Boning up
The name of this condition that affects mostly women literally means “porous bone”
What is osteoporosis ?
The Power and the ___ Daze
What is Glory?
Nabokov’s novels all began on 3×5 these, which he kept under his pillow in case of inspiration
What is an index card?
In November 1957, the Soviet Union launched what was its second satellite, Sputnik 2. As part of that launch, it was decided to include a live being, a dog named Laika. This event propelled the United States toward further developing its own space program, and in 1961, both the United States and the Soviet Union launched their first satellites with human passengers.
What is Sputnik?
Isolated in 1983 the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym
What is HIV?
This fatty substance inside the bones is a major site of blood cell production
What is the marrow?
The Confessions of Nat ___ and Hooch
What is Turner?
In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction
What is a type writer?
served as president of the Teamsters Union from 1957 until he went to prison for conspiracy and fraud in 1967. He started organizing labor unions in the 1930s, paving the way to expand membership and negotiate better work conditions for their members.
Who is Jimmy Hoffa?
Severe cases of this fever can cause jaundice which gave the disease its name
Your false ribs are so called because unlike your true ribs, they aren’t attached to this breastbone
What is the sternum ?
The Painted ___ on a Wire
What is Bird?
At London’s Charles Dickens museum, visitors can handle Dickens’ own pen of this type
What is a fountain pen?
Scientist who partnered with Francis Crick at Cavendish Laboratory in 1951, and in 1953, they made the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure. In 1962, he and Crick, as well as scientist Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the Nobel prize for their discovery.
Who is James Watson?
It's the B form of this inflammation of the liver that's spread by some kinds of personal contact
What is HEPATITIS?
This bone with a ball-&-socket joint at one end is about 1/4 of your height
What is the femur?
Vanity ___ Game
What is Fair?
Raymond Chandler composed screenplays by talking into this machine, a brand name copyrighted in 1907
What is a Dictaphone?
He started his career at 6, playing regularly in New York's chess clubs by the time he was 11. By 13, he was the U.S. Junior Chess Champion, and by 15, had earned the title of the youngest chess grandmaster in history. In 1972, he played against Soviet champion Boris Spassky and won, the first time in more than 20 years that the Soviet Union had lost in a World Chess Championship.
Who was Bobby Fisher?
Mary Mallon was the first known carrier of this disease in the U.S.
What is TYPHOID?
Most broken bones in children are this type of fracture with a colorful name, in which the break cuts only partway through the
What is a greenstick?
The Red and the ___ Knight
What is Black?
Steinbeck was obsessed with these; the Mongol 2 3/8 model came closest to the perfect point
What is a pencil?
a military commander who served in World Wars I and II, as well as serving as the head of the U.N. command in the Korean War. He was eventually ousted from command by President Harry S. Truman, and accepted the board chairmanship of Remington Rand upon his return to the United States.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoans
What isa pathogen ?