The Country That Borders Both
Israel & Sudan
What is Egypt
In an Iroquois tale, a girl runs off with a handsome Chad, only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures
What is a snake
During 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, Ed White lost a glove while conducting the first American one of these excursions
What is a spacewalk
The tenth-highest peak in the world, Annapurna I reaches 26,500 feet in these mountains
What are the Himalayas
On the water, it’s about 1.15 miles per hour
What is a knot
Turkey & Bulgaria
What is Greece
This bull-headed creature of Crete came to be after Pasiphaë fell in love with a bovine
What is the Minotaur
Working on one of theses space station power providers, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost a tool bag & it floated away
What is a solar panel
The highest point in the Rockies is 14,440-foot Mount Elbert, southwest of Leadville in this state
What is Colorado
A bag of the Portland type of this can be one cubic foot, about 94 pounds
What is cement
Finland & Russia
What is Norway
One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z’s philandering
Who is Sisyphus
In Nov. 2023, this company’s Starship, launched by the most powerful rocket ever, reached the edge of space before exploding
What is SpaceX
Lesser-known conquests by sir Edmund Hillary include 10,000-foot Mount Magellan in this, his home country
What is New Zealand
A full this measure of depth is 72 inches, so 5 of them would be 30 feet
What is a fathom
Oman & Jordan
What is Saudi Arabia
The blind Norse god Hodur messed around & killed this beloved god with a projectile of missile-toe
Who is Baldur
This astronaut who remained in orbit during a 1969 Moon landing, lost a camera during an earlier mission in 1966
Who is (Michael) Collins
Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in this nation in 1991 for the first time in 600 years, producing a column of ash more than 20 miles high
What is the Philippines
This unit of force named for a 17th century man is equal to about .225 pound-force
What is a Newton
Costa Rica & Honduras
What is Nicaragua
In Egyptian myth, Seth went all Edgar Allan Poe on this bro of his & put him in a coffin while he was still alive
Who is Osiris
A 2007 Chinese missile test to destroy one of these in orbit added more than 3,000 pieces of trackable debris
What is an artificial satellite (a weather satellite)
This 16,900-foot mountain in Turkey is said to be where Noah’s Ark came to rest & some climbers have claimed to have seen its remains
What is Mount Ararat
In this system used for precious metals, and ounce is heavier than a standard ounce, but a pound is lighter than a standard pound
What is Troy