Notable Names
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force was often know by this three-letter nickname
What is Ike?
Lost? Let this instrument point the way north
What is a compass?
During WWII, the floss found in the pods of these plants was used to fill life preservers
What is milkweed?
Ft.
What is foot?
The study of weather and the atmosphere
What is meteorology?
The famous dog you met on the nature trail was named after the planes that guarded his owner's squadron of bombers
Who is Thunderbolt?
See things that you otherwise wouldn't be able to using this mirror-and-tube-based tool
What is a periscope?
Solar energy comes from this celestial orb
What is the sun?
Mi
What is mile?
The study of codes and ciphers
What is cryptography?
Be a deer and give me the name of Operation Overlord's chief weather forecaster
Who is (James) Stagg?
No pressure! Just name this instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
Silly Putty was invented by scientists looking for a replacement for this natural resource
What is rubber?
mmHg
What is millimeters of mercury?
The design and building of machines and structures
What is engineering?
If you encode a message by shifting all the letters three spots down the alphabet, you're using a cipher named after this Roman leader
Who is (Julius) Caesar?
Altimeters help find the elevation of an object above a surface, known as this measurement
What is altitude?
Atomic bombs generate their explosions using this kind of energy
What is nuclear?
°F
What is degree Fahrenheit?
The study of the structure of the body
What is anatomy?
This doctor developed a way to collect, store, and deliver high-quality plasma
Who is (Charles) Drew?
Use an anemometer to find the speed of this natural phenomenon
What is wind?
The name of the "reasonable" wartime practice of allowing people to only have a certain amount of a resource or commodity is this
What is rationing?
Lb.
What is pound?
The use and study of rockets
What is rocketry?