It's Not Rocket Science
Despite it's name, this force isn't 'normal' in the everyday sense. It's one of gravity's largest opponents, and explains why you can't fall through the floor.
What is the normal force?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by buying a huge swath of land from France for about $15 million.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland are the names of two athletes known for this globally popular sport.
What is soccer?
In this Netflix series, a group of working-class teens called the Pogues hunt for sunken gold in North Carolina while feuding with the wealthy Kooks.
What is Outer Banks?
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What is "Since You Been Gone"? (Kelly Clarkson) (#77)
This molecular biology technique, credited to a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who openly praised LSD, has helped exonerate innocent people wrongly convicted of crimes.
What is PCR? (Polymerase Chain Reactions)
In this single year, San Francisco's population jumped from roughly 1,000 to about 25,000, as ships and wagon trains carried gold seekers to California.
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This NBA player surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in February 2023 to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer in regular-season points.`
Who is Lebron James?
Topping the 2026 box office with more than $2 billion worldwide, this Marvel film is the year's highest-grossing movie of 2026.
What is Spider–Man: Brand New Day?
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What is "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"?(Beyonce) (#135)
A researcher compares mean test scores across four teaching methods, and the ANOVA returns a significant F-statistic. To learn which specific pairs of groups differ, while keeping the overall Type I error rate in check, she turns to this follow-up procedure, named for a famous American statistician.
What is a post hoc Tukey test? (Tukey's HSD)
Signed by President Woodrow Wilson in March 1917, this act granted U.S. citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico.
What was the Jones Act of 1917?
This NFL team blew a 28-3 lead against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
Who are the Atlanta Falcons?
Over decades, this film's hero crosses paths with Elvis, JFK, and John Lennon, but the one person he can't hold onto is Jenny.
Who is Forrest Gump?
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What is "Big Yellow Taxi"? (Joni Mitchell) (#217)
This vital membrane protein is used, for example, in marine teleost fish to maintain an internal hypo-osmotic environment relative to the ocean.
Sodium-Potassium ATPase Pump (Na+/K+ ATPase)
This U.S. president gave the longest inaugural address ever, then died just 31 days into his term, marking him as the shortest serving president.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
Nicknamed the 'Flying Squirrel,' this gymnast became the first African American woman to win the Olympic individual all-around gold, at the 2012 London Games.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
On tonight's Dancing with the Stars, the theme is a tribute to this singer, and the remaining 12 couples each perform to one of her songs.
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What is "Dreaming of You"? (Selena) (#376)
This enzyme critically catalyzes one of the most important reactions in glycolysis, and is highly regulated, irreversibly forming 1,6-bisphosphate.
What is Phosphofructokinase (PFK-1)?
In June 1942, as the Battle of Midway began, Japan struck this American soil, in what many see as a diversion.
Where are the Aleutian Islands?
This Northwest city was once home to an NBA team that later moved to Oklahoma.
Where is Seattle?
This is the name of the incredibly detailed, multi-level fantasy card game invented by Joey and Chandler to trick Ross out of money in an episode of Friends.
What is Cups?
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What is "Boo'd Up"? (Ella Mai) (#457)