MATH & SCIENCE
John Wheeler named this singularity in the late 1960s; the Russians called it a collapsar
What is a black hole?
And old proverb says not to do this "till you come to it"
What is cross that bridge?
Hey, hey, hey--several of this comic's "Little Bill" books have made Oprah's list, including "The Best Way to Play"
What is Bill Cosby?
Concentrate & perhaps you can come up with this state beverage of Florida
What is orange juice?
On a map, this is denoted by 1 inch=3 miles, for example
What is a scale?
In 2004 Oprah selected this Garcia Marquez novel, calling it "one of the greatest books of all times"
What is 100 Years of Solitude?
With flavors like lemon-lime & black cherry, this official soft drink of Nebraska keeps the kids smiling
What is Kool-Aid?
Adolphe Brongniart is called the father of this science that studies fossil plants
What is a paleobotany?
"Sula", in 2002, was the fourth book by this author to be selected
Who is Toni Morrison?
A true delicacy, the morel is Minnesota's state one of these
What is a mushroom?
Around 1850 George Boole devised a new take on this branch of math
What is algebra?
This coming-of-age story by Jane Hamilton about a small-town Illinois girl sounds like an Old Testament book
What is The Book of Ruth?
A variety of muscadine, the scuppernong type of this is North Carolina's state fruit
What is a grape?
The Mobius strip is used in this field, the study of properties that don't change when a shape bends or twists
What is topology?
Oprah gave readers 2 shakes of this author's tales: "She's Come Undone" & "I Know This Much Is True"
What is Wally Lamb?
This alliterative state cookie of Massachusetts was invented there in the 1930s
What is a chocolate chip cookie?