Just a Little Nuclear Physics
The nuclear type of this 7-letter process occurs when a large atom is split into smaller atoms.
What is fission?
To confront as a test of one’s abilities
What is to challenge?
For the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II
What is 100%? (D-Day: 6/6 = 100%)
The first word in the "Killing Curse" in the Harry Potter series
What is Avada?
No need to be rude: another name for the average is the arithmetic this.
What is the mean?
Named for the couple who discovered radium in 1898, these units measure radioactivity.
What are curies?
Lacking physical depth
What is shallow?
For the violent French Revolution act that has been immortalized as an observance
What is 50%? (Storming of the Bastille: 7/14 = 50%)
The second word in the name of the capital of Ethiopia
What is Ababa?
Just average 14 and 48 to get this prime number.
What is 31?
These dangerous high-energy photons emitted by a decaying nucleus are all Greek to me!
What are gamma rays?
A Jewish braided bread.
What is a challah?
For a date representing a relic of America's past that ended an extended period of lame ducks being in power for too long after economic turmoil
What is 75%? (Pre-Great Depression Inauguration Day: 3/4 = 75%)
A general term for a yoga pose of various types
What is Asana?
There was an average of nearly 43,000 fans per match in 2023-24 for this country’s Bundesliga soccer league.
What is Germany?
This famous scientist has important diagrams named after him that tell us about particle interactions.
Who is Richard Feynman? (Bonus points for the name of the diagram)
To profane or desecrate.
What is unhallow?
For a famous set of Chicago killings happening shortly before the Great Depression
What is 14%? (St. Valentine's Day Massacre: 2/14 = 14%)
The translated word for "pineapple" in French, German, Italian and Dutch
What is Anana?
Average Steve and Stephanie to get this average number of letters in their names.
What is 7?
Any Baltimorean can tell you this quark is the third most massive of the 6 kinds of quarks.
What is a charm quark?
A medical term for the big toe
What is hallux?
For a nonviolent act of colonial-era protest involving a harbor and taxes
What is 75%? (Boston Tea Party: 12/16 = 75%)
The first name of the youngest member of the pop rock band Haim
What is Alana?
We recommend hitting the gym for this average of values scaled by importance.
What is the weighted average?