CHEMISTRY
Coal & diamonds both consist of it
carbon
In 1983 Americans used over 1ΒΌ million gallons of this beach product
suntan lotion
Pulled the trigger or what's in a jigger
a shot
Video in which Michael Jackson plays a werewolf & a zombie
"Thriller"
Horse racing was a sport at these ancient Greek contests
the Olympics
Used in cars' catalytic converters, it's more expensive than gold
platinum
Dr. Seuss' egg-hatching elephant who was "faithful, 100%"
Horton
It's the first 4-letter word in "The Star Spangled Banner"
what
The blonde preferred in the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Marilyn Monroe
Since 1936, because of this, horses "say cheese" at the end of races
a photo finish
Common kitchen substance known chemically as sodium chloride
salt
When it was rung for Chief Justice John Marshall's funeral, it cracked
the Liberty Bell
Basketball defense or Serling's twilight area
a zone
2 "Saturday Night" alumni who tried "Trading Places"
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
Collective name of Kentucky Derby, Preakness, & Belmont Stakes
the Triple Crown
U.S. & Canada produce almost entire world supply of this lightest inert gas
helium
It spent the night in a discount-house parking lot before heading to L.A. Coliseum
the Olympic torch
The president takes one before stepping into office
an oath
Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff"
Colonel Chuck Yeager
DAILY DOUBLE
All U.S. thoroughbreds are officially born on this day of the year
The chemical symbol for sulfuric acid, it completes this poem:
"Say farewell to the professor /
He'll be with us no more /
For what he thought was H2O /
Was..."
H2SO4
DAILY DOUBLE
"Kingdom" that Khrushchev couldn't visit in 1959 U.S. trip
Little girls do it with a rope, Van Halen does it in a song
jump
He may "Never Say Never Again" when asked to be Bond
Sean Connery
Billy the Cobbler, or a famous jockey
Willie Shoemaker