Words and Etymology
From the Dutch for donkey its a stand on which to display a painting
What is an easel?
These variations in the level of the oceans have the most variation at the new moon
What are tides?
One of his magic tricks was the construction of Stonehenge (in a single night)
Who is Merlin?
While men use foils epees and sabres in this Olympic event women use only foils
What is fencing?
A federal law signed on August 6th 1965 banned literary and other tests for people to do this
What is voting?
This herbivore's name is from Greek words meaning nose and horn
What is a rhinoceros?
This type of cloud that can ruin a picnic grows from cumulus clouds and the word grows from cumulus too
What is cumulonimbus?
This Roman goddess of wisdom graces California's state seal
Who is Minerva?
Baseball's Western League disbanded in 1900 and reformed as this league
The American League
An 1890 LDS church manifesto mandated a halt to this practice
What is polygamy?
Mind your manners and tell us this word from French for prescribed behavior?
What is etiquette?
Development of an organism from gamete to fetus is the focus of this -ology
What is embryology?
His punishment for war against Zeus was being condemned to hold up the heavens
Who is Atlas?
He's the only boxer to have won the World Heavyweight Title three separate times
Who is Muhammad Ali?
In 1984 UCSD offered a course in underwater this-weaving; Day 1 was in the pool, the rest in the Jacuzzi
What is basket-weaving?
A ghost sighting was originally what made people this 1 letter different from the first line of the clue
What is aghast?
First predicted in 1930 this particle with no charge goes through miles of matter without reacting with a proton or neutron
What are neutrinos?
Centeotl, a God of these people, was big into solar and also associated with feasting and pleasure
Who are the Aztecs?
In 1989 this Canadian team won its 1st Stanley Cup
Who are the Calgary Flames?
The first person born in the Americas to be canonized was this woman of Lima
Who is St. Rose of Lima?
The Latin for things to be remembered gives us this non-S plural word for souvenirs
What is memorabilia?
The seif type of this sand formation develops parallel to the prevailing wind
What is a sand dune?
In Norse myth it's the 7-letter name for where the mere mortals lived
What is Midgard?
At age 18 he was youngest ever to defend a Wimbledon singles title
Who is Boris Becker?
This brigadier general who gave his name to a Colorado peak was killed during the War of 1812
Who is Zebulon Pike?