Elemental Facts
There are 383 atoms of hydrogen & 6 atoms of sulfur in each molecule of this hormone that regulates sugar in the body
What is insulin?
Mack Robinson, Jackie's older brother, finished second behind Jesse Owens at this city's Olympics
What is Berlin?
The "Five Solas" of the Protestant Reformation include "sola gratia", salvation by this alone
What is grace?
In "Thunderball" Bond makes an escape wearing one of these personal flying devices we were all supposed to have by now
What is a jet pack?
Saints' days used to be marked on the calendar with a particular color, hence this term for any happy day
What is a red-letter day?
Stumptown Coffee Roasters uses this elemental gas in a process that gives cold brew coffee a beer-like frothy head
What is nitrogen?
Countries like Armenia & Belarus fielded a "Unified Team" that competed in this city's 1992 Olympics
What is Barcelona?
The Koran plus the words of Muhammad form this immutable legal framework for Muslims
What is sharia?
After playing this character in 17 Bond films, Desmond Llewelyn made his final exit through a laboratory trap door
Who is Q?
"Sweet Thursday" is the name of a book by John Steinbeck, very different from this nickname for October 24, 1929 on Wall Street
What is Black Thursday?
This S. Am. country produces nearly 90% of the world's niobium; President Bolsonaro dreams of making Niobium Valley like Silicon Valley
What is Brazil?
Squaw Valley, Calif. is best known for this sport in which Ernst Hinterseer of Austria & Heidi Biebl of Germany won gold there in 1960
What is alpine skiing?
In the 19th century Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri founded this faith in Iran
What is Baha'i?
A Time Magazine report found that this 1995-2002 Bond was the deadliest, averaging 27 kills per movie
Who is Pierce Brosnan?
This band rocked the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall induction ceremony with "When I Come Around" & "American Idiot"
What is Green Day?
Needed for the thyroid gland, this element, atomic No. 53, is essential to the human body
What is iodine?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Moscow?
Most of these Buddhist discourses, such as the lotus one, begin, "Thus have I heard"--"I" being Ananda, who memorized them
What are sutras?
Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mister Bond, I expect you to" do this
What is die?
This casual dining chain got its name from a song by The Rolling Stones
What is Ruby Tuesday?
Alkali elements react with halogen elements because alkalis have 1 valence shell electron & halogens have this many
What is 7?
The 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in this Japanese city, also home to the 1998 Winter Olympics
What is Nagano?
Latin mandatum novum, a new "commandment", led to this name for Easter Sunday minus 3 days
What is Maundy Thursday?
Donald Pleasence & Christoph Waltz are among the actors who've played this cat fancier & Bond archfoe
Who is Blofeld?
March 26 is Purple Day, which raises awareness of this neurological disorder characterized by seizures
What is epilepsy?