Physical and Earth Sciences
An American physicist of the twentieth century, this man led the research and development of the atomic bomb and was head of the Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Alexander the Great
This was a belief that slavery should be abolished, and John Brown was a well-known adherent.
Abolitionism
The central group of theaters presenting live drama in New York City. Many of them are clustered together in Manhattan.
Broadway
The examination by an outside party of the accounts of an individual or corporation.
Audit
In chemistry, a substance that causes a chemical reaction to occur but is not itself involved in the reaction.
Catalyst
A Roman general and dictator in the 1st century BCE, he extended Roman rule to include the province of Gaul, present-day France, and reportedly stated, "I came, I saw, I conquered"
Julius Caesar
An agreement of the thirteen original states, approved in 1781, that provided a loose federal government before the present Constitution went into effect.
A sculputure depicting grotesque human shapes or evil spirits used in many buildings of the Middle Ages, most notably on gothic cathedrals.
Gargoyles
A market, especially a stock market, characterized by falling prices.
Bear market
The deepest spot in the oceans, more than thirty-five thousand feet deep, near the Philippines.
Marianas Trench
The Bayeux Tapestry records events of the Battle of Hastings in what year?
1066
A political leader who was elected President of the United States in the second half of the 20th century and was nicknamed "The Great Communicator"
Ronald Reagan
A kind of violin made by an Italian craftsman in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and considered the finest violins in existence.
Stradivarius
The monetary value of all of a nation’s goods and services produced within a nation’s borders and within a particular period of time, such as a year.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
A thin tube, such as a blood vessel or a straw, through which fluids flow.
A British Prime Minister who tried to avoid war between Britain and Germany by negotiating the Munich pact in 1938. His political foes referred to the pact as "appeasement."
Neville Chamberlain
A Tennessee high school teacher who was brought to trial for violating state law on the teaching of evolution.
John Scopes
A German composer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who is considered one of the greatest composers of all time. He began to grow deaf midway through his career, but continued to compose great works, including Moonlight Sonata and his Ninth Symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Interest that is added not only to the principal of a loan or savings account but also to the interest already added to the loan or account; interest paid upon interest
Compound interest
A colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that is produced by the decay of radium in the soil.
Radon
An empress of Russia in the late 18th century who encouraged the cultural influences of western Europe in Russia and extended their territory toward the Black Sea.
Catherine the Great
The nickname of a volunteer group of calvary led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War.
The Rough Riders
A traditional Scottish song, customarily sung on New Year's Eve. The title means "Time Long Past"
Auld Lang Syne
A claim or right given to a creditor to secure payment of a debt, usually by sale of the debtor’s property.
Lien