Geo-Pourri
It's the country (& continent) where you'll find the Murray-Darling Basin
Australia
g is the symbol for acceleration caused by this
gravity
A single dot in Braille represents this letter
A
A labyrinth fad
a maze craze
AWOL:
i.e., not where you're supposed to be
absent without leave
One theory says the name of this mountain chain comes from the Quechua for "high crest"
The Andes
In 2016 the Max Planck Institute said it used these 4-letter cells to create Fallopian tubes in a Petri dish
Stem Cells
The proper way to address the pope--if you ever were to meet him--is with this 2-word salutation
Your Holiness
A random cursory look
chance glance
LZ:
Another name for an airfield
Landing Zone
The Brahmaputra River runs through 3 countries from its source to its confluence with this other great river
The Ganges
The hypothetical solar sail on a spaceship wouldn't fly on solar wind, as you might think, but on these particles, also known as light quanta
Photons
From the Greek for "to hear", it's the science of sound, including its transmission & reception
Acoustics
A flying feudal man-at-arms tethered & held by a child, hopefully, on a windy day
a knight kite
XO:
He's second in command to the CO
Executive Officer
Illyria is an ancient name for the northwest part of this European peninsula
The Balkan Peninsula
What's called the Moho discontinuity inside the Earth separates the crust from this interior section
The mantle
Autocue is another name for this device used by some on-camera talent
a Teleprompter
Mallet noise
Hammer Clamor
OCS:
If you graduate from this, expect to be ready to lead
Officer Candidate School
This South Pacific island country is about the size of New Jersey--but where would you rather vacation, Newark or Suva?
Fiji
M-theory "ties up" a unified version of this theory that describes the universe in terms of tiny oscillating tubes
String Theory
Over 200 years old, this debating society brings lively discussion (hopefully with British manners) to Oxford University
The (Oxford) Union
A false taipan
fake snake
MOS:
It's what your job is
Military Occupational Specialty