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Add an S
Questionable Television
It Has That Effect on Me
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This quarterback's eighteenth and final season finished with a Super Bowl victory for his Denver Broncos

Who is Peyton Manning?

600

It's apt that this Robert Louis Stevenson antagonist lent his name to a popular fast-food restaurant as he was the Hispaniola's cook

Who is Long John Silver?

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Named for a Prince and future King, the Charles River flows through this Massachusetts capital

What is Boston?

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The Roman god of love becomes a tooth, sometimes called the "eyetooth"

What are Cupid and cuspid?

600

Jesse Pinkman to him: "Like I came to you begging to cook meth. Oh hey, nerdiest old dude I know, you wanna come cook crystal?"

Who is Walter White?

600

Did Pikachu have black on his tail or didn't he? Ah! It's one of these collective memory phenomena that are difficult to explain

What is a Mandela effect?

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Her verse novels include Aurora Leigh and her Sonnets from the Portuguese include "How Do I Love Thee?"

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

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While fine silver is 99.5% pure, this version is diluted with other metals, usually copper; its primary use is in English tableware

What is Sterling silver?

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Highlighted here, the Androscoggin River runs through these two states

What are Maine and New Hampshire?

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A tropical tree gains an "S" and becomes a Biblical hymn, of which there are 150

What is palm and Psalm?

1200

Hawkeye on this show: "Don't worry, I've never lost a patient. I never lose anything. Have you seen my stethoscope?"

What is M*A*S*H?

1200

Chicago and Cleveland are accustomed to this type of snow, produced in cold air over warm bodies of water

What is lake-effect snow?

1800

He was inspired by his father's experience being shot down over Burma in World War II for his 1985 novel The Cider House Rules

Who is John Irving?

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This big guy seen here is the center of the troop's attention, making all the decisions and settling all conflicts

What is the silverback gorilla?

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This type of small inlet, smaller than a bight, is an arm of a sea or ocean; the largest example in New England is the Long Island one along Connecticut's southern coast

What is a sound?

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The land of Havana and humidors puts an "S" on the front and becomes an acronym for divers

What is Cuba and SCUBA?

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This Walking Dead protagonist played by Andrew Lincoln always asked newcomers, "How many walkers have you killed? Have you ever killed anyone? Why?"

Who is Rick Grimes?

1800

Einstein won a Nobel Prize for this effect illustrated here

What is the photoelectric effect?

2400

Prosecuted and chemically castrated later in life, he is best known for his work creating techniques to decipher the enigma machine during World War II

Who is Alan Turing?

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In folklore, this projectile can be effective against a number of supernatural beings; the term can also apply to simple solutions to deadly problems, such as penicillin

What is a silver bullet?

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Made famous during the Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga was built along the shores of this large body of water

What is Lake Champlain?

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To pay no attention; add an "S" and you get a greeting for an Italian lord

What is ignore and Signore?

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Cartman to this teacher on South Park: "Why do poor people smell like sour milk?"

Who is Mr. Garrison?

2400

This effect was originally demonstrated using a seagull causing a thunderstorm; it was turned more poetic in the 1970s using an insect and a tornado

What is the butterfly effect?

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Speaking on his paralysis, this physicist once advised people to "look at the stars and not at their feet"

Who is Stephen Hawking?

3000

Portrayed on screen by Laurence Fishburne and, more recently, Julia Garner, the Silver Surfer is the herald of this enormous Marvel Comics baddie, the "devourer of worlds"

Who is Galactus?

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This river flows through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before emptying into Chesapeake Bay

What is the Susquehanna?

3000

A negative public reaction adds an "S" and becomes the key found on a keyboard above enter and below backspace

What is backlash and backslash?

3000

Two word double talk from Monty Python's Flying Circus that followed, "Eh? Know what I mean?"

What is "nudge nudge?"

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This effect named for a George Bernard Shaw play and a Greek sculptor refers to higher expectations generating improved performances

What is Pygmalion effect?