The name of this British monetary unit comes from a unit of weight
a pound
By any measure this object is 36 inches long
a yardstick
Oxford says this preposition is the 7th-most common word in English; it's in this clue twice
in
A "conflict":
1950 to 1953
the Korean War
My favorite part of going is watching the previews called these, like something a car pulls
trailers
This Austrian monk found pairs of genes separate in a random fashion when a plant's gametes form
Mendel
This doctor specializes in children & their diseases
pediatrician
From 1792 to 1873 the U.S. issued silver 5-cent coins called not nickels but "half" these
dimes
This symbol seen right before the name Jeopardy
Copyright
Because of metal shortages, from 1943 to 1945 these famous award statuettes were made of plaster
Oscars
1846 to 1848:
Starring Zachary Taylor
The Mexican-American War
I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" & "highest quality 3D"
IMAX
Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900
Ivan Pavlov
Not the automated kind but the human kind, it's a clerk at a bank window
teller
The Lincoln Memorial is on the back of this U.S. bill
the $5
This word is a synonym for versus
against
The traditional "Big 3" of U.S. automakers are Chrysler, General Motors & this one
Ford
1618 to 1648:
Duh
The Thirty Years' War
The ticket guy knows me, so I'm front row center for this 2016 monster movie sequel with an address for a title
10 Cloverfield Lane
This Swede's original scale had water's boiling point at 0 degrees & its freezing point at 100
Celsius
An actuary deals with this hazardous possibility, also the name of a world-conquering Hasbro game
risk
A silver tetradrachm from the 300s B.C. features a "Great" portrait of him
Alexander the Great
It's a belief, not based in reason, that something bad will happen if you perform a particular action... or if you don't
a superstition
This state's richest man is French fry tycoon Scott Simplot
Idaho
April-December 1898
The Spanish American War
I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name
bonbons
This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge
Stephen Hawking
This type of officer doesn't work for the military but helps people get money for cars & mortgages at the bank
a loan officer
English settlers in the New World used this word from Algonquian for beads used as Indian money
a wampum
One definition is a stitched-together type of publication having between 5 & 48 pages
pamphlet
This alloy of copper & tin gave its name to a cultural "Age"
bronze
In America:
1754 to 1763
The French and Indian War
Before we go, we should check out the ratings on this website that sounds like something you throw at a bad film
Rotten Tomatoes (.com)
This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor
Enrico Fermi
Despite the name, those in this job don't go door-to-door asking questions; they ascertain property boundaries
surveyor