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Orders of Magnitude
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Ok Boomerang
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In 2015 the Mylar type of these were the cause of about a third of the power outages in Los Angles

What is BALLOONS

400

This traditionally yellow large vehicle is going green with orders like 50 electric ones from Daimler by the state of Virginia

What is SCHOOL BUSES

400

These nuts originated in Australia not Hawaii

What is MACADAMIA

400

Nonr-eturning boomerangs have been used by these first people of Australia for centuries to hunt dig & skin animal

What is THE ABORIGNES

800

A blackout is a complete loss of power, this is a partial reduction in power 

What is BROWNOUT

800

For the 4th of July in 2012 an order was placed to deliver 30,000 12-inch these to Americans serving overseas

What is PIZZA

800

Goodbye Joe we gotta go to the bayou for this Cajun rice seafood and meat dish 

What is JABALAYA

800

The bend near the middle of a boomerang is called this also a joint in the body that can bend

What is THE ELBOW

1200

One of the best electrical insulators is simply this complete absence of materials

What is A VACUUM

1200

He discovered good wine as minister to France and back in America ordered 10 cases for himself and 30 for George Washington

Who is JEFFERSON

1200

DAILY DOUBLE

This royal title is from Sanskrit words meaning great king

What is MAHARAJA

1200

The 1922 discovery of his tomb revealed a weapons stash including swords bows slingshots and boomerang-like throwsticks

Who is KING TUT

1600

California's Ivanpah plant focuses solar rays to heat tanks of water spinning turbines with this 19th century type of power 

What is STEAM

1600

Emerging from famine this country opened up to the U.S. in 1972 it's first deal was to buy 13 American fertilizer factories

What is CHINA

1600

It's another word for a bachelor's degree 

What is BACCALAUREATE

1600

DAILY DOUBLE

Ever fashion forward this DC Comics superhero wears a royal tiara that can also be weaponized as a boomerang

Who is WONDER WOMAN

2000

The metal cage named for 19th century English physicist can shield a device from outside electrical fields 

What is A FARADAY CAGE

2000

In 2019 the Defense Dept placed the largest order in its history $34 billion to this 2-named company for a batch of F-35 fighter planes

Who is LOCKHEED MARTIN

2000

This verb means to mix into a compound specifically with mercury

What is AMALGAMATE

2000

Possibly the world's oldest boomerang was found in 1987 in a 23,000-year-old Polish cave and was made out of the tusk of one of these 

What is A WOOLLY MAMMOTH

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