Michael Jackson's "Captain EO"
(Francis Ford) Coppola
5,195
2007-03-23
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PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT
$200
Californians James Logan & Rudolf Boysen both lent their names to varieties of these they developed
berries
5,195
2007-03-23
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AFRICAN CITIES
$200
In ancient times Giza, a suburb of this city, served as a large cemetery, or necropolis
Cairo
5,195
2007-03-23
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HORSING AROUND
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Eerie type of horseman who pursues Ichabod Crane
a headless horseman
5,195
2007-03-23
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DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE
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Robust as a violin
fit as a fiddle
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
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He didn't campaign & denied he wanted the office, but he was elected anyway in 1789
(George) Washington
5,195
2007-03-23
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
$400
This director is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_J_15.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in 1998 at yet another awards ceremony
James Cameron
5,195
2007-03-23
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PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT
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As the 4th Earl of this, John Montagu could have made a lot of bread off the culinary item named for him
Sandwich
5,195
2007-03-23
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AFRICAN CITIES
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This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898
Khartoum
5,195
2007-03-23
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HORSING AROUND
$400
This Oglala Sioux chief attacked Custer at Little Big Horn
Crazy Horse
5,195
2007-03-23
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DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE
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Weightless as a plume
light as a feather
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
$600
In 1815 he had Congress authorize fighting with Algiers
(James) Madison
5,195
2007-03-23
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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He not only directed the movie "Bobby", he also wrote the screenplay & appears in it
Emilio Estevez
5,195
2007-03-23
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PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT
$600
Robert Cobb, the owner of the Brown Derby restaurant, famously created one of these
a salad
5,195
2007-03-23
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AFRICAN CITIES
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Crosby, Stills & Nash could tell you that the 220-foot-high Kutubiyyah Mosque towers over this Moroccan city
Marrakesh
5,195
2007-03-23
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HORSING AROUND
$600
In Act One of Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens", this object is dragged inside a city's walls
the Trojan Horse
5,195
2007-03-23
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DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE
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Adorable as a blouse fastener
cute as a button
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
$800
LBJ once said, "I am a free man, an American, a U.S. Senator, and" one of these, "in that order"
a Democrat
5,195
2007-03-23
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
$800
"The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" & "The Fog", he also composed their scores
(John) Carpenter
5,195
2007-03-23
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PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT
$800
This turn-of-the-century opera diva has had a peach & ice cream dessert & a type of toast named for her
Nellie Melba
5,195
2007-03-23
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AFRICAN CITIES
$3,000
The name of this South African city honors someone's first name; there's dispute over which of 3 Dutchmen it was
Johannesburg
5,195
2007-03-23
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HORSING AROUND
$800
In this type of racing, either a trotter or a pacer pulls a sulky
harness racing
5,195
2007-03-23
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DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE
$800
As horizontal & thin as a crepe
flat as a pancake
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2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
$1000
His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866
James Buchanan
5,195
2007-03-23
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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"La Voce della Luna" was the last movie by this great Italian director
(Federico) Fellini
5,195
2007-03-23
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PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT
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These nuts native to Australia were named after a Scottish-born Australian chemist
Macadamia nuts
5,195
2007-03-23
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AFRICAN CITIES
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While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan
Tunis
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2007-03-23
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HORSING AROUND
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At the 2000 Olympics, the German team won the gold in this equestrian event; the U.S. team came in third
dressage
5,195
2007-03-23
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DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE
$1000
Abstemious as an adjudicator
sober as a judge
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
$400
The "essence of" this chef from Fall River, Massachusetts is that he likes to "kick it up a notch"
Emeril Lagasse
5,195
2007-03-23
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GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS
$400
"A Horse With No Name"
America
5,195
2007-03-23
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MEDICAL DEVICES
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Asthma medicine can be delivered by inhaler or by nebulizer, which turns it into this form
a mist (or a spray; a gas accepted)
5,195
2007-03-23
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ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
$400
He had Hamlin for his veep
Abraham Lincoln
5,195
2007-03-23
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WOMEN WRITERS
$400
She dedicated "Jane Eyre" to William Makepeace Thackeray
Charlotte Brontë
5,195
2007-03-23
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"D" FACTO
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It's the cone-shaped hat that a lazy or slow pupil once wore as punishment
a dunce cap
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
$2,600
In 1984 he published his "Louisiana Kitchen Cookbook"
Paul Prudhomme
5,195
2007-03-23
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GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS
$800
(With Gloria Estefan) "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
The Miami Sound Machine
5,195
2007-03-23
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MEDICAL DEVICES
$800
Endotracheal & nasogastric types of these are inserted to help patients breathe
tubes
5,195
2007-03-23
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ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
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He is the prolific writer and scientist seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
Isaac Asimov
5,195
2007-03-23
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WOMEN WRITERS
$800
"Memnoch The Devil" is the fifth book in this author's "Vampire Chronicles"
Anne Rice
5,195
2007-03-23
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"D" FACTO
$800
2-word term for the group of cells for prisoners awaiting execution
death row
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
$1200
This Irma Rombauer cookbook has a 75th anniversary edition, revised by Irma's daughter Marion
The Joy of Cooking
5,195
2007-03-23
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GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS
$1200
(With Sergio Mendes) "Mas Que Nada", "One Note Samba"
Brasil '66
5,195
2007-03-23
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MEDICAL DEVICES
$1200
In 1901 this wounded pres. was treated by a gynecological surgeon who used a sewing needle to close him up
William McKinley
5,195
2007-03-23
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ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
$1200
Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition
Isaac Stern
5,195
2007-03-23
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WOMEN WRITERS
$4,000
She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"
Willa Cather
5,195
2007-03-23
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"D" FACTO
$1200
An announcement, like the one in 1917 wih Balfour's name on it
a declaration
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
$1600
You can cook like <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man who wrote "The Joy of Wokking"
(Martin) Yan
5,195
2007-03-23
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GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS
$1600
"No More Words", "The Metro"
Berlin
5,195
2007-03-23
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MEDICAL DEVICES
$1600
If you go on injured reserve with an ankle sprain, you may need this brand of bandage marketed by BD since 1913
Ace
5,195
2007-03-23
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ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
$1600
He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1969 amid criticism of his financial dealings
Abe Fortas
5,195
2007-03-23
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WOMEN WRITERS
$1600
In "Emma" she wrote, "Half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"
Jane Austen
5,195
2007-03-23
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"D" FACTO
$1600
A spirit or soul that's been freed from its human host is said to be this
disembodied
5,195
2007-03-23
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
$2000
This host of the Food Network's "Everyday Italian" was born in Rome & is the granddaughter of film producer Dino
Giada De Laurentiis
5,195
2007-03-23
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GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS
$2000
"Heat Of The Moment"
Asia
5,195
2007-03-23
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MEDICAL DEVICES
$2000
Rather than for injection, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> syringe is for this process of washing wounds, from the Latin for "to water"
an irrigation syringe
5,195
2007-03-23
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ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
$2000
Born in Denmark, this photographer spurred social reform with his pictures & words on NYC tenements in the 1890s
Jacob Riis
5,195
2007-03-23
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WOMEN WRITERS
$2000
2 of her dramas are "Watch on the Rhine" & "The Children's Hour"
Lillian Hellman
5,195
2007-03-23
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"D" FACTO
$2000
"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this
dignity
5,195
2007-03-23
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BESTSELLING AUTHORS
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He had the year's bestselling novel a record 7 years in a row with 7 different titles, ending in 2000
John Grisham
4,999
2006-05-11
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
$200
Union Pacific, HP & this Atlanta-based beverage company voted to impose limits on executive severance packages
Coca-Cola
4,999
2006-05-11
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LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN
$200
Sonny & Cher: "Ich Hab Dich Babe"
"I Got You Babe"
4,999
2006-05-11
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FIRST IN OUR HEARTS
$200
The first U.S. coin with the likeness of a president was this coin based on a photo taken in Mathew Brady's studio
(the Lincoln) penny
4,999
2006-05-11
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IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
$200
It's not me in the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, but it is <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_11a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> 1972 nominee
Spiro Agnew
4,999
2006-05-11
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SCIENCE BRIEFS
$200
An MMR vaccine stands for these 3 things it treats
measles, mumps, & rubella
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2006-05-11
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RATED "R"
$200
The Haymarket Square Riot came out of a strike against a company that made these farm machines
reapers
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2006-05-11
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
$400
This retailer's stock went up when it merged with Kmart, but it has room to improve operationally
Sears
4,999
2006-05-11
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LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN
$400
The Partridge Family: "Ich Denke Ich Liebe Dich"
"I Think I Love You"
4,999
2006-05-11
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FIRST IN OUR HEARTS
$400
The first of these in the U.S. was for a potash process & was signed by Washington & Jefferson
a patent
4,999
2006-05-11
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IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
$400
It's not me, it's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_12a.jpg" target="_blank">character</a>, who spoke if you pulled a few strings
Charlie McCarthy
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2006-05-11
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SCIENCE BRIEFS
$400
"K" can stand for kelvin or for this type of energy, from the Greek for "to move"
kinetic
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2006-05-11
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RATED "R"
$400
It's the practice of engaging in bootlegging or extortion, for example
racketeering
4,999
2006-05-11
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
$600
Wal-Mart has been compared to this early grocery chain whose name goes back to 2 oceans
A&P
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2006-05-11
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LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN
$600
The Captain & Tennille: "Liebe Halt Uns Zusammen"
"Love Will Keep Us Together"
4,999
2006-05-11
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FIRST IN OUR HEARTS
$600
The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was made by this Italian-American physicist in 1942
Fermi
4,999
2006-05-11
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IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
$600
Despite the uncanny resemblance in the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's actually <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> Russian born in 1870
Lenin
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2006-05-11
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SCIENCE BRIEFS
$600
Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant
Newton
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2006-05-11
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RATED "R"
$600
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew works out on a machine in the gym.</a>) I'm doing exercises to strengthen this group of four shoulder muscles; damaging it could be deadly for my pitching career
the rotator cuff
4,999
2006-05-11
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
$800
This oil company with record profits of $36 billion in 2005 appears to have a gradual liquidity strategy
ExxonMobil
4,999
2006-05-11
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LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN
$800
Stevie Wonder: "Sie Sind Der Sonnenschein Meines Lebens"
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
4,999
2006-05-11
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FIRST IN OUR HEARTS
$800
The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan
an Electoral College vote
4,999
2006-05-11
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IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
$800
It's not me in <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">the photo</a> but <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man, who was second in his class at West Point in 1829
Robert E. Lee
4,999
2006-05-11
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SCIENCE BRIEFS
$1,000
This symbol for the element mercury is downright Wellsian
Hg
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2006-05-11
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RATED "R"
$800
Sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in this Eastern European nation
Romania
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2006-05-11
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
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A Times writer's "Scandalot" featured Maurice Greenberg, who resigned as CEO of this insurance giant
AIG
4,999
2006-05-11
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LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN
$1000
Joe Cocker: "Sie Sind So Schon"
"You Are So Beautiful"
4,999
2006-05-11
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FIRST IN OUR HEARTS
$1000
Having no reeds, pipes or vibrating parts, this man's 1935 organ was the first of its kind
(Laurens) Hammond
4,999
2006-05-11
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IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
$1000
It's not me seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> World War II-era British politician
Neville Chamberlain
4,999
2006-05-11
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SCIENCE BRIEFS
$1000
The unit of magnetic flux density, abbreviated "T", is named for this scientist
(Nikola) Tesla
4,999
2006-05-11
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RATED "R"
$1000
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a statue in West Point, NY.</a>) West Point cadets struggling academically come to spin <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> on General Sedwig's spurs for better luck
the rowls
4,999
2006-05-11
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WORLD CAPITALS
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It's served by Keflavik airport
Reykjavik