THE 50 STATES
"America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese
Wisconsin
This Austrian monk found pairs of genes separate in a random fashion when a plant's gametes form
Mendel
A hole in a boat, or information given to the press without permission
a leak
You saw some wild moves & costumes if you caught her "Bangerz" tour
Miley Cyrus
This number is represented by the Roman numeral X
10
To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state
Ohio
Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900
Ivan Pavlov
It's a "g"ift from the "g"overnment to an organization; block is one type
a grant
In 2016 at age 25 she got her fourth Academy Award nomination, this time for "Joy"
Jennifer Lawrence
the X in XOXO in a letter or message symbolizes one of these
a kiss
This state's only public university is located in Laramie
Wyoming
This Swede's original scale had water's boiling point at 0 degrees & its freezing point at 100
Celsius
An envoy such as an ambassador; it can also mean anyone who's tactful & avoids outright conflict
a diplomat
In July 2014 her sweet 16 celebrations included a Pitbull concert on the South Lawn of the White House
Malia Obama
This male first name starting with "X" is also a Jesuit university in Cincinnati
Xavier
In September bring your appetite to Las Cruces in this state for the Whole Enchilada Fiesta
New Mexico
This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge
Hawking
Though they weren't mounting pictures, the Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution are known as this
the Framers
Country star Hunter Hayes was a teenager in Louisiana when he got interest from a music publisher & moved to this city
Nashville
In the 1637 work "Geometrie" he introduced the use of X, Y & Z as symbols of unknown quantities
Descartes
It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean
Vermont
This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor
(Enrico) Fermi
Once there were hopes for an overall budget agreement between Obama & the GOP, the "grand" this type of deal
a bargain (a compromise accepted)
She played Sam on "iCarly" & on the spinoff "Sam & Cat"
Jennette McCurdy
X Division at this New Mexico national lab is the USA's center for the physics of nuclear weapons
Los Alamos