LITERARY HEAVYWEIGHTS
The main sources of the legend of Atlantis are works called "Critias" & "Timaeus", both by this Greek writer.
Plato
This chemical is the messenger that carries the genetic code to the parts of the cell that make proteins.
This astronomer discovered the sun was the center of the solar system and that the moon's surface is uneven.
Galileo
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To take someone's weapons away.
C.S. Lewis nominated this friend & fellow fantasy writer for a Nobel.
It's not usually thought of as an organ, but for an average human, it's the largest & can cover 20 square feet.
Skin
Called "Earth's twin"--but the twinning must be fraternal as we don't enjoy the same thick clouds of sulfuric acid.
Venus
The original "Star Trek": Mr. Spock
Leonard Nimroy
A special type of camera lens used to produce a spherical visual effect.
Fisheye
Some think the purported perfectly organized society of Atlantis was an inspiration for this 1516 work by Thomas More.
"Utopia"
Ticks & tapeworms are examples of these creatures that take nutrition with no benefit to their host.
Parasite
Has about a dozen moons at least 6 miles in diameter, including Ganymede.
Jupiter
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Sterling K. Brown
In Britain this pastime is called noughts & crosses.
Tic-tac-toe
In 1963 this then-president of France received nominations for literature, not peace.
Charles de Gaulle
5 feet long in humans, this part comes in near the end of digestion & performs the vital task of absorbing water & vitamins.
Large intestine
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This gas giant is noted for a dark gap called the Cassini division.
Saturn
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John Cleese
This other name for tetanus refers to one of its most common symptoms.
Lockjaw
These 2 pioneers in psychology were nominated for literature, one in 1936 & one in 1954.
Sigmund Freud + Carl Jung
This rhyming phrase describes the nervous system's response to facing stress or danger.
Fight-or-flight
May have used its gravity to capture an independent object that would become one of its moons--Triton.
Neptune
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The fruit of a rambler, which is sometimes used as a homeopathic treatment for osteoarthritis. [2 words]
Rose hip