Current Events
This annual speech was delivered by the president on March 7
State of the Union
Chronologically, Abraham Lincoln was this number president
16
By area, this is the smallest continent on Earth
Australia
Beavis, Butthead, and Hank Hill are all characters created by and voiced by this one person
Mike Judge
Climbers use this locking metal loop to connect climbing components
Carabiner
Taking home seven Oscars, Oppenheimer depicts a secret government operation code-named this
The Manhattan Project
While cheetahs take the prize on land at 70+ mph, this is the fastest animal in the air
Peregrine falcon (250+ mph)
This is the northernmost national capital city in the world
Reykjavik, Iceland
This small-in-stature Lord states that he drinks and he knows things
Tyrion Lannister
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by this author
Harper Lee
Companies continue to downsize product quantities without decreasing price, a phenomenon known as this
Shrinkflation
This mnemonic device is used in trigonometry to help teach the ratios of sides of right triangles
SOHCAHTOA (sine is opposite over hypotenuse, cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse, tangent is opposite over adjacent)
South Africa entirely surrounds this landlocked country
Lesotho
The New Directions is the choir in this TV series
Glee
A highly radioactive mass of corium photographed after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster is known by this nickname
The Elephant's Foot
Haiti, site of a current uprising of gang violence and governmental upheaval, shares a border with this Caribbean country
Dominican Republic
This Apollo 14 astronaut planted an American flag on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The United Nations recognizes this many total countries on Earth
195
Cheers, predecessor to Frasier and the career launching pad for Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer and more, took place in this city.
Boston, MA
Alexandros of Antioch's statue Venus de Milo is missing these body parts
Arms
Sweden recently joined NATO, an acronym that stands for this
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Entropy, a universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions, is the topic of this physics theory
Second law of thermodynamics
At 5,387' deep, this world's deepest lake contains 23% of all fresh surface water on Earth, more than all of North America's Great Lakes combined
Lake Baikal
Gilmore Girl Lane Kim played drums for this band
Hep Alien
Hard-working Hufflepuffs sported this animal on their house crest
Badger