Olympic Sports Equipment
Rocks & broom
Curling
Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, is said by some to be the first programmer, as she used this number system that only uses ones and zeros
Binary
While they pack calcium, vitamin E & fiber, packs of these have been banned in some schools & on some airplanes
Peanuts
An "iron horse" was an old nickname for this type of transportation
Locomotive/ Train
There's a silent "B" in this adjective meaning mysterious & faint, like the Mona Lisa's smile
Subtle
Horse
Equestrian
Using triethylene melamine on tumors, Dr. Jane Cooke pioneered research on this, the use of drugs to treat cancer
Chemotherapy
Like shark, swordfish contain high levels of this toxic element, so limit yourself
Mercury
The first mile of concrete paving was laid in 1909 along this "Motor City"'s Woodward Avenue
Detroit
This portmanteau word for a women's 2-piece bathing suit that provides more coverage than a bikini dates to 1985
Tankini
Net, ball & swim suit
Water polo
All policemen can thank Stephanie Kwolek for her invention of this polymer fiber 5 times tougher than steel
Kevlar
Tea, grape juice & blueberries are all rich in substances called anti- these that help prevent cell damage
oxidants
An aircraft that can take off & touch down on water or land is called this, like a class of animals
Amphibious
A measured quantity of medicine, it's also a homophone of a Spanish numeral
Dose
Hoops, ribbon, ball & pair of clubs
Rhythmic gymnastics
Mary Anderson is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for creating this car device; intermittent ones would come later
Windshield wiper
Though this mineral is needed for building bones & teeth, megadoses can cause extreme lethargy
Calcium
One of the highest systems using these alliterative transports takes you from Chamonix up 8,900' almost to the summit of Mount Midi
Cable car
Geometry has cool words like rhombus & this one for a quadrilateral with only 2 parallel sides
Trapezoid
Cross country skis and rifle
biathlon
Bette Nesmith Graham called her correction fluid "Mistake Out" before selling it under this brand name
Liquid Paper
Beriberi was once a major problem in Asia because this grain was polished, removing vitamin B1
Rice
A stowaway from Tahiti recently survived a death-defying airline flight to L.A. while hiding here
A wheel-well
This optical device that uses mirrors & colored glass gets its name partly from the Greek for "beautiful"
kaleidoscope