Science Stuff
Some people seem to learn by this process, the flow of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane
What is Osmosis?
"SCTV" alum John
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a song by the Miracles
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this 50 Cent title
What is Candy Shop?
JFK installed the first practical White House taping system a couple of months before this crisis, which is how we know that during a lighter moment someone said, "Let's make Bobby mayor of Havana"
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
We'll lend some Creedence to the category, as CCR sang, "& I wonder, still I wonder", this title
What is Who'll Stop the Rain?
"International" cocoa concoction for the unmarried Clue character portrayed by Colin Jost's wife
What is Swiss Miss Scarlett Johansson?
LATIN SCIENCE TERMS:
In 1694 the latest in bio-knowledge was Tournefort's "Elements of Botany" listing 698 of these, like Ambrosia & Chrysanthemum
What is Genera?
This neurotransmitter is the second "S" in the class of drugs known as SSRIs
What is Serotonin?
Drake's real first name
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IRL New York "Hotel" in "Home Alone 2"
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this actress
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It's the "C" in the condition
What is Aubrey Plaza?
My new book "The Situation Room" recounts some tense moments in that White House room, like during the Bosnian War, when this woman asked Colin Powell, "What's the point of having this superb military if we can't use it?"
Who is Albright?
John Mulaney has an amazing story of selecting 21 plays on a diner's jukebox of this 1965 Tom Jones hit
What is What's New Pussycat?
Kermit's colorful theme song about the group that nominated Ralph Nader & always spoiled the fun at festivities
What is It's Not Easy Being Green Party Pooper?
MILITARY PEOPLE:
In April 2020 Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman became the first enlisted member of this
What is Space Force?
It's the point in the orbit of the Moon when it is farthest from the Earth
What is Apogee (Apex)?
An anatomical exhibition in Vegas
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this 2022 film with Pete Davidson
What is Bodies, Bodies, Bodies?
A shooting war between nuclear powers qualifies as a crisis, like in 1969, when a tiny island on the Soviet-Chinese border saw fierce fighting between the Red Army & this one, the PLA
What is the People's Liberation Army?
Culture Club hit the top 10 for the first time with this musical question while making us cry with a killer chorus & reggae sound
What is Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Last 4 words of our national anthem, as sung by an animated kitchen appliance & his german-style Pillsbury product
What is Home of the Brave Little Toaster Strudel?
THE ELEMENTS:
Oddly, mining of this rare earth element with a geographic name, atomic no. 63, is mostly in Asia & with some in South America & Australia
What is Europium?
The stamen, the male reproductive organ of a flowering plant, produces pollen in this terminal structure of sacs
What is the Anther?
"Superfly" singer Mayfield
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"MMMBop" band
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this "B Mile" director
Who is Curtis Hanson?
In the 1861 Trent Affair, the Union seized two Confederate envoys from a British ship, not pleasing this often-abrasive prime minister known as "Lord Pumice Stone"
Who is Lord Palmerston?
In a 2019 single Sam Smith asked this question of a lying lover
What is How do you Sleep?
"Stacy's Mom" warblers put an actor in the band; once a TV postman, he wandered seeking chivalry & adventure
What is Fountains of Wayne Knight Errant?
REAL PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE:
In Shakespeare this man is a rival of Prince Hal; in real life he was older than Hal's father
Who is Hotspur?
F can stand for this unit of electrical capacitance
What is Farad?
Title of a Gene Kelly film
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a "Psycho" death location =
this line from a hit 2014 Becky G song
What is Singin' in the Shower?
Three years before World War I, anti-German feeling in France & Britain grew when Germany sent a single gunboat to Morocco in what's known as the crisis of this port down the coast from Casablanca
What is Agadir?
On this "White Album" cut, the only non-title lyric, really, is "no one will be watching us"
What is Why Don't We Do It In the Road?
Numeric sci-fi book about a metaverse, a singular evening of passion & the controversial right to use deadly force as self-defense
What is Ready Player One Night Stand Your Ground?
AFRICA:
A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace"
What is Dar es Salaam?