Double Double Letters
Artemis or Kali, for example
What is a goddess?
Radius
What are radii?
Elvis sand that, in a state of amorous confusion, he was “all” this, a state not uncommon to snowglobes
What is shook up?
The name of the Pentaceratops means it has 5 of these on its face
What are horns?
Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Caribbean & names it San Salvador
What is 1492?
A big space for couples dancing; many hotels have a grand one
What is a ballroom?
Moose
What are moose?
Churchill said Russia was “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside” this
What is an enigma?
The Euoplocephalus was named for this “well-armored” body part (kephale in Ancient Greek)
What is a head?
The Manhattan Project begins
What is 1942?
The ringtail is in the same family as this nocturnal mammal with a ringed tail
What is a raccoon?
Curriculum
What are curricula?
To make a series of campaign speeches, or to baffle another person
What is stump?
Unearthed in Niger, the Jobaria dinosaur is named for a Tuareg legend about a giant creature in this barren region
What is the Sahara?
After capturing New Orleans, David Farragut is given the new rank of rear admiral
What is 1862?
It’s what the NFL & NBA call their CEOs
What is commissioner?
Focus
What are foci?
Meteorological words for befuddlement include hazy, cloudy & this superlative that often comes before “notion”
What is foggiest?
Because of its longer front legs, this tall dinosaur was given a name meaning “arm lizard”
What is a Brachiosaurus?
Ulysses Grant is reelected president
What is 1872?
It’s another word for pirate, arrgh
What is buccaneer?
Schema
What are schemata?
This word sounds like it means the opposite of addition, but it actually means perplexed
What is nonplussed?
The dinosaur was about 2 feet long & has a name meaning “tiny thief”
What is a Microraptor?
More than a quarter of English colonists in Virginia are killed in a massacre; John Rolfe also dies
What is 1622?