At a track meet, it happens when a runner jumps the gun?
A False Start
A painful cramp in an arm or leg muscle is called a "Charley" this?
Horse
Augustus Caesar's sister, her name is similar to his other name?
Octavia
From the latin word for "flow", this watery word often follows "log" in the names of amusement park rides?
Flume
A generation of couch potatoes can thank Robert Adler, a doctor of physics, because in 1956 he invented this?
TV Remote Control
It's a call to the fire department when there is truly no fire?
A False Alarm
Don't borrow money from a loan this, who'll let you have it at an excessively high rate of interest?
Shark
The adjective "Oxonian" doesn't refer to oxen but to this town or its university?
Oxford
Shrek is this type of monster describes in dictionaries as a "hideous giant"?
An Ogre
Liquid paper was invented by secretary Betty Nesmith Graham, the mother of a member of this rock group?
The Monkees
The sender of gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
My True Love
In physics, it's a hypothetical interconnection between widely separated regions of space-time?
A wormhole
"Howdy folks" was chose as this state's official state poem?
Oklahoma
It's a person who seats you in a theater, or the judge on "The Voice" who signed Justin Bieber to his first record contract?
Usher
In 1943, Englishman Henry Martin discovered this Laszlo biro invention in Argentina, then mass-produced 30,000 for the Royal Air Force
The Ballpoint Pen
It's a high-pitched singing voice for men?
Falsetto
It's a 2-word term for an audition that's open to everyone?
Cattle Call
"The Moor's Pavane" is a ballet of love, betrayal & death based on this play?
Othello
Adults think it's a square dance move, but kids know it's a peanut butter sandwich cookie sold by girl scouts?
A Do-Si-Do
On a nature walk in the 1940's, Georges De Mestral noticed that burrs stuck to his pant legs, inspiring him to create this material?
Velcro
Rhyming phrase that describes a loyal person, not one who's holding his breath?
True-Blue
"To stir up" this type of wasp's nest means to set in motion a bustle of hostile activity?
A Hornet
Albania was part of this for over 400 years, until 1912?
The Ottoman Empire
Made partly of rope, espadrilles are a type of these?
Shoes
In 1942, Earl Tupper became "The Life of the Party" when he created this product from a smelly oil refinery waste byproduct.
Tupperware