JAN.29,1943-2021
"RH" FACTOR
SCIENCE
HISTORY, ON THE MOVE
SYMPTOMS OF LOVE
100

Florence lived on a farm for the first four years of her life in this Pennsylvania town.

What is Harleysville?

100

In titles of 2 pop hits, this aspect of music "is a dancer" & "is gonna get you."

What is rhythm?

100

Your weight is gravitational-dependent & will be less in Denver than Death Valley, but this, abbrev. M, is the same in both.

What is mass?

100

Around 218 B.C., this Carthaginian led 20,000 infantry into Italy via the Alps, along with elephants.

Who is Hannibal?

100

One symptom of love is a loss of this, the desire for food.

What is appetite?
200

This Benner cousin who is 6 weeks different in age from Florence, has exchanged birthday cards down all the years.  

Who is Carolyn Benner?

200

The coast variety of this "rose tree" is Washington's state flower.

What is the rhododendron?

200

In 2014, this physicist said light may be able to escape black holes after all.

Who is Stephen Hawking?

200

This Union General swung north in February 1865 through the Carolinas toward Virginia.

Who is William T. Sherman?

200

Xerostomia means a dry one of these; try not to put your foot in yours when you talk to your crush.

What is mouth?

300

This acute illness required a month-long hospital stay when Florence was 30 years old.  

What is endocarditis?

300

A male of this large beetle uses his single front horn to drive other males away from females.  

What is the rhinoceros beetle?

300

In scientific classification, it's next in line after class & order.  

What is family?


300

This tribe lost 4,000 members along the "Trail of Tears" in the 1830s.

Who are the Cherokee?

300

When your beloved is near, you hear the 1824 "Ode to Joy" by this composer.

Who is Beethoven?

400

Committed to the health of her family and the environment, Florence subscribed to this magazine for over 20 years.

What is Organic Gardening?

400

It's an underground stem that can produce new roots, helping plants reproduce despite nasty weather. 

What is a rhizome?

400

This element, symbol K, was first isolated as a pure metal in 1807.

What is potassium?

400

The 2nd Offensive by this German lasted from January to July, 1942, with stops in Tobruk & Benghazi.

Who is Erwin Rommel?

400

Poor coordination & tingling - could be love or a lack of thiamine, also called this alphanumeric vitamin.

What is B1?

500

This college course taken at EMC involved field study with binoculars.

What is ornithology?

500

It's not your run-of-the-mill parallelogram, it's classified as a special parallelogram.

What is a rhombus? (Acc:  Rhomb)

500

Fatty tissue inside the eye socket also known by this astronomic term, nearly surrounds the eyeball & cushions it.

What is the orbit?

500

The land bridge that once allowed humans to migrate on foot from Asia to North America is named for him.

Who is (Vitus) Bering?

500

Forms of this abnormality of the heartbeat include "skipping a beat", fibrillation & tachycardia, beating too fast.

What is arrhythmia?