n 1959 this company made the first automatic, plain-paper copier:
"X" is for...
Xerox
A clucking bunny advertises this company's Creme Eggs, an Easter-time favorite...
Cadbury
Doing this lifesaving procedure to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees can help keep a proper rate
CPR
This African carnivore famous for its "laugh" also emits a piercing howl
Hyena
Music created by African Americans in the early 1900s
Jazz
Truthful or creditable--
"H" is for...
Honest
A member of the rose family, this "nut" is used in marzipan
Almond
At menopause estrogen levels drop, which can lead to bone loss & a higher risk for this fragile bone condition
Osteoporosis
The cuttlefish hides 2 ways: it can camouflage itself like a chameleon, or hide behind a cloud of this like a octopus
Ink
Quiz
To work dough into a uniform mixture by pressing:
"K" is for...
Knead
Red Vines come in raspberry & this flavor, also the chewy type of candy it is...
Licorice
As seen in the X-ray, the patient has this sideways curvature of the spine that's often diagnosed in adolescence
Scoliosis
It's a formation of calcium carbonate built up on the floor of a cave.
Stalagmite
A clumsy and awkward person might be coined this term...
klutz
A thin soup; Swanson's makes beef, chicken & vegetable varieties
"B" is for....
Broth
Yogurt Gone Crazy is a low-fat treat from this company famed for its 31 flavors...
Baskin-Robins
Penicillin
he "fire" type of this insect builds large mounds that interfere with harvesting hay.
Ants
This company's new cars have a note on the windshield attesting to quality signed "G. Daimler"
Mercedes-Benz
"I wasn't there when the crime occurred, I was with my family and friends at a barbeque."
"A" is for...
Alibi
The tradition goes that finding the baby in the cake symbolizes luck and prosperity to whoever finds it.
Kings Cake
Pregnant women need 600 mcg of this B9 vitamin daily to help prevent birth defects like spina bifida...
Folic Acid
These are the only known creatures that do not show any form of aggression...
Manatees
In a Robert Frost poem, something white at the bottom of a well is either truth or a pebble of this
Quartz
This TV drama is set at Chicago's Cook County General Hospital....
"E" is for...
ER
Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream is this fruit flavor with walnuts and chocolate chunks
Banana
Since it regenerates, a part of this hepatic organ can be transplanted from a living donor & grow to normal size...
Liver
Rather than bone, a shark's skeleton is made up of this elastic tissue
Cartilage
Fictional magical land with the capital called, Emerald City...
Oz
It's a Peruvian city and a type of bean...
"L" is for....
Lima
This traditional Christmas dish contains suet, currants & raisins but no plums
Plum Pudding
Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease...
Yellow Fever
This largest reptile on Earth is amphibious & can weigh over 2,000 pounds
Crocodile
A ballroom and folk dance in 3/4 time...
Waltz
A dance done in 4/4 time in a slow-quick-quick rhythm and F in the NATO phonetic alphabet...
"F" is for...
Foxtrot
This American classic candy has been around for over 100 years despite most people saying it had no flavor.
Candy Corn
November is awareness month for both lung cancer & the group of inflammatory lung diseases known by these 4 initials
COPD
Among other things, these chemical substances secreted by certain animals are used to mark territory & to attract mates...
Pheromones
November birthstone that can be found in many colors...
Topaz
I propose we look at rings at this end-of-the-alphabet jewelers, this "the diamond store"
"Z" is for...
Zales
From old German meaning "sacrificial cake", it's a Spanish cream custard
Flan
It's the widening of an artery due to a weakness in the wall and no it does not occur if you make someone too mad...
Aneurysm
In the human body the ribs attach to the 12 thoracic ones of these
Ribs
Ostentatious luxury and glamour or a brand of crackers...
Ritz
4 letters--a potato in Puebla or the first word of a famous pizza line...
"P" is for...
Papa
An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean...
Saltwater Taffy
Pictured below... this device forced air in & out of the body in tank respirators, part of polio treatment in the 1940s & '50s...
Iron Lung
A seal's these, also called vibrissae, sense vibrations in the water that can represent food
Whiskers
A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone....
Fez
This North Atlantic island nation bans names that contain C, W or Q since those letters aren't in their alphabet...
"I" is for...
Iceland
Among the most common sweets to serve for special occasions in modern-day Turkey and Greece...what is this sweet treat?
Baklava
This 8-letter word is a fancy medical name for a collection of blood (bruise), usually clotted that occurs after injury.
Hematoma
By definition, a phototropic plant moves and turns it's direction in response to the presence of this...
Light
One of the most popular Spanish surnames names in the world and is the ninth most common surname in the United States.
Rodriguez
a medieval and Renaissance equestrian martial art.
"J" is for...
Jousting
In a strange case of evolution, the eagle on the wrapper of this prism-shaped Swiss chocolate bar changed to a bear...
It's the branch of medicine concerned with the distribution & control of diseases...
Epidemiology
Dinosaurs lived and died out in this geological era that means "middle life"
Mesozoic
Axe-like tool with a curved blade, used to shape wood...
Adz