PATENTS
In 1868 Christopher Sholes received a patent on this machine; he later created its QWERTY layout
a typewriter
This tallest land animal was once known as a camelopard
giraffe
In cricket a single turn at bat is always pluralized as these divisions of a game, also used in baseball
innings
A popular way of saying something is uncomplicated is to say it's not this field of Wernher von Braun
rocket science
This TV show theme answers the question "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
SpongBob SquarePants
In 1845 Scottish engineer Robert Thomson patented pneumatic these, which lasted for 1,200 miles on English roads
a tire
Birds are unique in having these, the obvious characteristic that distinguished them from all other modern animals
feathers
In soccer, a free kick that must touch at least one other player before a goal can be scored is this "roundabout" type
indirect
(Mad?) scientists tried to make a frost-resistant tomato by adding a modified one of these taken from an Arctic flounder
a gene
The Rembrandts are best known for the song "I'll Be There for You", which was used as the main theme song for the NBC sitcom.
Friends
Joseph Glidden used his wife's hairpins to devise this type of fencing that he patented in 1874
barbed wire
These quadrupeds can open their jaws 150 degrees & are strong enough to bite a crocodile in half
hippopotamus
There is zero casual jogging involved with this hyphenated type of home run
New solar & wind farms could bring this to the north of Africa, just like the song from Toto says
rain
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa & Po were the big 4 on this BBC kids' show that opened with a creepy baby face in the rising sun.
Teletubbies
Isaac Singer & Elias Howe both patented these, but an 1854 court found Singer had infringed on Howe's patent
the sewing machine
Sure, this Aussie mammal lays eggs like a bird, has a bill like a bird & dives under-water for 40 seconds, but flying? Nope!
platypus
If an NFL offensive lineman catches a non-tipped pass, the team is penalized for the player being this type of receiver
ineligible
As Homer Simpson said, "In this house we obey the laws of" this relationship between heat & mechanical energy
thermodynamics
Theme song “Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor?"
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
An 18th century British patent introduced a loom with a flying one of these devices
a shuttle
This kangaroo cousin only grows to about 2 1/2 feet high
wallaby
Jack Nicklaus says, "I've always used" this "grip" in which his right hand's pinky intertwines with his left hand's index finger
interlocking grip
Some scientists think more than 95% of the universe is made up of what's called this "energy" & this "matter"
dark
Their theme song from the 1960s said, "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky"
The Addams Family