By any measure this object is 36 inches long
a yardstick
This Austrian monk found pairs of genes separate in a random fashion when a plant's gametes form
Mendel
My favorite part of going is watching the previews called these, like something a car pulls
trailers
Oxford says this preposition is the 7th-most common word in English; it's in this clue twice
In
It comes before "Dane" in the name of a really good dog breed
great
This symbol, a letter "c" in a circle
copyright
Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900
Ivan Pavlov
I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" & "highest quality 3D"
IMAX
Because of metal shortages, from 1943 to 1945 these famous award statuettes were made of plaster
Oscars
It's orange, it's a root, it can make fries, it's this kind of "potato"
sweet
This word is a synonym for versus
against
This Swede's original scale had water's boiling point at 0 degrees & its freezing point at 100
Celsius
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
The traditional "Big 3" of U.S. automakers are Chrysler, General Motors & this one
Ford
A slogan popularized in the 1960s said "black is" this, highly pleasing to the sight
beautiful
It's a belief, not based in reason, that something bad will happen if you perform a particular action... or if you don't
superstition
This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge
Hawking
I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name
Bonbons
This state's richest man is French fry tycoon Scott Simplot
Idaho
This adjective meaning "really big" comes from ancient Greek for a really big statue
colossal
One definition is a stitched-together type of publication having between 5 & 48 pages
pamphlet
This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor
Fermi
Before we go, we should check out the ratings on this website that sounds like something you throw at a bad film
This alloy of copper & tin gave its name to a cultural "Age"
bronze
Baseball player Lefty Gomez is credited with the line "I'd rather be" this "than good"
lucky