The Laws of Physics
DAILY DOUBLE This scientist left Cambridge in 1665 to escape the plague, developing 3 laws of motion in the interim
Newton
Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea"
Hemingway
NBA: Utah
Jazz
On some journeys, this artificial waterway can save ships 8,000 nautical miles
Panama Canal
Drop an "E" from a lavish meal to get this verb meaning to abstain from food
fast
P stands for pressure & V for this in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT
Volume
In this novel, after learning there are no grownups, Jack says, "We'll have to look after ourselves."
Lord of the Flies
NFL: Jacksonville
Jaguars
There are 35-foot-tall replicas of Heinz ketchup bottles at Heinz Field in this U.S. city
Pittsburgh
Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign"
quit
To double the stretch of a spring, you have to double the strength of the pull per "Hooke's Law of" this property
elasticity
In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother
Beowulf
NHL: Minnesota
Wild
Lieutenant Joseph Ives gave this name to a brilliantly colored Arizona desert, now partly within Petrified Forest National Park
Painted Desert
Drop the "T" from intense fear to get this mistake
error
The First Law of Thermodynamics is AKA the principle of conservation of this
energy
Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is called this, like an ancient capital
Persepolis
DAILY DOUBLE: MLS: Chicago
Fire
Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick with this Canadian province
Prince Edward Island
A synonym for "vision" drops its "T" & becomes this sound of relief or weariness
sigh
Snell's Law, or the law of refraction, is a major law of this branch of physics
optics
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner shoots this bird with his crossbow
Albatross
AAC football:
This colorful Tulane squad
Green Wave
This South African city was the capital of the Transvaal
Pretoria
Drop the "F" from a word meaning very cold & it comes this, stiff or unyielding
rigid