"WA", "WA"!
(Each response will begin with "W-A" but just once.)
(Each response will begin with "W-A" but just once.)
To flip-flop, or a big breakfast staple
What is a waffle?
In 1952 Oliver Tambo & this man created South Africa's first Black law practice
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In "Scarface", Tony Montana rises to wealth dealing this drug but goes down in a hail of bullets
What is cocaine?
It's a structure made of DNA found in the cell nucleus; the hermit crab has 254, we have 46
What are chromosomes?
Admitted to the union in 1876, it's appropriately "the Centennial state"
Where is Colorado?
You need strong legs & lungs to live in the type of building called, say, a fifth floor this
What is a walk-up?
The Zulu & the Swahili came from this proto-ethnic group that began emigrating from West Africa to the south & east
As Ray Liotta explains, the title of this Martin Scorsese film is mob slang for fellow gangsters
What is "Goodfellas?"
In late 2024 this Spanish-named weather event brought colder-than-normal waters to the central equatorial Pacific
What is La Niña?
Meant to distinguish Alabama from the rest of the South, it went on the state's license plates in 1955
What is "The Heart of Dixie?"
It can be a gentle way to transmit an odor, or the odor itself
What is "waft?"
In 1970 Biafra, a breakaway land of the Igbo people, capitulated to this country's central government, ending a Civil War
Where is Nigeria?
This 1991 film about gang violence in South Central L.A. helped popularize a slang contraction for an inner-city area
What is Boyz n the Hood?
A fingerprint scan is one form of this automated tech that measures physiological characteristics
What are biometrics?
"The Panhandle State", it has 2--the eastern one is home to Harpers Ferry & in the northern one, you'll find a huge teapot
Where is West Virginia?
Once a way to protect walls, today it's used to give a room more eye appeal
An effort with help from Jimmy Carter reduced African cases of the disease named for this parasite from 840,000 to 14
In "The Godfather", Robert Duvall plays a savvy Corleone family member with this title, Italian for "counselor"
What is consigliere?
Entanglement of magnetic fluids on the Sun can lead to solar these that can knock out satellites
What are flares?
Florida is "The Sunshine State"; Oregon is this, also starting with "Sun"--it's often amazing at Ecola State Park
What is the Sunset State?
A Polynesian woman, or a female surfer
What is a "wahine?"
Anti-govt. protests known as the Arab Spring began in this North African country in 2010 & soon swept across the region
Where is Tunisia?
This Japanese word for gangsters is the title of a 1974 Robert Mitchum movie
What is yakuza?
In 1774 chemist Johan Gahn was working with the mineral pyrolusite & found himself speaking this new element, No. 25
What is manganese?
"The Beef State", it's home to more cattle than people, with its 6 million cows outnumbering humans 3 to 1
Where is Nebraska?