"A" IN SCIENCE
AT THE MOVIES
ALTERNATE LITERARY TOMBSTONES
FAITH
HOPE
200
'Glycine is the simplest one of these, the essential building blocks of all proteins'
amino acid
200
'In a 2009 comedy this Tyler Perry title character "Goes to Jail"'
Madea
200
'1892-1973:
I journey to the uttermost west of "The Undying Lands" where elves, I hope, will welcome me'
Tolkien
200
'Also known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread, this observance begins on the 15th of Nisan'
Passover
200
'Francis Bacon opined that "Hope is a good breakfast but a bad" one of these'
supper
400
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Charged particles from the Sun that become trapped in the Earth's magnetic field & interact with gases in the upper atmosphere cause this phenomenon'
aurora borealis
400
'Uh-huh, Jim Carrey is challenged to give an affirmative reply for a year in this release'
Yes Man
400
'1874-1963:
I will always be "North of Boston" near a "Mending Wall"'
(Robert) Frost
400
'Seen here is a priest of this religion that dates back to 6th-century Japan'
Shintoism
400
'A song from "Carousel" says, "Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart and you'll never" do this'
walk alone
600
'Metabolic imbalances can cause this, an electrical disturbance that alters the heartbeat'
arrhythmia
600
'She plays a romantically challenged TV producer in 2009's "The Ugly Truth"'
Katherine Heigl
600
'1903-1950:
I bought the farm, animals not included'
(George) Orwell
600
'Nataraja is the lord of the dance in this religion'
Hinduism
600
'Hope sometimes implies doubt, but not in the burial service that speaks of "sure and certain hope of" this event'
resurrection
800
'The production of antibodies is stimulated by the presence of these, like viruses, toxins & bacteria'
antigen
800
'Will Smith has weight as an IRS agent changing the lives of others in this film'
Seven Pounds
800
'1902-1968:
The "Best Laid Plans" I ever made were for that trip with my poodle Charley'
Steinbeck
800
'The Punjabi city of Amritsar is home to the sacred religious center known as the Golden Temple of this religion'
Sikhism
800
'South Carolina's state motto is "Dum spiro spero" or "While I" do this, "I hope"'
breathe
1000
'Sediments laid down by streams during flooding form this type of plain'
alluvial plain
1000
'Jules Verne could not have imagined Brendan Fraser in 3-D in this action film'
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1000
'From middle Persian for "basic text", the Avesta is the main scripture of this ancient religion'
Zoroastrianism
1000
'Barack Obama's 2008 tax return shows he earned $1.5 million in royalties from this book'
The Audacity of Hope
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