"F" IS FOR FYSICS
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY
ORGANIZATIONAL NAME CHANGES
FLESH-EATERS!
200
'The influence on a body causing it to accelarate'
force
200
'These mountains on India's northern border have a name from the Sanskrit for "snow abode"'
the Himalayas
200
'It's the geographic Germanic alternate name for a hot dog'
a frankfurter
200
'The Retail Tobacco Dealers of America changed its name to incorporate these 2 types of fancy smokes'
cigars & pipes
200
'Will Smith's dog Sam is bitten by infected dogs in this 2007 blockbuster'
I Am Legend
400
'The study of waves & of flow phenomena are part of this type of dynamics'
fluid
400
'Check out this mausoleum complex in Agra, one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture'
the Taj Mahal
400
'This word for a love affair comes from the name of the "eternal city"'
romance
400
'What began as the American Birth Control League, we now know as this'
Planned Parenthood
400
'The rage virus makes it across the English Channel at the end of this 2007 sequel'
28 Weeks Later
600
'The effect name for this 19th century British physicist is sometimes called magnetic rotation'
Faraday
600
'Mother Teresa tended to the sick & dying in the slums of this city for about 50 years, dying there herself in 1997'
Calcutta (or Kolkata)
600
'The course of a river in present-day Turkey gave us this word meaning to wander in an aimless, circuitous way'
to meander
600
'Formed by these workers, the Service Employees International Union used to have "Building" before its name'
the janitors
600
'Milla Jovovich was in 3 movies based on this 2-word Capcom game that involves fighting zombies & devil dogs'
Resident Evil
800
'These light-emitting types of dyes like rhodamine & aniline blue are used to label proteins'
fluorescent
800
'In 1984 thousands were killed by a gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in this city'
Bhopal
800
'To accuse someone of being dopey, crude or just unevolved, you can call him this, from a valley near Dusseldorf'
a Neanderthal
800
'The American Assoc. on Mental Retardation became AAIDD, IDD for intellectual & developmental these'
disabilities
800
'Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, this 1985 cult film finds Dr. Herbert West getting ahead by bringing things to life'
Re-Animator
1000
'Quarks are divided into 6 different types called these; chocolate & strawberry are not options, however'
flavors
1000
'In the summer, Srinagar is the administrative capital of the Indian state called Jammu & this'
Kashmir
1000
'Soloi, a Greek colony whose residents didn't talk good, gave us this word for an improper statement'
a solecism
1000
'In 2000 the Leukemia Society of America added this other "L" ailment to its name'
lymphoma
1000
'This New Zealand movie about flesh-eating ruminants shares a title with a Chris Farley/David Spade flick'
Black Sheep
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