THAT ADDS UP
Conquest, War, Famine & Death are names traditionally given to these
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Wilson Greatbatch was trying to record heart sounds, but using an incorrect resistor led him to invent the first implantable this
a pacemaker
If you need a helpful hunt deity, Mixcoatl comes highly recommended by these Tenochtitlan residents
the Aztecs
Before it was a toy, it meant a swindler who switched boxes of coins during a transaction
jack-in-the-box
To hear something with thoughtful attention & making no sound
listen & silent
Jerome Horwitz, Moses Horwitz & Samuel Horwitz went by other names nyukking it up as members of this troupe
The Three Stooges
John Walker scraped some combustible materials he'd been mixing off the wooden stirrer & it burst into flames; this was born
a (friction) match
Her boss-dad Zeus calls her a headache, but here on the Acropolis, we call her Pallas
Athena
The 1920s gave us this word for a beat-up old car
jalopy
In the buff & a crescent-shaped sand mound
nude & dune
Barnard, Wellesley & 5 other schools banded together as these a century ago to address the need to fund women's colleges
the Seven Sisters
Albert Hofmann was out to discover new stimulants when he accidentally dosed himself with this drug; pretty groovy
LSD
This god got a bad performance review when he failed to smash the skull of Jörmungandr; he'll have another shot at Ragnarök
Thor
This word for a type of caretaker comes from the name of a minor Roman deity
a janitor
A glowing streak in the sky & an adjective meaning distant
meteor & remote
For their brave actions in October 1947, Alvah Bessie, Ring Lardner Jr., Dalton Trumbo & seven others became known as this
the Hollywood Ten
He returned from a summer vacation to find a contaminated Petri dish, leading to the discovery of penicillin
Fleming
If you're looking for a bountiful harvest, this Roman goddess of grains really reaps it in
Ceres
This word for a type of cutting tool comes from the name of a dance that involves a similar up & down motion
a jigsaw
The main enemy of a novel's hero & a situation of no economic growth
antagonist & stagnation
Shoeless Joe & 7 teammates, in the title of a 1963 book & a 1988 movie
Eight Men Out
One of his signature effects used in early films like "A Trip to the Moon" was created when the film in his camera jammed up
Méliès
This consort of Shiva is great at vanquishing foes but she insists her belt of severed hands is business casual; don't tell HR
Kali
It can be any kind of big, festive gathering, no longer just of Boy Scouts
jamboree
One bead of fluid from the eye & an animal that attacks other animals
teardrop & predator