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The figure seen in silhouette on its logo was modeled after Jerry West
What is the NBA?
Fe, the symbol for this element that does not begin with F-E, is taken from its Latin name
What is Iron?
This historic American document was addressed to King George III of Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Philly sandwich can have provolone as one of its namesake ingredients
What is a cheesesteak?
It's the rhyming term for a nonserious close encounter between vehicles
What is a fender bender?
The RAV4 or the Rogue
What is SUV?
In the human body this violet-colored halogen is found in thyroxine, a compound produced by the thyroid
What is Iodine?
Dits & dahs were the keys to this system devised in the 1830s that revolutionized communication
What is Morse Code?
Recipes for Piedmontese bagna cauda dipping sauce call for these little fishies
What are anchovies?
If something is approximately correct, it's "in" this place, like Chase Field
What is in the ballpark
Tuition is half off for Latter-Day Saints at this 3-letter school
What is BYU?
This element, symbol V, used to strengthen titanium alloys, isn't found in pure form but exists in about 5 dozen minerals
What is Vanadium?
John Winthrop led many followers to this colony in 1630 & gave us the image of the "city upon a hill"
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Whether called a cornichon or a gherkin, it's one of these vegetables at the start
What is a cucumber?
You get an "A" plus 7 letters in geometry, if you know it describes 2 angles with a common side & vertex; it can also just mean "next to"
What is adjacent?
Lou Gehrig's disease is also known by this initialism
What is ALS?
Hennig Brand became the first known discoverer of an element when, in 1669, he found this, meaning "light bearer"
What is Phosporus?
Established to help 4 million African Americans transition out of slavery, this bureau lasted from 1865 to 1872
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This 2-word Italian term refers to pasta cooked not too hard or too soft, but still a little firm "to the tooth"
What is al dente?
t's a word for a woman's garment that can also mean to go around the edge of an area
What is to skirt
Allen Dulles & President Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for its original headquarters building in 1959
What is the CIA?
In 1985 Sir Harold Kroto & 2 U.S. chemists discovered a new molecular form of this element, the fullerene
What is Carbon?
FDR's first inaugural address introduced this policy of treating Latin American nations with respect
What is the Good Neighbor Policy?
The name of this stew comes from the Hungarian for "herdsman"
What is goulash?
A decent approximation is "close enough for" this improvisation-based musical genre
What is Jazz?