Who Let the Gods Out?
Su-En, the Mesopotamian god of this celestial body, was represented by a crescent
What is the moon?
This profession is from the Greek for "star sailor"
What is an astronaut?
Wyoming's Black Thunder Mine is one of North America's largest producers of this fossil fuel
What is Coal?
On your Kentucky veranda, you'll sip this bourbon, sugar & crushed ice drink that's garnished with an aromatic herb
What is a mint julep?
This word for a large system of stars comes from the Greek for milk
What is a galaxy?
Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic medicine with the carbolic type of this, today called phenol
What is an acid?
Like his Norse counterpart Thor, Perun was the Slavic god of this weather phenomenon
What is thunder and lightning?
This light brown candy may take its name from the Arabic kurat al milh, meaning "ball of sweet salt"
What is caramel?
In the late 1800s, miners delved deep into the Black Hills of South Dakota; creating the shafts and tunnels of the Homestake Mine, to bring this precious metal to the surface
What is gold?
This worldly drink consists of vodka, orange-flavored liqueur, cranberry juice & lime juice
What is a cosmopolitan?
Noted astronomer Fred Whipple famously defined a comet as an enormous, dirty one of these
What is a snowball?
Atoms in the compound carbon dioxide share two pairs of electrons, forming a double covalent this
What is a bond?
Now called Ta Reach, or "royal ancestor", & found in the main entrance shrine, a statue of this god to whom Angkor Wat was originally dedicated may have once been located in the central shrine at the very top
Who is Vishnu?
It was coined by George Orwell & means the capacity to accept 2 contradictory ideas at the same time
What is doublethink?
In 1971, Salvador Allende nationalized this country's copper mines, which produce about 1/5 of its revenue
What is Chile?
Perfect for summer is a bikini martini--gin, peach schnapps & the blue type of this liqueur
What is curacao?
Algol is one of these, 2 stars revolving around each other, also called a double star
What is a binary system?
From Greek for many, it's a large molecule made up of many smaller molecules
What is a polymer?
Itzli was this culture's god of stone knives associated with sacrifices; he was a busy guy
Who are the Aztec?
Partly from the Greek for "all", it once meant a complete set of arms & armor but now refers to a striking array
What is a panoply?
Due to protests, a uranium mine plan was stopped located near the south rim of this in the Colorado plateau
What is the Grand Canyon?
This cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth & a cherry sounds like Peter Minuit paid $24 for it & at a fancy bar, he might
What is a manhattan?
A faint constellation in the northern sky, Camelopardalis represents this animal
What is a giraffe?
An alkyl is a hydrocarbon that has lost one of these atoms that has just 1 proton in its nucleus
What is hydrogen?
The Inuit god of the bear shares his name with this "of the North" documentary title character
Who is Nanook?
This word for an autocratic leader is from the Greek for "lord" or "master"
What is a tyrant?
The chapel of St. Anthony within the Wieliczka Salt Mine in this country held its first mass for miners in 1698
What is Poland?
Rye, bitters, Pernod, sugar & a twist gets you this Crescent City cocktail
What is a Sazerac?
The Oort Cloud & its inner region, this belt, are thought to contain billions of comets
What is the Kuiper Belt?
Created in 2002, the NLA is the National Association devoted to these, like fats & oils
What are lipids?