TREES & FLOWERS
20th CENTURY WOMEN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
I SERVED IN 2 PRESIDENTS' CABINETS
FORMER CAPITALS
100
The kinkajou is a pollinator of this tree noted for its extremely light wood that's often used in model airplane kits
balsa
100
This French designer became a scent-sation after she introduced her No. 5 perfume in 1921
Coco Chanel
100
Despite repulsive electrical forces, atomic nuclei keep it together thanks to the force described with this adjective
the strong force
100
A known known, he was definitely Sec Def under Republican presidents in the 20th & 21st centuries
Rumsfeld
100
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, in 1987 Congress met in this former national capital
Philadelphia
200
If a Hawaiian woman wears this tropical flower behind her left ear, she's taken; behind the right, she's single
a hibiscus
200
In 1969, British biochemist Dorothy Hodgkin & her team discovered the structure of this protein used to treat diabetes
insulin
200
Pascal's law says in fluid in a closed container, a change in this goes without loss to every part; Pascal tested it with a full barrel
pressure
200
Before William Rogers was Nixon's Secretary of State, he was Attorney General in this administration Nixon was also part of
the Eisenhower administration
200
In 1284 a parliament began meeting at Moot Hill in Scone; in 1452, it moved to this city
Edinburgh
300
Nicknamed the General Sherman, the world's largest tree by volume is this kind
sequoia
300
Discouraged by health issues, she painted herself as a wounded deer in 1946
(Frida) Kahlo
300
Term for a process with no assistance like gas expanding into a vacuum, or for one who does crazy things on the spur of the moment
spontaneous
300
Seen here, she did hard labor in 2001 & motored over to Transportation in 2017
(Elaine) Chao
300
Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953
Seoul
400
Salix is the genus for this tree, a source for an acid used in pain relievers
willow
400
Beginning with "Valley of the Dolls", she was the first novelist to have three consecutive No. 1 "New York Times" bestsellers
Jacqueline Susann
400
Rusting & photosynthesis are basic examples of these reactions, a word combining oxidation & reduction
redox reactions
400
By George, he was Nixon's man at Treasury as well as Labor & Reagan's at State
George Shultz
400
In 1991 newly built Abuja took the capital status from this much larger city to its northeast
Lagos
500
Over 1,000 stigmas from this flower are necessary to get even a small amount of saffron seasoning
a crocus
500
Under 5 feet tall & about 90 pounds, this diminutive chanteuse was nicknamed "The Little Sparrow"
(Édith) Piaf
500
Used in optics at least since Newton, this word with "err" within it refers to the failure of rays to come to a focus
aberration
500
Or 3: James Schlesinger was Defense Secy. for Nixon & Ford & Carter named him the first secy. of this new department
the Department of Energy
500
This European city has only been a national capital since the 1250s; before that, you visited the King in Coimbra or Guimarães
Lisbon