INTELLIGENCE
IQ stands for this, smartypants
intelligence quotient
He first appeared in a kids' book called "Raffy and the Nine Monkeys" before headlining his own series
Curious George
"Aseptic", or "incapable of producing offspring"
sterile
This type of home loan converts home equity into cash; you have to be 62 or older to qualify for the one from the FHA
a reverse mortgage
Last name of the first father & son who were both U.S. presidents
Adams
Small:
This person with more than one spouse
a bigamist
Innate intelligence not from education, or the title of a 1776 pamphlet
common sense
"Curiously strong" is a trademark of this brand of mints
Altoids
"The partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other"
an eclipse
In knitting this basic stitch is the reverse of the knit stitch
the purl
Number of feet in a statute mile
5,280
Skinny:
Tiredness
fatigue
Campus chapters of this fraternity founded in 1776 invite straight-A students to join
Phi Beta Kappa
After eating the cake that had "Eat me" spelled out in currants, she said, "Curiouser and curiouser!"
Alice
"A flock of geese when not flying"
a gaggle
A body such as Venus that moves in the opposite direction of other members of the solar system has this kind of motion
retrograde
The German field marshal known as "The Desert Fox"
Rommel
Good:
To harass or pester
badger
Puzzles & brainteasers challenge your intelligence in this magazine founded in 1977
Games
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was one of his "Tales of the Jazz Age"
Fitzgerald
"Fruitless", or "showing excessive pride in one's appearance"
vain
It's the process in which pure water is produced by forcing waste through a semipermeable membrane
reverse osmosis
It's the capital of Estonia
Tallinn
Slow:
Excessively particular
fastidious
An early fictional example of A.I., he was a humanoid computer from the planet Colu who battled Superman
Brainiac
This Conde Nast Digital site is "for people who love to eat"
Epicurious
"An animal having four feet... usu. used of mammals"
quadruped
A phrase meaning a 180 in your situation, or a film with Jeremy Irons & Glenn Close as Claus & Sunny von Bulow
Reversal of Fortune
The first period of the Paleozoic era, named from an old word for Wales
the Cambrian Period
Near:
A former coin of Great Britain
a farthing