Traditionally, when a hot-air balloon lands after a flight, this sparkling beverage is shared with the passengers and crew
Champagne
In the movie "Wicked", this character arrives to the land of Oz in a hot air balloon
The Wizard of Oz
Pikachu, the most iconic Pokémon character, has shown up as a 50' balloon in this annual U.S. parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This is the term for an infectious agent that causes disease
Pathogen
This fish is so named for its ability to inflate itself like a balloon when threatened
A blowfish
A hot air balloon is steered by this
Wind currents
In an animated film produced by Disney Productions, this character was lifted into the air by a toy balloon in an attempt to get honey from a bees' nest
Winnie-The-Pooh
In December 1783 chemist Jacques Charles made the first balloon ascent using this gas
Hydrogen
Quarantine and isolation rooms should operate on this type of air pressure
Negative
This largest New Mexico city is known as the "hot air balloon capital of the world"
Albuquerque
The passenger compartment of a hot-air balloon is known as the 'basket', or 'gondola' and is traditionally made of this material
Wicker
In 1984 Nena floated to No. 2 on the charts, singing, "Scramble in the summer sky, 99" of these "go by"
Red balloons
In 1897 3 Swedes (partly funded by Alfred Nobel) tried to reach this point on Earth by balloon -- they died
Ear protectors should be worn in areas such as cage wash where the noise level measures at or above this many decibels
85
The balloon type of this utensil is ideal for whipping egg whites into proper consistency for meringues
Whisk
The heart of the hot-air balloon is called the 'burner'. This gas is used to heat the air that fills up the balloon
Propane
This Nickelodeon skit show featured a soap opera parody called "Moody's Point" which stars an emotionally exaggerated teen whose mother is lost in a hot air balloon six years ago and whose father is missing a toe
The Amanda Show
In 1989 Winfried Freudenberg was the last person who died while trying to escape over this, in a balloon
The Berlin Wall
There are this many compartments in a ruminant stomach
Four
In an angioplasty, a balloon is inflated to clear a blocked one of these
An artery
The first hot-air balloon passengers were animals. A duck, a hen, and this animal
A sheep
This classic children's story about a bunny at bedtime begins, "In the great green room, there was a telephone and a red balloon"
Goodnight Moon
A red, white & blue hot air balloon is the logo of this real estate franchise that opened its first office in 1973
Re/Max
This term describes the behavior of rodents and rabbits in which the animal east its own feces
Coprophagy
The sight of a balloon-filled sky filled a baking company VP with a sense of this, hence the name of their bread
Wonder