Public Health
In 1985 the Surgeon General called this "the best rescue technique in any choking situation
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
The original inhabitants of eastern Pennsylvania, southern New York, New Jersey, and northern Delaware
Who are the Lenape people?
The world-famous Christmas tree is placed at this 12-acre complex in New York City
What is Rockefeller Center?
Seen on roofs, these panels contain photovoltaic cells to harness electromagnetic radiation
What are solar panels?
A fictitious name that someone, often a writer, uses instead of their real name
What is Pseudonym?
Health-related word evolved from a Middle English term describing the venom of a snake which came from a Latin word meaning "slimy liquid or poison"
What is a virus?
Architect Julian Abele couldn't have known his steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art would one day bear this character's name
Who is Rocky?
This Delaware state tree with prickly green leaves & red berries is popular for Christmas decorating.
What is Holly?
Put kitchen scraps & yard clippings in a bin to make this fertilizer whose name means "mixture"
What is compost?
A fee paid for a service that is generally done for free
What is an honorarium?
Nuts, whole grains, fruits & veggies, & maybe a serving of Metamucil are all ways to get to the recommended 25-30 grams of this a day
What is Fiber?
The Philadelphia building that is found on the reverse side of the U.S. $100 bill
What is Independence Hall?
The number of branches on the Hanukkah menorah
What is 9 (one for each day of Hanukkah and the "shamash" (helper) candle used to light the others)
You don't want pollutants ending up in a drainage basin, also called this, a term for an important moment
What is a watershed?
noun: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
noun: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
verb: undergo weakening or degeneration as through lack of use
What is atrophy?
In 2005 the World Health Organization appropriately decided to stop hiring people who do this
What is smoke?
The Phillies' old home, Baker Bowl had a right field wall just 280 feet from the plate, helping Chuck Klein set a league record: 43 of these in 1929.
What are home runs?
The word "Kwanzaa" originates from the largest spoken language in Africa called
What is Swahili?
America's Heartland could soon experience a reboot of this drought & wind-induced environmental catastrophe from nearly a century ago
What is the Dust Bowl?
verb: place into a small compartment
verb: treat or classify according to a stereotype
noun: a small compartment
noun: a specific, often simplistic, category
What is pigeonhole?
Meant to improve public health, these disposable drinking vessels got their name in 1919
What is the Dixie cup?
Added to the dictionary in 2023, meaning "something or someone for which the speaker does not know or does not need a specific name"
What is Jawn?
Including Rudolph, this number of reindeer pulls Santa's sleigh
What is 9 (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph)?
To see how atmospheric concentration of this compound has recently risen to levels unprecedented in human history, take a look at the spike at the end of graph called the Keeling Curve
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
What is extravaganza?