For Science!
The number of elements on the periodic table.
What is 118?
This term for part of a house also means a way to access a computer system that bypasses the system's usual security mechanisms.
What is a back door?
He wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Tale as old as time, song as old as ____.
What is 'rhyme'?
An example of a contronym, where one word has two opposite meanings, this four-letter word means to cover lightly with a powdered substance and to remove a fine substance from a surface.
What is dust?
The only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
This is the meaning of the acronym WYSIWYG, referring to how something will print.
What is 'What you see is what you get'?
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
Up on the shore they work all day, out in the sun they _____.
What is 'slave away'?
This word for a specific time of day can be spelled the same forwards, backwards, and upside down.
What is NOON?
Including groundwater, water in glaciers, the ocean, and everywhere else, 97% of Earth's total water is this.
What is salt water?
This letter key is combined with Ctrl on Windows computers as the shortcut for pasting.
What is 'V'?
This Union general accepted the surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House in 1865.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your _______________?
What is 'heart decide'?
A bobcat or a member of Minnesota’s WNBA team.
What is lynx?
This explosive invention was the creation of Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel prizes.
What is dynamite?
This popular operating system, launched in 1991 has its own mascot, Tux the penguin.
What is Linux?
The program that created jobs and social programs during the Great Depression, under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What is the New Deal?
I've got no ______, to hold me down, to make me fret or make me frown!
What is 'strings'?
A man’s name, part of a duck, or a proposed law.
What is bill?
The National Weather Service requires that wind gusts move at least 35 miles/hour in order to declare this seasonal storm.
What is a blizzard?
This term for a children's play area is also used for a testing environment in a computer system in which new or untested software or coding can be run securely.
What is a sandbox?
This is the name given to the mid‑20th‑century fear of communism in the U.S. led to loyalty tests and blacklists.
What is McCarthyism or 'the Red Scare'?
I know that your powers of retention, are as wet as _________.
What is 'a warthog's backside'?
A tandoor-baked flatbread with a palindrome name.
What is naan?