Greek Mythology
These three ladies guard and cut the string of life.
Who are the Fates.
Impervious to rain, eg.
What is Waterproof.
This outermost layer of your skin is the part you can see; it sheds and replaces itself about every month.
What is the Epidermis.
President Washington. (5 letters).
Who is George.
In 1955, this Montgomery seamstress refused to give up her bus seat—an act that helped launch the modern civil rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks.
After retrieving his mother from the underworld, he gets the last chair on olympus.
Who is Dionysus.
It's the most watched sport in the U.S after American football.
What is Basketball.
These tiny openings in the skin release sweat and help regulate your body temperature—unless they get clogged.
What are Pores.
Vegetation. (8 letters).
What is Greenery.
Born in Mississippi, this talk-show host became the first Black woman billionaire and is often called the “Queen of All Media.”
Who is Oprah Winfrey.
Of the three major greek gods, whose roman names start with V (Venus, Vulcan, and her), she is the one who is goddess of the hearth, sacrifice, and hospitality.
Who is Hestia.
Michigan's coast is home to 129 to over 150 historic and active these structures, more than any other state, though Maine follows closely behind.
What are Lighthouses.
Latin for under the skin, this type of needle is used in day-to-day medical procedures such as withdrawing blood and getting shots.
What is a Hypodermic Needle.
To move in a circle or spiral quickly. (6 letters).
What is Gyrate.
Dorothy Anderson was the first to identify this disease, CF fro short, and helped create the first tests to diagnose it.
What is Cystic Firbrosis.
The land where Persephone lives, (not the Underworld).
Where is Hades.
A natural hybrid of a pomelo and a sweet orange, discovered in the 18th century in the Caribbean, was named this because it grows in clusters on trees.
What is a Grapefruit.
Echinoderm, meaning spiny skin in latin, is a family of sea creatures including sea cucumbers, sand dollars, sea urchins, and these multi-legged echinoderms that can regrow their limbs faster that any other animal.
What are Starfish.
Manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class. (11 letters).
What is Gerrymander.
This poet’s 1773 book made her the first African American woman to publish a volume of poetry in the United States.
Who is Phillis Wheatley.
This place, Greece's largest island, is home to Mt. Ida and is the mythical birthplace of Zeus.
Where is Crete.
Marvel skipped showing how Peter got his powers in this Spiderman movie, because they felt everyone already knew the story from past films.
What is Homecoming.
It's the term for the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
What is the Cuticle.
Measured from the Earth's core. (10 letters).
What is Geocentric.
This mathematician and NASA “human computer” had her orbital trajectory calculations double-checked by John Glenn himself before his 1962 flight.
Who is Katherine Johnson?