American Revolution
Crossword Clues D
Learn Some Science and Math
Happy Holidays
Potpourri
Car Parts
Short Fiction
Biographical Films
100
The "shot heard round the world" is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles in these two Massachussetts cities on April 19, 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
6 letters - the first name of the 34th President of the US.
What is DWIGHT?
100
This scientist has 3 laws of motion:
An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force.
The force acting on an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration (F = ma).
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
The first time this holiday happening happened was in 1907; that's the year NYC banned explosives so Adolph Ochs and Jacob Starr came up with a new visual display.
What is the Ball Drop at Times Square?
100
In the 1980s, this US First Lady introduced the slogan "Just Say No" to combat drug use.
Who is Nancy Reagan?
100
In a car with manual transmission, this third pedal allows the driver to change gears
What is the clutch?
100
This gothic classic invites readers into the world of a cold-blooded killer; it follows the life of a murderer who is haunted by the constant beating of his victim’s heart.
What is the Tell Tale Heart?
100
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood stars Tom Hanks as this American television host whose show ran from 1968-2001. Every day, after changing into his comfortable sweater and shoes, he'd entertain preschoolers with trips to the Land of Make Believe.
Who is Fred Rogers?
200
During the Revolutionary War, more people died of this disease than in combat.
What is smallpox?
200
7 letters - a scientific unit of sound intensity.
What is a DECIBEL?
200
In this number system, also called Base 2, only the numbers 0 (zero) and 1 (one) are used.
What is binary?
200
This legendary figure is known to accompany St Nicholas on December 5th. While St Nick is known to give treats to the good children, this character will take the bad children away in a sack and beat them with birch rods.
Who is Krampus?
200
This biblical unit of measure was determined by the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
What is a cubit?
200
This car part charges the battery and powers the electrical systems.
What is the alternator?
200
Bartleby, the Scrivener, written by this author in 1856, follows the mysterious behavior of Bartleby, a law copyist who gradually withdraws from life until he is estranged from the world.
Who is Herman Melville?
200
The film, Selma, directed by Ava Duvernay, tells the story of this man's campaign for equal voting rights, as he and his fellow marchers walked from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
300
Though made famous in a poem by this man, the midnight ride of Paul Revere was not run by Revere alone. An estimated 40 additional men participated.
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
300
10 letters, sometimes hyphenated - an informal verb that means to waste time by delaying, loitering, or vacillating, especially due to indecision.
What is Dilly-Dally?
300
In science, its a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, resulting in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.
It can also be described, in a non-scientific way, as the ability to attract and charm people
What is magnetism?
300
This African American holiday celebrates the seven principals of Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and Imani (Faith). It began in 1966 after the Watts Rebellion in California.
What is Kwanzaa?
300
This two-word condition, also known as decompression sickness, occurs when a diver ascends too quickly from a deep dive, not allowing the body enough time to release absorbed nitrogen safely.
What are "The Bends"?
300
This car part takes all that bumping and rattling and motion (the kinetic energy of your car moving) and absorb it as the name suggests, but they're changing it into heat.
What is a shock absorber?
300
This New Yorker is famous for his short stories; one about a Dutch man who drinks to excess and sleeps through the American Revolution and the other about a school teacher who is haunted by a horseman without a head.
Who is Washington Irving?
300
Michael Keaton’s comeback role was in The Founder, a film that chronicles the late-start beginnings and the swift rise to multi-billionaire Ray Kroc, the creator of this fast-food chain. Kroc was as ruthless as he was genius, and you won’t get through this film without wanting to eat a Big Mac.
What is McDonalds?
400
This inventor helped convince France to join the Revolutionary War effort against the Brits, and then later negotiated the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
5 letters - a dance style that gained popularity in the late 1960s. Initially ignored by radio, it received its first significant exposure in deejay-based underground clubs that catered to black, gay, and Latino dancers. All was well until July 9, 1979, when a DJ and some toxic masculinity took matters into their own hands.
What is disco?
400
This F word is the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat. Its involved in the making of beer, wine, and liquor, in which sugars are converted to ethyl alcohol.
What is Fermentation?
400
Hogmenay is a New Year's Celebration in this country; its traditions include "first-footing" (i.e. being the first person to cross the threshold of a friend's home with gifts and treats) and singing Auld Lang Syne, written by their countryman, Robert Burns.
What is Scotland?
400
This is the youngest group of Girl Scouts, typically kindergarteners and first graders, a name that came from the childhood nickname of the founder Juliette Gordon Low.
What are Daisies?
400
This part of the car’s exhaust system reduces harmful emissions. Also, fun fact, they are an often stolen car part, because of their precious metal makeup that includes platinum, paladium and rhodium.
What is the catalytic converter?
400
This dystopian short story by Shirley Jackson is about an annual event in a small fictional American community, where every June a ritual is set forth to insure a good harvest and to cleanse the town of bad omens.
What is The Lottery?
400
This Doris Day movie musical from 1953 takes place in Deadwood, in the Dakota Territory. Day plays a sharp shooter and saloon keeper with a big personality. She wants to catch the eye of an army lieutenant who thinks she's just a little too much everything, much to the chagrin of her frenemy, Wild Bill Hickok.
What is Calamity Jane?
500
This secret organization whose members included Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and Samuel Chase fomented revolutionary ideas towards independence using pamphlets, protests, and other actions (like throwing a bunch of tea into Boston Harbor)
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
500
8 letters - a small nocturnal rodent found in Africa, Asia and Europe. Also a character featured in Alice in Wonderland and the Jefferson Airplane song, White Rabbit.
What is a dormouse?
500
In biology, this S word is defined as an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
What is Symbiosis?
500
According to the song, when January 5th (also known as Twelfth Night), you will receive this lengthy list of gifts from your true love
What are 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a leapin', 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids a milking, 7 swans a swimming, 6 geese a laying, 5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
500
This Gospel writer is the patron saint of Venice.
Who is Mark the Evangelist?
500
This car part is responsible for igniting the fuel-air mixture in the engine’s cylinders.
What is a spark plug?
500
Every year in Angels Camp, Calaveras Country, California, they celebrate with a frog jumping contest inspired by this author's short story.
Who is Mark Twain?
500
In 1992, Robert Downey Jr. portrayed this silent film legend, known as much for his way with the ladies as for his character, The Little Tramp. In 1919, he, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford formed United Artists to make their own films which prompted someone to say, "The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum."
Who is Charlie Chaplin?