Before and After
A woman who gets married in the sixth month to the spouse of Mary Shelley's "monster".
What is a June Bride of Frankenstein?
These variations in the level of the ocean have the most variation at the new moon.
What are Tides?
Not to skirt the issue, but the name of this Scottish garment goes back to Middle English.
What is a Kilt?
After more than 150 years, he is still the tallest president in U.S. history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Snakes have no arms or legs but can have up to 600 of these bones in their flexible spine.
What are Vertebrae?
Chris Pratt trains velociraptors and makes loans to countries with an organization founded in 1944.
What is Jurrasic World Bank?
Rusty metal is not the cause of this disease but it's a good place for the clostridium bacteria that cause it to grow.
What is Tetanus?
The Old Norse word 'vindauga' gave us this pane-ful word for an opening in a wall.
What is a Window?
Two weeks after 9/11, a CIA team entered this country to prepare for American Invasion.
What is Afghanistan?
A verbal prompt for an actor.
What is a Cue?
The collective name for the small group that picks the President, Vice President, and Pope.
Crossword puzzle addicts know -ase is a common suffix for these catalyzing proteins produced by cells.
What are Enzymes?
The name of this manual computing device comes from the Greek "abax" or "counting board".
What is an Abacus?
On Feb. 1, 1960, 4 students held a historic sit-in at a lunch counter in this N.C. city to protest segregation.
What is Greensboro, N.C.?
A century-old painting of these animals playing poker was one of a pair that fetched $590,400 at a 2005 auction.
What are dogs?
Dwayne Wade's team turns into Mr. Hundred and One degrees in a Christmas TV special.
A unit of atomic mass, a dalton, is defined as 1/12th the mass of the 12 isotope of this element.
What is Carbon?
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe.
What is Vandal?
In 1945 scientists in this state witnesed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb.
What is New Mexico?
Alfalfa has a long one of these primary roots; on older plants, it can go down 50 feet.
What is a Taproot?
Site of the U.S. Military Academy from which a shot is fired at very close range.
What is West Point Blank?
It's the fluid remaining after the solid portion of blood is removed.
What is Serum?
This term for a novice or beginner is from Latin and Greek for "newly planted"
What is a neophyte?
The 1912 platform of this short-lived political party had all the antlers, like the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the Bull-Moose Party?
Dark drinks like scotch have lots and vodka has less, of these impurities call congeners. A culprit in this nasty condition.
What ia a Hangover?