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400

Auguste Laurent & Jean-Baptiste Dumas hated each other, but they worked together to pioneer this branch of chemistry that focuses on carbon & the carbon compounds found in living things.

Organic

400

This king of Wakanda is the alter ego of the Black Panther.

T’Challa

400

...Of the 12 months of the year.

April

400

In 1976 scientists discovered Legionella pneumophila, a new bacterium that causes this form of pneumonia

Legionnaires’ Disease

400

A mother's frustration with hand-straining solid baby food in 1927 led to the creation of this brand.

Gerber

800

Visitors at Paris' Bibliothèque Nationale must wear protective gear & sign a liability waiver to study her notebooks, which are stored in heavily shielded boxes.

Marie Curie

800

A Grimm fairy tale says, "As...she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her" this name.

Cinderella

800

...Of Canada's 13 provinces and territories.

Alberta

800

In the mid-19th c. this Frenchman found that some bacteria are anaerobiotic, meaning they live without oxygen.

Louis Pasteur

800

The owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant invented this chopped salad as a way to use leftovers.

Cobb salad

1200

Many folks weren't happy with the Nobel Committee's decision to give the 1918 Chemistry Prize to ammonia synthesizer Fritz Haber, as he had also overseen Germany's production & use of this on World War I's Western Front.

Mustard gas

1200

Braiding is one way to make this Sabbath staple.

Challah

1200

...Of Snow White's 7 dwarves.

Doc

1200

Bacteria are often named according to their shape--bacilli are rod-shaped, cocci are this shape.

Spherical (round)

1200

French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867.

Concrete

1600

The Russian Academy of Sciences rejected this great man's 1880 nomination for membership--maybe because of his progressive political leanings, & maybe because he proposed to a much younger woman while he was still married to his first wife.

Dmitri Mendeleev

1600

This word precedes "leopard dog" in the name of the official pooch of Louisiana.

Catahoula

1600

...Of Dumas' Three Musketeers.

Aramis

1600

In 1884 Robert Koch discovered that this waterborne disease was caused by a comma-shaped bacillus.

Cholera

1600

In 387 B.C. Plato founded this school on the outskirts of Athens.

The Academy

2000

Real-life scientists whose names came up on "Breaking Bad" included, of course, Heisenberg, & also this Frenchman guillotined at age 50 after making chemistry a modern science.

Antoine Lavoisier

2000

A town in Italy gave its name to this dance, once thought to be the remedy for the painful bite of a large, hairy spider.

Tarantella

2000

...Of U.S. National Parks (also the easternmost.)

Acadia

2000

Meaning "acid loving", this "good" species of bacteria is used to make yogurt.

Acidophilus

2000

Every time you get a vaccination, you can thank this British physician who pioneered the process in the 1790s.

Edward Jenner

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