Plane and Simple
Second
The size of many of the world's container ships is determined by a canal in this Central American country.
Panama
This is the longest race distance you can run on a olympic standard running track without having to make a turn.
100 Meters
This valuable American state was sold by Russia in 1867 for 7 million$ ($129 million in 2023), only to discover later that the mining and oil rights would be have been worth billions had they kept it.
Alaska
Science
This former planet was removed from the IAU's official planet list in part because it did not follow the plane of the ecliptic.
Pluto
This small type of watercraft is the oldest boat we have ever found.
Canoe
Many martial arts are practiced in this semi-enclosed fighting ring.
Dojo
The Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in Mars' atmosphere because of a conversion error between these two measurement systems.
Metric and Imperial
Mr. Northam owns 7 of these musical instruments.
Guitars
This plane manufacturer is best known for numbering its planes using 7s
Boeing
The container ship Ever Given is most famous for not floating in this crucial waterway.
Suez Canal
Before calculus, mathematicians used polygons with an increasing number of sides to calculate this famous number.
Pi
This now-famous fantasy book series was rejected despite its well-known and already successful author because he refused to make the books any shorter. It would go on to be one of the best selling series of all time.
Lord of the Ring
Mr. Northam once crashed this vehicle into the North Saskatchewan River.
Bicycle
Most aircraft can safely fly on only 1 engine, but this class of aircraft is famous for needing no engines.
Gliders
Many boats have lines that show how much cargo you can load onto a boat in each ocean because of differences in this mineral found in sea water.
Salt
Moon
France bought 2000 trains that they couldn't use because they forgot to measure this important piece of railway infrastructure.
The train stations.
Mr. Northam has lived in these 4 states.
Washington, Oregon, Indiana, New Mexico
Wilbur and Orville Wright
The USS Zumwalt class destroyer was supposed to be the most advanced warship the United States ever built, but they neglected to buy this important part of the boat, rendering it useless.
Ammo
NASCAR might be famous for Oval racing, but sometimes they do run on road courses. However, Sonoma Raceway is special when it comes to NASCAR road courses because of this weird quirk.
It turns mostly right, not left. (Clockwise, not counterclockwise)
20 Fenchurch Street, sometimes known as "the Walkie-Talkie", was made famous not only for its controversial concave design, but for this unfortunate design side effect.
Fire-Starting
Mr. Northam lost part of his fingerprint for a few years after trying to cut this delicious treat.
Cheesecake