OUTTA THIS WORLD
This first satellite amazed and terrified Americans in October of 1957
What is Sputnik?
This festival of lights, celebrated in the Autumn, is observed by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs
What is Dawali?
This heavy metal, used in dental fillings, was a fascinating, if elusive, plaything for curious children of the 1960s and 70s
What is Mercury?
The first officially recorded case of what has been called the "mother of all pandemics" occurred in March 1918 at a US Army training camp in this state
What is Kansas?
A favorite of bartenders all over the world, the recipe for this drink is equal parts Gin, Campari and Sweet Vermouth
What is a Negroni?
This entity boasts a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape
What is a Black Hole?
Monotheism, which is the core of this faith, is also an historical innovation of that faith community
What is Judaism?
This metal band released the album entitled Iowa in 2001
Who is Slipknot?
Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, this disease was first definitively observed in 1347 and is still killing people today
What is bubonic plague?
The venom of this spider, which hides in dark places like your shoes, produces skin ulcers and necrotic tissues that may take months to heal
What is the brown or desert recluse?
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on this planet
What is Mars?
DAILY DOUBLE: Christ, despite what it may appear, is not Jesus' last name. The word refers to this title/meaning, rooted in Hebrew prophecies
What is the Messiah (or Anointed One)?
This heavy metal has the highest melting point of all the metallic elements, at over 3400o C
What is Tungsten?
The earliest recorded pandemic happened around 430 BCE and was a significant factor hampering the defeated group in this war.
What was the Peloponnesian War?
Although disputed, the most famous story of the origins of the Manhattan cocktail is that it was created at a party in NYC given by the mother (possibly pregnant at the time) of this world leader?
Who was Winston Churchill?
This number of humans have walked on the moon
What is twelve?
This spiritual philosophy, which predates Buddhism, was influenced by the ancient text I Ching and is associated with the concept of wei wu wei.
What is Taoism?
This metal band won their first of many Grammy Awards for a track entitled One; and for DOUBLE the points, this was the name of the album.
Who is Metallica? What was And Justice for All?
Fear that this disease was waterborne caused many US parents in the 1950s and 1960s to keep their children out of public swimming pools
What is Polio?
DAILY DOUBLE: In potions class, this is what you would get if you added powdered root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood
What is the Draught of Living Death?
This early 20th century American astronomer played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extra-galactic Astronomy
Who is Edwin Hubble?
The religious meaning of the name of this faith tradition is "surrender to God"
What is Islam?
The first and only female solo artist to get nominated for a Grammy in the in the category of heavy metal, 30 years after the establishment of the category.
Who is Poppy?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez' 1985 novel features this disease as a looming presence, almost a character
What is Cholera (Love in the Time of Cholera)
The toxin of this plant was used in the Renaissance by women to dilate their eyes for cosmetic reasons
What is Belladonna?