Word Origins
This Latin word for a seasoning gave us "salary," since Roman soldiers were partly paid in it
Salt
15% of 200.
30
This aviator was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Amelia Earhart
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.
The bat
Ancient Greek philosopher known for a question-and-answer teaching method that bears his name.
Socrates
"Sandwich" is named after this 18th-century English earl, who wanted food he could eat without leaving the card table
The Earl of Sandwich
The next prime number after 97.
101
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote, in 1893.
New Zealand
This is how many hearts an octopus has.
English scientist credited with formulating the theory of universal gravitation, supposedly after watching an apple fall.
Isaac Newton
"Quarantine" comes from the Italian for "forty days," the wait time imposed on ships during this historical outbreak.
The bubonic plague / Black Death
The sum of the interior angles of a hexagon, in degrees.
720°
This was the first artificial satellite launched into orbit, in 1957.
Sputnik 1
This is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth.
Diamond
German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
Czech writer Karel Čapek coined "robot" from a Slavic root meaning this
Forced labor / drudgery
7 squared minus 4 cubed.
-15
This astronaut was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
Honey almost never spoils because it has very little of this, which bacteria need to survive.
Water
American inventor who held over 1,000 patents, including for a practical incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
"Muscle" comes from the Latin for this small animal, since a flexing bicep looked like one moving under the skin.
A mouse ("musculus")
The square root of 1,444.
38
These two brothers achieved the first sustained, powered airplane flight in 1903
The Wright brothers
This is the name for a group of flamingos.
A flamboyance
English playwright nicknamed "The Bard," author of Hamlet and Macbeth.
William Shakespear