AVOIDING THE CLICHÉ
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
CHESS DRAMA
BEFORE & AFTER
FOOD SCIENCE
400
Physical movements drown out lingual units
Actions speak louder than words
400
By mass, it's the most abundant element in the Earth's crust & in your body
Oxygen
400
In the 2006 world title match, the challenger accused the champ of consulting a computer during visits to this room
The bathroom
400
Belle dumps her hirsute suitor for a cargo-carrying camel in this Disney tale
Beauty and the Beast of Burden
400
At 144 degrees ovotransferrin in these common food items denatures & they then begin to set
Eggs
800
Daily Double!
Up to a time some bovines return to our domicile
800
This glow-in-the-dark element is the only one whose name ends in "us"
Phosphorus
800
Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & screamed, "Why must I lose to this idiot!"--how like a GM, one of these
A grandmaster
800
Crude incendiary grenade that's an explosive social gathering
Molotov cocktail party
800
This fruit-based carbohydrate is what gels jams & jellies
Pectin
1200
One christening involving a conflagration
Baptism by fire / baptism of fire
1200
The Roman numeral for 100 is also the symbol for this element
Carbon
1200
Some of our champions know how this champion felt when he lost a 1997 match to IBM's Deep Blue computer
Garry Kasparov
1200
The Chronicles of Riddick star who is an internal-combustion machine found in trucks
Vin Diesel engine
1200
You can kill nasty things in wooden cutting boards with the acidity in the white type of this--Heinz wants you to know
Vinegar
1600
You make the choice between a method I've chosen & a turnpike
My way or the highway
1600
After "Omaha" or Lincoln", an addressed envelope could have the 2 letters symbolizing this element
Neon
1600
A 1978 match saw claims that this type of 16-letter "beyond the mind" expert was using telepathy to confuse 1 player
A parapsychologist
1600
Hybrid Theory & Meteora are albums by this alt-metal band that's the second-priciest Monopoly property
Linkin Park Place
1600
Daily Double!
Careful when eating bagels with these seeds on them--you could test positive for heroin!
2000
One savory sample from one's personal prescription
A taste of your own medicine
2000
The name of Ununoctium may lead you to this atomic number, the highest yet assigned
118
2000
Cosmo selected this 22-year-old Norwegian, the new world champ, as one of its Sexiest Men of 2013
Magnus Carlsen
2000
Scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake
Freaky Friday the 13th
2000
Activia says its yogurt is creamy & full of this type of culture that boosts health
Probiotics