It Comes from an Animal
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
What is Down?
Sodium hydroxide, aka lye, is traditionally used to create the brown coating on these twisted German snacks
What is Pretzel?
Fittingly, this country is home to Europe's largest glacier
What is Iceland?
An afternoon entertainment at the theater
What is matinee?
On the reverse, the bald eagle in the Great Seal clutches arrows and an olive branch, symbolic of these two opposite
What is war & peace?
Steve Wozniak said this co-founder came up with the name Apple after working at an orchard in Oregon
Who is Steve Jobs?
A language besides Spanish is most spoken in each state
What is English?
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
What is Sheep?
One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates
What is Lead?
Starting in 1845, the building seen here turned out this familiar Cuban product by the millions
What are cigars?
A community's female leader
What is a matron?
Featuring balancing scales representing justice, this government department's logo also displays a key representing authority
What is the treasury?
In a 2011 press conference, "she" called herself "a humble personal assistant"
Who is Siri?
The root chakara located at the base of the spine is colored.
What is red?
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
What is Leather?
Pressure of about 135 pounds per square inch is needed to pop each popcorn kernel; the pressure comes from steam, created when this white carbohydrate is heated to around 400 degrees
What is starch?
The capital & largest city of Indonesia, it's on Java at the mouth of the Ciliwung River
What is Jakarta?
Ripeness
What is Maturity?
The 2 and the B represent one of the 12 of these, abbreviated FRBs that issue the bill, in this case, the one in New York
What is the Federal Reserve Bank?
Whether they wanted to or not, in 2014 millions of iTunes users received this band's album "Songs of Innocence"
Who is U2?
When joining the church of Scientology you sign a contract to stay with the church for a certain period of time.
What is one billion years?
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
What is Boar Bristle?
Around 10,000 years ago, human adults gained the ability to digest this milk sugar
What is lactose?
In 1565 Jean de la Valette led the Knights of St. John in defense of this Mediterranean island
What is Malta?
To enroll in a university
What is to Matriculate?
The number off to the right identifies which exact one of these metal sheets was used to print dozens of dollar bills at a time
What is the plate?
It's the tech support & general hand-holding counter at Apple stores
What is the Genius Bar?
This artist is famous for using dot in everything, and her infinity rooms
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
What are insects?
Mustard can act as one of these agents that allow oil & water to stay blended
What is an emulsifier?
Lush ecosystems off Africa's east coast have been fortified, partly thanks to one of the world's most resourceful environmental organizations, the Nature Conservancy, and its plan to restructure the debt of this nation
What is the Seychelles
A rectangular numeric array in math
What is matrix?
George Washington is properly powdered and primped for the bill's main image from a portrait by this artist
Who is Gilbert Stuart?
Ironically, the name of this iPhone video chat app means a chance to be in the same room
What is FaceTime?
Despite declaring neutrality in 1815 Switzerland fought its last battle in 1847 with this country.
Who is Switzerland? (They fought a civil war)
The early Earth had this, NH3, in its atmosphere; today what there is comes from decomposing animal waste
What is ammonia?
You can kill nasty things in wooden cutting boards with the acidity in the white type of this--Heinz wants you to know
What is vinegar?
Animals unique to Madagascar include lemurs, tenrecs, and certain species of these reptiles
What are chameleons?
Used to describe an early riser
What is Matutinal?
The average $1 bill may only last a couple of seconds in your pocket but it takes a certain amount of time for a $1 bill to circulate.
What is 5.8 years?
In 2001 Apple introduced this device that could pack up to 1,000 songs right in your pocket.
What is an iPod?
The art of spooning frozen cream into a perfect egg shape.
What is Quenelle?