History
This happened on December 7th, 1941
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
In alphabetical order, this major body system would appear first on the list.
What is the circulatory system?
Death Valley national monument is situated in these two states.
What are California and Nevada?
The five-syllable name for a type of power produced when falling water turns turbines connected to electric generators.
What is hydroelectric?
This Amendment to the US Constitution, also known as the Lame Duck Amendment, moved the presidential and vice presidential inauguration dates from March 4 to January 20.
What is the 20th Amendment?
This president completed the three and a half years remaining of McKinley's term and was then elected president in his own right in 1904.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Chemical compounds with two oxygen atoms per molecule.
What are dioxides?
The Green River, the Dolores River, and the San Juan River flow into the Colorado River. Therefore, what four-syllable term describes these rivers?
What is tributaries?
These large triangular deposits of sediment are often formed when a river flows directly into a shallow sea.
What are deltas?
This moon is about half as large as the planet it orbits.
What is Charon?
The nickname of the man who led a successful guerrilla war in the Carolinas against British troops under General Cornwallis during the American Revolution.
What is The Swamp Fox?
Coal, oil, and natural gas all contain this flammable gaseous element that is more than 14 times lighter than air and is colorless and tasteless.
What is hydrogen?
This island, located east of Cuba and west of Puerto Rico, is the second-largest in the West Indies.
What is Hispaniola?
Number of times you would need to run around a 440 yard track to run 2 miles.
What is 8?
The title of the second most important religious leader after the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism.
What is Panchen Lama?
This gigantic sports stadium in ancient Rome could hold more than 50,000 people and was one of the largest buildings in the Roman Empire.
What is the Colosseum?
Isopropanol, ethanol, and methanol are all member of this group of chemical compounds.
What are alcohols?
This is the country that most vehemently disputes Beijing's contention that the only China is the People's Republic of China.
What is Taiwan?
The las two abstract nouns in the Pledge of Allegiance.
What are liberty and justice?
Soviet leader who formed an alliance with Cuba after Fidel Castro's successful revolution in 1959.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
This group moved their sick to the Common House for winter. By spring, half their party had died, including Governor Carver. William Bradford was elected the new governor.
Who were The Pilgrims?
Cirrhosis, a disease provoked by alcoholism, affects this organ.
What is the liver?
The country of Denmark and the Jutland Peninsula separate these two major seas.
What are the North Sea and the Baltic Sea?
The color of anthracite.
What is black?
Amygdalin is a substance in apricot pits and almond seeds used in laetrile, a substance with no verified nutritive or therapeutic value. Amygdalin contains this poisonous chemical compound.
What is cyanide?