FACTS ABOUT WORLD WAR I
To confuse & thwart infiltrators, blind alleys with dead ends & zigzag patterns were used as part of constructing these
What are trenches?
Before these were tiny headphones, the term referred to little shoots of young corn
What are earbuds?
To wrench an ankle; ouch!
What is twist?
Emeril Lagasse & Wolfgang Puck have served as judges on this competition that's been cooking since 2006
What is Top Chef?
"How Deep Is" this, asks a song standard; a 2010 estimate says 12,080' mean depth so John Murray in 1888 was pretty close at 12,480'
What is the Ocean?
You'll want to use paper called kami that's thinner & often 6 inches square for this craft with a Japanese name
What is origami?
In 1915, British troops landed at Cape Helles near Gallipoli to try to seize this strait whose old name may be an easier get
What is the Hellespont (the Dardanelles)?
A 90-pack–that's 45 pairs!–of these from Bausch & Lomb should keep things clear for awhile
What are contact lenses?
It's said to have finished off the nosy feline
What is curiosity?
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa & Po were the big 4 on this BBC kids' show that opened with a creepy baby face in the rising sun
What is Teletubbies?
In the 1860s John Newlands arranged the 56 known these according to a soon-discredited "Law of Octaves"
What are elements?
This word for heavy scissors used to cut metal or hair tells you what they do
What are shears?
British soldiers during the war were called Tommies & U.S. soldiers were called by this flour-y name
What are Doughboys?
Before cellphones, every kid wanted a pair of these rhyming handheld communication devices
What are walkie talkies?
As a verb it can mean to sing joyously, perhaps at holiday time
What is carol?
It preceded "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" in the title of a sci-fi series
What is Terminator?
At this 7/16/1945 "Site", Fermi's guess on bomb yield was off by half; not bad for tossing paper in the air as the blast wave came
What is the Trinity Site?
Slate & marble are types of this rock, formed in most cases when its mineral composition changes
What is metamorphic?
Allied troops from this Western Hemisphere country stormed Vimy Ridge in 1917; they took it at a cost of nearly 4,000 men
What is Canada?
Galileo made a table of probabilities based on a set of 3 of these, but today we more often see them in pairs
What are dice?
Type of fund that invests in diversified securities
What is mutual?
From 1993 to 2001, Chuck Norris was Walker, this
What is Texas Ranger?
Hipparchus of Bithynia calculated this distance at a bit under 2 million miles; 93 million is more like it
What is the distance from the Earth to the Sun?
If you're baking, this alliterative paper will prevent your batter from sticking to the pan
What is parchment paper?
To halt a German advance during 1914's First Battle of the Marne, 600 of these transports brought 3,000 French troops to the front
What are taxicabs?
Up to 7 feet long, the traditional Alaskan type of these are great for walking on deep, dry powder in open country
What are snowshoes?
This type of secret cult religion in the ancient Greco-Roman world offered unique experiences unlike those in the standard faiths
What is a mystery?
Its 8th & last season finale ended with its characters ringing in January 1, 1980
What is That '70s Show?
The "Top 10 Erroneous Results" from Science News include a 2011 finding that these chargeless particles can outrace light
What are neutrinos?
With roots going back to 1649, this Finnish company began making its distinctive orange-handled scissors in 1967
What is Fiskars?