2022 Sports News
D.C.'s NFL team "took charge" of their future, choosing this as their new team name
The Commanders
If an animal eats both plants & animals, it's classified as one of these
Omnivore
Used to cure meat for sausages, a mix of sodium nitrite & sodium chloride is called pink this seasoning
Salt
This nickname for New York City was used by Washington Irving; Bruce Wayne put it before "City"
Gotham
Whether a substance sinks or floats depends on this, symbol D; if tried by ordeal in the Middle Ages, hope you have high D
Density
A basic piece of gym equipment is the rack named for this knee-bending exercise
Squats
Because they refused to do this, Novak Djokovic missed the Australian Open & Kyrie Irving missed Nets home games
Get Vaxxed
The apparent boundary line between the earth & sky
Horizon
Though chorizo comes from Spain, this spice's red color comes from Mexico and spread to Europe
Paprika
Poughkeepsie is "The Queen City of" this river
Hudson
g is the symbol for acceleration caused by this
The Springfree brand of this lets you spring without springs; composite rods are used instead
Trampoline
DAILY DOUBLE
Claiming an ankle injury, this Tampa Bay Bucs WR refused to re-enter a road game against the New York Jets, and instead removed his jersey and exited the field - Controversy has followed ever since
To go dormant through winter; one experiment had a brown bat do it for 344 days in a fridge
Hibernate
The most famous mortadella comes from this Italian city that also has an Oscar Mayer product named for it
Bologna
Slowly I turned... to this "Honeymoon Capital of the World"
Niagara Falls
In 2016 the Max Planck Institute said it used these cells to create Fallopian tubes in a Petri dish
Stem Cells
In 2002 strength equipment maker Nautilus acquired this cardio brand that has you stepping lively
StairMaster
This Midwestern hoops powerhouse showed its mettle, besting North Carolina in a March Madness title thriller
Kansas University
For 2, 5 & 11, it is 6
Average
Gavage is the force-feeding of ducks to create this rich yet controversial foodstuff
Foie Gras
"The Summer Vacationland & Winter Wonderland"
Lake Placid
On the electromagnetic spectrum, these waves come between radio & infrared & can be as small as 1 mm in length
Microwaves
From the Greek for "beautiful strength", these light exercises that help promote fitness are often part of gym class
Calisthenics
At the WNBA All-Star Game both teams wore the uniform of this star, then on trial in Russia
Britteny Griner
Pair, pare, pere & pear are these, from the Greek for "sound"
Homophone
Robert Burns called this offal Scottish dish the "great chieftain o' the puddin'-race"
Haggis
Sharing its name with a European capital, it was known as "Copper City" for its production of that metal
Rome
In mitosis, a parent cell gives birth to 2 identical cells; in this process, one cell divides into 4, each with half its chromosomes
Meiosis
Kids of all ages get a kick learning this muscle strong enough to keep your trunk erect is the largest muscle in the body
Gluteus Maximus