Space and Astronomy
IT'S THE SECOND SMALLEST OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S 8 MAJOR PLANETS
THIS WATER-BORNE EPIDEMIC DISEASE KILLED PETER TCHAIKOVSKY'S MOTHER & PROBABLY PETER HIMSELF
CHOLERA
THE FIELD OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS STUDIES THE MOTIONS OF HEAVENLY BODIES, PRINCIPALLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS FORCE
GRAVITY
THIS EXTREMELY EARLY IN THE ALPHABET AFRICAN MAMMAL IS THE ONLY LIVING MEMBER OF THE ORDER TUBULIDENTATA, "TUBE TEETH"
AN AARDVARK
IT'S THE WORLD'S SECOND-LONGEST RIVER, BUT THE LONGEST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
THE AMAZON
IN 1893 WHITCOMB JUDSON PATENTED AN EARLY TYPE OF THIS; A LATER VERSION WAS MARKETED AS A "HOOKLESS FASTENER"
A ZIPPER
FOUNDERS ROBERT NOYCE AND GORDON MOORE LAUNCHED THEIR OWN CHIP COMPANY IN 1968. THEY INITIALLY CALLED THE VENTURE NM ELECTRONICS--THOUGH THEY WOULD LATER CHANGE THE NAME TO INTEL, A COMBINATION OF THESE WORDS
"INTEGRATED" AND "ELECTRONICS"
WITH PERIHELION ON JULY 28, IT WILL BE SEEN AGAIN FROM EARTH IN 2061
HALLEY'S COMET
LUPUS IS THIS TYPE OF DISEASE IN WHICH THE BODY ATTACKS HEALTHY TISSUES & ORGANS
AUTOIMMUNE
A BUMMER, MAN, OR AN AERODYNAMIC FORCE OPPOSING AN AIRCRAFT'S MOTION THROUGH THE AIR DUE TO FRICTION
A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THIS LARGE HORNED MAMMAL TOLERATES PARASITIC OXPECKERS BECAUSE THE BIRDS HISS TO WARN IT OF PREDATORS
A RHINOCEROS
WHAT WAS CALLED MOUNT MCKINLEY FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS IS NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN BY THIS NATIVE AMERICAN NAME
MOUNT DENALI
A CUT ABOVE, IN 1930 JACOB SCHICK OBTAINED A PATENT FOR AN ELECTRIC VERSION OF THIS
A RAZOR
INTEL WAS FOUNDED IN THIS CITY, NAMED FOR HOW IT OVERLOOKS THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
BLOWN BACK BY THIS, A COMET'S ION TAIL POINTS ALMOST DIRECTLY AWAY FROM THE SUN
SOLAR WIND
SOME DIETERS ATTEMPT TO ENTER KETOSIS, IN WHICH FAT STARTS GETTING BURNED INSTEAD OF THIS SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
GLUCOSE
SHORTER THAN RADIO WAVES, THIS TYPE OF USEFUL RADIATION HAS A FREQUENCY OF ABOUT 1 TO 300 GIGAHERTZ
MICROWAVES
THE EXOTIC PET TRADE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURMESE TYPE OF THIS ANIMAL BECOMING AN INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE EVERGLADES
A (BURMESE) PYTHON
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA WAS THE LAND "BETWEEN RIVERS", THESE 2 TO BE EXACT
THE TIGRIS & THE EUPHRATES
THIS FRENCHMAN, FOR WHOM A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS NAMED, INVENTED A MECHANICAL ADDING MACHINE IN 1642
PASCAL
THOMAS NICELY, A PROFESSOR IN MATH, DISCOVERED A BUG IN INTEL'S P5 PENTIUM MICROPROCESSORS IN 1994. INTEL EVENTUALLY OFFERED TO REPLACE EVERY CHIP THAT CAME WITH THE BUG, INFAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THIS
THE PENTIUM FLAW
IN 1977, THIS PROBE 2 LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS BEFORE PROBE 1; IT TOOK 12 YEARS TO REACH NEPTUNE BEFORE HITTING INTERSTELLAR SPACE
VOYAGER
IT'S THE WIDENING OF AN ARTERY DUE TO A WEAKNESS IN THE WALL, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A HEMORRHAGIC STROKE
AN ANEURYSM
A LIQUID IN AN ENCLOSED JAR MAY BE IN A DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE PROCESSES OF THIS -ATION & CONDENSATION
EVAPORATION (OR VAPORIZATION)
THE NAME "STAR-NOSED" THIS MAMMAL SOUNDS LOVELY; DESCRIBING THAT NOSE AS 22 FLESHY PINK TENTACLES IN A STAR-LIKE PATTERN
A MOLE
THIS DESERT THAT'S RICH IN WILDLIFE COVERS PARTS OF BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA & SOUTH AFRICA
THE KALAHARI
GOING UP? GOING DOWN? HE MADE ELEVATORS MORE SECURE WITH HIS INVENTION OF A SAFETY BRAKE
OTIS
RELEASED IN 1971, THIS WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MICROPROCESSOR AND THE FIRST IN A LONG LINE OF INTEL CPUS
INTEL 4004
LAUNCHED IN 1989, THE GALILEO CRAFT TOOK THE LONG WAY AROUND THIS PLANET IN A 6-YEAR, 2.4 BILLION MILE CIRCUITOUS ROUTE
JUPITER
ECT IS SHORT FOR THIS BRAIN STIMULATION THERAPY USED TO TREAT SEVERE DEPRESSION & BIPOLAR DISORDER
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
AMERICAN PHYSICIST WILLARD F. LIBBY DEVELOPED THE METHOD OF DATING ARTIFACTS VIA THE DECAY OF THIS ISOTOPE OF CARBON
CARBON-14
THE ALPACA'S WILD ANCESTOR, THIS SMALLEST MEMBER OF THE CAMEL FAMILY IS FEATURED ON PERU'S COAT OF ARMS
THE VICUNA
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF GEORGIA, THE COUNTRY, NOT THE STATE
TBILISI
IN 1898 MARIA BEASLEY PATENTED A DEVICE FOR PREVENTING TRAINS FROM DOING THIS
DERAILING
INTEL'S INITIAL EFFORTS WERE FOCUSED AROUND BUILDING BETTER MEMORY CHIPS. THE COMPANY FOUND SUCCESS BY DEBUTING THE FIRST COMMERICIALLY AVAILABLE DRAM INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, CALLED THIS
INTEL 1103