"IZE" & "EERS"
To set 2 watches to precisely the same time
What is synchronize?
Low visibility at the city of Kokura on August 9, 1945, caused a B-29 bomber to change its course & fly to this city
What is Nagasaki?
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
A 1974 experiment showed this type of testimony including a body part varied if a question was about a car hitting vs. smashing another
What is an eyewitness?
Barack Obama & John Boehner, who held this post from 2011 to 2015, nearly reached a grand bargain on taxes & spending.
What is Speaker of the House?
This term for a trio of close associates comes from an 1844 novel
What is Three Musketeers?
He decided against a New World empire after his brother-in-law Charles Leclerc died of yellow fever in Haiti in 1802
Who is Napoleon?
On a hot August day in 1987, he stood before the Brandenburg Gate and challenged, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
An actor who has all the lines memorized is said to be "off" this
What is book?
George Washington set a precedent in 1796 when he decided not to do this; FDR broke with the precedent in 1940 by saying, I'm doing it
What is run for a third term?
Refined & sophisticated, or at an advanced stage of cultural & social development
What is civilized?
General Lee decided on a charge to take Cemetery Hill on July 3, 1863, during this battle
What is Gettysburg?
In 1953, he warned that every gun made “signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed.”
What is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Neuroscientists often cite this brain structure — named for the Greek word for “seahorse” — as essential for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Many think Arthur Burns, chair of this body, cut interest rates under pressure from Richard Nixon, permitting inflation
What is the Federal Reserve?
In paintings, a dove often does this to peace, just as a skull does to mortality.
What is symbolize?
In 49 B.C., this Roman general made the fateful decision to cross the Rubicon, igniting civil war and sealing the end of the Republic.
What is Julius Caesar?
In 1947, this president told Congress the United States must “support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures.”
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Also meaning "aloof" or "far off", this 6-letter type of long-ago memory is stored differently & may be less affected by dementia
What is remote?
"Ignorant" nickname for the American Party, antimigrant, anti-Catholic & active in the 1850s
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
To form a solid made of atoms in symmetry, like feldspar or quartz
What is crystallize?
In 1956, this Soviet leader made the stunning decision to denounce his predecessor’s “cult of personality,” shaking the Communist world and emboldening reformers.
What is Nikita Khrushchev?
This president told Congress “The world must be made safe for democracy,” as he asked for a declaration of war against Germany.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
An example of this mental device is "I wish I knew" for the square root which is 1.414
What is mnemonic?
Thomas Dewey was elected governor of this state 3 times
What is New York?