Eastern European History
Roman emperor Trajan made Dacia a Roman Province, hence this country's very Roman name
Romania
Enjoy that muesli! I'll be having this Quaker Oats cereal that debuted in 1963 along with its sailing man mascot
Cap'N'Crunch
Paper container for more paper
An envelope
Organometallic compounds are defined by the presence of a bond between a metal and this element
Carbon
We're not sure which is the slowest, but this thick sticky syrup can be made from carob or dates as well as from cane sugar
molasses
Winston Churchill gave the speech that mentioned this ideological barrier that separated Eastern Europe
The Berlin Wall
Nothing better than one of these classic donuts that shares its name with a venerable whiskey cocktail
Old Fashioned
A formal hearing with a big shot, or a group of spectators
Audience
The lipids, which include fats and oils, are organic compounds that don't appreciably interact with this
Water
In Exodus he says, "I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue"
Moses
Now written in the Latin alphabet, Moldova's language used to be written in this alphabet named for a 9th century priest
Cyrillic
A traditional Japanese breakfast might include this soup made with the same-named soybean paste as well as tofu and scallions
Miso
This adjective can mean related to debate, or related to legal issues, like how somebody died
forensic
The human body produces this vitamin when a sterol in the skin absorbs radiation
Vitamin D
Of the 4 swim strokes used in the Olympics, this one with a body part in its name is the slowest
the breaststroke
The Alma River entered history when Russia lost an 1854 battle there during this war
The Crimean War
How about a spot of this? Espresso with a thin foam of steamed milk, from the Latin for "spotted"
a macchiato
Located near a coast, like some oil rigs
Offshore
Relative atomic mass is another name for this
Atomic weight
We all know it, exercise can boost a slow this...the rate at which the body expends energy and burns calories
Metabolism
Bulgaria is one of many countries on this Peninsula that won freedom by breaking the cruel Ottoman yoke
The Balkan Peninsula
This Hawaiian dish with a rhyming name is white rice topped with hamburger, a fried egg and gravy
Loco Moco
Not bad, not great, just sufficient, from Latin for "equal'
adequate
Acids and bases are among the current conductors; using a solid instead of a liquid one reduces the risk of fire in batteries
electrolytes
The planet farthest from the sun, it takes this ice giant 165 years to orbit it
Neptune