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The third planet from the sun
What is Earth
1. He was featured on the September 22, 1947, cover of Time with the caption, "He and the boss took a chance."
Answer: Who is Jackie Robinson?
2. Machiavelli was a big fan of this king of Aragon born in 1452.
Answer: Who is Ferdinand?
3. It’s the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Answer: What is Iran?
4. In 1992, this city’s velodrome, once used in the Olympic Games, was transformed into an environmental biodome.
Answer: What is Montreal?
5. A 2012 poll by Britain’s national army museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation’s greatest military enemy.
Answer: Who is George Washington?
6. The last class of the day seems to last this long, the longest division of geologic time.
Answer: What is an eon?
7. At the heart of a major industrial region, this second-most populous UK city lies near the geographic center of England.
Answer: What is Birmingham?
8. You "gotta" do this slang term to mean you're leaving; it's also good to get one in the polls.
Answer: What is bounce?
9. Polite society was shocked to see couples in close contact for this ballroom dance that has a Viennese type.
Answer: What is the waltz?
10. The science of determining a tree's age by looking at its growth rings.
Answer: What is dendrochronology?
11. "AC" stands for this radio format favored by some folks of a certain age.
Answer: What is adult contemporary?
12. Clingstone and freestone are the two main classifications for this fruit, once called a Persian apple.
Answer: What is a peach?
13. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joined this rap trio on their 1986 hit "Walk This Way."
Answer: Who is Run-DMC?
14. In some countries, the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire" was used for this 1945 parable.
Answer: What is Animal Farm?
16. This London museum with two first names is renowned for its collection of decorative arts.
What is Victoria and Albert?
17. Tasty and durable, this type of milk from Gail Borden's company benefited Union troops.
Answer: What is condensed milk?
18. This major river of north-central Wyoming was named for the sheep fur trader Francois Larocque saw on its banks.
Answer: What is Bighorn?
19. A rapid shift of wind velocity or direction is called "wind" this, which pilots are always on the lookout for.
Answer: What is a shear?
20. From the Greek for "label," it's a course outline of a school class.
Answer: What is a syllabus?
21. The three most basic types of clouds are stratus, cumulus, and this high, wispy type with a name meaning "curl."
Answer: What is cirrus?
22. It's Britspeak for the glass in front of the driver's face.
Answer: What is the windscreen?
24. In law, it's possession of an estate for the duration of one's life; in New Jersey, it's the town Bruce Springsteen is from.
Answer: What is Freehold?
25. Aubergine caviar is another name for this smoky Mediterranean spread made with roasted eggplant.
Answer: What is baba ghanoush?
26. Mike Judge co-created this comedy about engineers and tech start-ups.
Answer: What is Silicon Valley?