Who Are "U"
USA
What is "United"?
Add a letter to wordplay to get this activity prevalent in pirate movies.
What is "Swordplay"?
They snap, crackle, and pop
Once considered fringe science, this sun-centered model of the solar system was published by Copernicus in 1543
What is "Heliocentrism"
Electrons flow from this terminal of a battery, often colored black
What is "negative"?
SCUBA
What is "Underwater"?
A metric measure of liquid pours in a letter to do this to linger aimlessly
What is Loiter?
Sprinkled into soup, this crunchy cracker is named after an aquatic bivalve
What is an "Oyster Cracker?"
Used by Lockheed Martin in the 60's to refer to titanium in classified documents, this word can mean any substance that is fictional, difficult to manufature, or reasonably impossible to obtain.
What is "Unobtanium"?
In Ohm's law, V = I*R, it's the R
What is "Resistance"?
CPU
What is "Unit"?
ANSWER:
DAILY DOUBLE
Russian cash adds a letter to become this demolition remains
This canned meat was first introduced in 1937, but was popularized during WWII, when it was issued to Allied Soldiers.
What is "SPAM"?
In physics, this is the theory that all point-like particles are actually vibrating, one-dimensional objects
What is "String Theory"?
In "Back to the Future", Doc Brown added this fictional device to his DeLorean. Drop the first word and get a real-world component measured in Farads.
What is a Flux Capacitor?
ACLU
What is "Union"?
Add a letter to "depot" and get a tyrant.
What is Despot
ANSWER:
DAILY DOUBE
A unique take on chewing gum, when it is unrolled, this Hubba Bubba product is six feet long
Postulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, this principle made "waves" in the scientific community, and sparked debate on everything from thermodynamics to free will.
What is the "Uncertainty Principle"?
This component transfers power from one circuit to another via induction. Dont worry, it wont turn into a decepticon.
What is a "Transformer"?
UHF
What is "Ultra"
Add a letter to a god of love & he becomes one of the canine teeth
Cuspid and Cupid
A typically low-proof alcohol, brewed from rye bread and popular in Baltic, Slavic, and Russian cuisine
What is "Kvass"?
Thankfully never observed on earth, it is postulated that this form of matter exists in the center of some neutron stars, and consists of up, down, and strange quarks.
What is "Strange Matter"?
This power is characterized by a both a voltage drop and a current draw, but with no real power being generated or lost, caused by a misalignment in phase
What is "Reactive Power"? (Imaginary power, phantom power)