US PRESIDENTS
This man, who was a one-term U.S. President, also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the only person to hold both offices.
Who was (William Howard) Taft?
The element whose name comes from the Latin word for "flint" and is a key component in most integrated circuits.
What is silicon?
This is the most populous island in the West Indies, which is also the world's most populous island governed by two separate countries.
What is Hispañiola?
This polymer currency's $5 denomination features the Queen and a tiny, shimmering image of a native bird.
What is the Australian (Aussie) dollar?
This is what you must provide to answer correctly, which is a bit of a misnomer, because it's actually in the form of a question.
What is (the) answer?
After serving his single term as president, this man returned to the House of Representatives, where he became a leading opponent of slavery and was given the nickname "Old Man Eloquent."
Who was (John Quincy) Adams?
This element's name comes from the Greek word for "hidden," and it is used to fill the space between the panes of energy-efficient windows like other noble gases.
What is krypton?
This island, the largest in the world to be governed by a non-sovereign entity, is home to a population of over 50,000 and is the setting for a novel by Peter Høeg.
What is Greenland/Grønland?
The reverse side of this bill, which was briefly the largest denomination in the world, features the iconic Chiremba Balancing Rocks and a herd of buffalo.
What is the Zimbabwean trillion-dollar bill?
The word "jeopardy" is derived from the phrase "ieu parti", meaning "close game" in the "Old" form of this European language.
What is (Old) French?
He was the last president to have served in the Civil War, and the first to use a telephone to campaign.
Who was William McKinley?
Named for the Scottish town where its mineral was found, a German chemist later characterized this element as a new and distinct substance, naming it after its source.
What is strontium?
This island, the largest in its small chain off the coast of Australia, is home to a unique marsupial called the quokka and was named by a Dutch explorer who mistook these creatures for rats.
What is Rottnest island?
This present-day currency of Hungary was created to replace the hyperinflated pengo at a rate of 1:400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (400 octillion).
What is the (Hungarian) forint?
This two-part category name refers to a type of clue that chains two phrases together, with the last word of the first phrase also being the first word of the second.
What is "Before & After"?