At a "mad" party in "Alice in Wonderland", this beverage is all that's served
What is tea?
This South American capital was originally named for "Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds" or "Good Air"
What is Buenos Aires?
Beatrix Potter, known for 1902's "The Tale of" this long-eared fellow, was also a noted conservationist
Who is Peter Rabbit?
B.C. stands for "before Christ", B.C.E. stands for "before" this
What is Common Era?
In our number system it's 10; in a triangle it's the lowest side
What is the base?
This Dickens character excitedly watches his younger, better self make merry at Mr. Fezziwig's ball
Who is Scrooge?
The Tigris River cuts through the center of this capital
What is Baghdad?
Joining Thalia & Urania, the ancient Greek poet Sappho was dubbed "the tenth" one of these goddesses
Who are the muses?
The slang term PDA is short for this, like smooching at the movies
What is public display of affection?
The continuous summing of a change in a function over an interval, it's the inverse process of differentiation
What is integration?
In the medieval Icelandic "Prose Edda", slain warriors party every night in this hall
What is Valhalla?
Get your Gangnam style on in the upscale Gangnam district of this city
What is Seoul?
This Zora was a Zeta--one of the first sorors of Zeta Phi Beta--when she attended Howard in the 1920s
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Take a deep dive & tell us what SCUBA is an acronym for
What is self-contained underwater breathing apparatus?
It's any system of geometry not based on the system in Elements, a book from around 300 B.C.
What is non-Euclidean?
At his wake, this title character is laid out with a barrel of Guinness at his head & a bottle of whiskey at his feet
Who is Tim Finnegan?
This capital of Malta was named for a Grand Master of the Knights of St. John
What is Valletta?
In this long-awaited 2019 sequel, Margaret Atwood brings more news from Gilead
What is "The Testaments"?
Seen on pay stubs, FICA is short for these 2 words "Contributions Act"
What is federal insurance?
Jean Poncelet's work on conic sections helped found the projective form of this branch of mathematics
What is geometry?
A villa in France is the site of an extended house party in "Conversations with Friends" by this much-lauded young writer
Who is Sally Rooney?
The Vardar River divides this capital of North Macedonia into old & new sections
What is Skopje?
"Laura's Memories", an annual pageant in Mansfield, Missouri, celebrates this woman who wrote her books there
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
The "C" in ASCII, used in computing, stands for this
What is code?
When 2 of these intersect, their intersection is a straight line
What are planes?