Throwing the Book at You
The bestseller "Midnight in" this place tells of a 1986 disaster in the Soviet Union
Chernobyl
Sworn in in 2005, she became the second woman to serve as Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice
A very old vertebrate, the Greenland shark takes nearly 150 years to reach this; for humans, it's around age 10 or 11
puberty
Born in Hamburg, H.A. & Margret Rey are best known for a series of kids' books about this monkey
Curious George
A house mouse weighs about an ounce; comparatively, a black one of these weighs about 10 ounces
rat
Father & daughter go out at night in a children's classic by Jane Yolen titled this bird "Moon"
Owl Moon
William Bradford, who came over on the Mayflower, would become the second governor of this colon
Plymouth County
A compressed spring is an example of an object that has strong this type of energy
potential
German-born Paul Warburg was a board member of this American central banking authority
The Federal Reserve
Everyone from Manitoba to Milwaukee knows the "great" this bird is now extinct
the auk
The billions made & lost in the real estate crash are detailed in this "large" Michael Lewis bestseller, later a film in 2015
The Big Short
Ratified in 1791, the 2nd Amendment guarantees "the right of the people to" do these 4 words "shall not be infringed"
keep and bear arms
Proteins & cellulose are examples of these, materials made up of repeating chains of molecules
polymers
Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music
Brahams
After sighting one of these horned animals in Africa, we busted out a magnum of champagne
gnu (in Magnum)
In 1846 he became a "Typee" personality, taking "a Peep at Polynesian Life"
Herman Melville
Union General John Pope lost about 15,000 troops & his reputation in the Second Battle of this, August 1862 in northern Virginia
Bull Run
According to Bohr's atomic model, electrons can jump orbit, emitting this light particle
photons
Hamburg-born politician Helmut Schmidt held this top job from 1974 to 1982
chancellor
About a half-million years ago, this predator ranged across North America as well as Africa
lion
"The Prime of" Muriel Spark's writing was this novel, penned in less than a month, according to the author
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Tragically, in 1881, shortly after taking office, he became the second president to be assassinated
Garfield
This part of a plant contains the ovary
the pistill
Orchestra leader & Hamburger Bert Kaempfert is known for classic hits like this tune that Sinatra also recorded
Stranger's in the night
A set of bejeweled ceramic sheep may include these 2 animals, a female & a male
ewe and ram