Rocks and Minerals
This type of Mineral #1
Amethyst
The number of US presidents that have won a Nobel Prize
Four
Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter, Obama
The number of companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
30
The start and the ending dates of the twelve days of Christmas
Dec 25- Jan 5
The inventor known as the Wizard of Menlo Park
Thomas Edison
This type of mineral #2
Citrine
The youngest physics laureate, Frederick Banting, discovered this diabetes medicine
Insulin
The NYSE is located at the intersection of these two streets
Broad and Wall Streets
The other winter event in Dec that was celebrated with greenery and may have led to that Christmas tradition
Solstice
A fast moving deadly and destructive current of volcanic ash, gas and rock fragments that moves away form a volcano
Pyroclastic flow
This type of rock #3
Geode
The kind of battery that physics winner, John Goodenough, developed at age 97
Lithium-ion
He was president during the 1929 market crash and is nick-named "Bert"
Herbert Hoover
The piece of Christmas greenery symbolizing everlasting life
Wreath
The location of Volcano National Park
Hawaii
This type of rock #4
Petrified Wood
Only two people, Bob Dylan and George Bernard Shaw, have won this distinguished silver screen award in addition to a Nobel Prize
Oscar
Location of the first stock exchange in the US
Philadelphia
The Christmas plant that was named after the first US Minister to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett
Poinsettia
Rubber soled tennis shoes were given this name because they did not make noise when you walked
Sneakers
This type of fluorescent mineral #5
Calcite
The prize winner whose notebooks are stored in lead-lined boxes in the French Nat. Library in Paris
Marie Curie
The largest stock exchange in the world based on market capitalization
NYSE
The poem written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore that gives us many of our Christmas traditions
Twas the Night Before Christmas
The two planets that have no moons
Mercury and Venus