Vin Diesel
publication date: Saturday, November 7, 2015 (part of Fall 2015)
category: Movies
clue: He's a movie star known for The Fast and the Furious, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Guardians of the Galaxy, not a compression-ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure.
explanation: The clue is a play on Diesel's last name, describing a diesel engine. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
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