ISLAND
In 1954 the immigration station here in New York Harbor closed its doors
Ellis Island
Basic "atomic" social unit of parents & their kids only
the nuclear family unit
It's Kellogg's brand of toaster pastries
Pop-Tarts
These quantities often represented by x & y are constantly changing, but Al can't live without 'em
variables
OLYMPIC VENUES
At above 7,000 feet, this Western Hemisphere city had the highest altitude ever of a Summer Olympics host city
About 2/3 of Hawaii's people live on this island
Oahu
Like the Spanish & Austrian parts of the Habsburgs, it's an "arboreal" division of a family tree
a branch
A store only open for a limited time, or a new window that is unexpectedly opened in your browser
a pop-up
ax^2 + bx + c = 0 is the general form of this type of equation
the quadratic equation
At above 7,000 feet, this Western Hemisphere city had the highest altitude ever of a Summer Olympics host city
Mexico City
A street where Rihanna grew up in this island nation was named in her honor
Barbados
Cinderella has 2 of them, Anastasia & Drizella (per Disney)
stepsisters
This college coach lent his name to a youth football league
Pop Warner
Al knows that this word for the 3 in 83 can also mean a person who advocates an idea
an exponent
A slang term for coffee comes from the name of this main Indonesian island
Java
Also an ancient title of a Christian bishop, it's the male head of a family
the patriarch
To propose marriage
to pop the question
Al loves to play with these expressions from a word for "many", like 3x^3 + 7y^2 - 4z
polynomials
Got Gotland? Then you've got an island belonging to this Scandinavian country
Sweden
A 1765 speech opposing the Stamp Act called colonists these, giving a rebellious group its name
the sons of liberty
Nonsense! (Like an old man might say)
poppycock
Al knows he can make many a tough expression easier to work with by "completing" this
the square