SCIENCE
TOUGH VOCAB
CURRENT EVENTS (FROM 1988)
CURRENT EVENTS (FROM 2024)
NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT
400
Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle
Orbit
400
In film when characters explain the plot verbally, it's called this, also the name of a big public fair
Exposition
400
Hamilton, Ohio recently added this punctuation mark to its name, like our show's always had
Exclamation mark
400
On April 8th, a total this will be seen across the heart of the U.S.; it will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044
Eclipse
400
1998: Peyton Manning
Colts
800
A "false thumb" or enlarged wrist bone on this animal helps it grasp bamboo stalks
Panda
800
In Latin "fuscus" meant dark, hence this verb meaning to deliberately bewilder
Obfuscate
800
Experiments with hamsters show exercise may ease symptoms of this post-flight malady
Jet lag
800
As campaigning continued in chilly New Hampshire, he ended his presidential run in sunny Tallahassee
DAILY DOUBLE
DeSantis
800
2009: Matthew Stafford
Lions
1200
Devised by a 19th century German scientist, this scale measures a mineral's resistance to abrasion
Mohs hardness scale
1200
It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use
Hackney
1200
"Hands Across America" raised money for the hungry & homeless in this country
USA
1200
A 40-foot-high replica of a 300s A.D. statue of this Roman emperor was unveiled by the Capitoline Museums
Constantine
1200
2015: Jameis Winston
Buccaneers
1600
In thermodynamics this letter stands for entropy
S
1600
An attorney doesn't need to establish cause to exclude a prospective juror with this type of challenge
Peremptory
1600
In October 1986, Reagan & Gorbachev went face to face in this cold capital
DAILY DOUBLE
Reykjavik
1600
This politician passed away while incarcerated at the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle
Navalny
1600
2001: Michael Vick
Falcons
2000
CMEs for short, these blasts from the aura of plasma around the Sun can occur with solar flares
Coronal mass ejections
2000
Meaning reverse or opposite, it's also a rhetorical device using contrast, such as "Give me liberty or give me death"
Antithesis
2000
To show it was impossible for her to hide under it, Philippine President Aquino displayed hers to reporters
Her bed
2000
Will it be "How soon they forget" or "Always remembered"? He caught the Super Bowl 58-winning pass for Kansas City
Mecole Hardman
2000
2004: Eli Manning
Chargers