Health & Medicine
The three most common ways to treat cancer are surgery, radiation & this, the use of toxic drugs to kill the cancer cells
What is chemotherapy?
"Seward's Folly" was a derisive nickname for the purchase of this 49th state
What is Alaska?
Video games:
Super Mario
____
of Warcraft
What is World?
This Texas capital is among the fastest-growing Metro areas in the U.S., and has an unofficial motto to keep itself "Weird"
What is Austin?
Amy Dunne really makes this Gillian Flynn novel go, framing her husband for murder and then committing murder herself
What is Gone Girl?
In 2026 the American Heart Assoc. & other groups issued new guidelines on lowering levels of the LDL type of this at a younger age
What is cholesterol?
Turns out that when this VP under Nixon was governor of Maryland, he failed to report some $30,000 in income on his federal taxes
Who is Spiro Agnew?
Movies:
Turning
____
Dragon
What is Red?
Some projections say this Nigerian city founded by Yoruba fishermen will surpass 30 million people in 2050
What is Lagos?
This Y.A. book series by Sara Shepard focuses on four girls and a missing friend; it also ran for seven seasons on Freeform
What is Pretty Little Liars?
The health benefits of this element, at. No. 12, are said to include preventing migraines & improving sleep
What is magnesium?
This future world leader had Aristotle as his teacher from ages 13 to 16
Who is Alexander the Great?
Animation:
Cow &
____
Run
What is Chicken?
A national historic landmark, this town in the Black Hills attracted miners and Wild West characters after gold was found nearby in the 1870s
What is Deadwood?
Iago's brazen plot against Othello includes a false claim that Desdemona is having an affair with this man, Othello's lieutenant
Who is Cassio?
November is awareness month for both lung cancer & the group of inflammatory lung diseases known by these four initials
What is C.O.P.D?
In 1911 this Norwegian led the first expedition to reach the South Pole
Who is (Roald) Amundsen?
Podcasts:
Crime, Conspiracy, Cults &
____
with My Husband
What is Murder?
The power of the Merrimack River helped give Lowell, Mass. a population boom back when it was "The Cradle" of this 19th c. era
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The title character in several of this author's books, Tom Ripley proved to be a chameleon-like fraudster & murderer
Who is Patricia Highsmith?
It's the widening of an artery due to a weakness in the wall, which can lead to a hemorrhagic stroke
What is an aneurysm?
Marcus Agrippa got the victory over Mark Antony at this battle in 31 B.C.
What is actium?
Musicians:
Paloma
____
Hill
What is Faith?
Called the world's fastest-growing megacity, this place on an Asian river delta accounts for 20% of Bangladesh's population
What is Dhaka?
Keep it on the down low! The group at the heart of this Donna Tartt novel accidentally killed a guy & covered it up
What is The Secret History?