Biggie Wordies
apposite
relevant
This 2nd US president entered a Quasi-War with France
John Adams
A chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges
ionic bond
The game awards 2017 game of the year was this action-adventure game for the Nintendo Switch where Link fights to defeat Calamity Ganon and restore the kingdom of Hyrule
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The celebration of St. Patrick's Day on March 17 is for this anniversary
Saint Patrick’s death
listless
(of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm; enervated; lackadaisical
The main purpose of the Seneca Falls convention was to...
Call for women to assert their rights. They believed they should have equal rights, and many were fighting against the “cult of domesticity,” which declared that a woman’s place was in the home.
These two elements are involved in all organic compounds.
Carbon and Hydrogen
This 3rd person online game, developed by Epic Games in 2017, has 3 game modes: Save the World, Creative, and Battle Royale
Fortnite
This was the original purpose of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Introducing Christianity to Ireland
fatuous
silly and pointless (fatuus = foolish)
What is the first cash crop which helped America's economy grow.
tobacco
A car goes from a speed of 10 m/s to 15 m/s in 2 seconds. Find the acceleration of the car.
acceleration = change in velocity / time = (15 - 10) / 2 = 2.5 m/s^2
Developed by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios, this video game allows players to explore a blocky, procedurally generated 3D world with virtually infinite terrain to discover, extract, and build.
Minecraft
The first recorded country that held a St. Patrick’s Day Parade
United States (New York City; March 17, 1762)
insouciant
indifferent; lacking concern or care; "no worry" (soucier = worry)
This person is starred of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II, and she became perhaps the most iconic image of working women.
Rosie the Riveter
Name all 4 nucleotides, or bases, in DNA.
adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T)
Won 39 Game of the Year awards, this 2004 first-person shooter game where players control Gordon Freeman as he joins a resistance movement to liberate the Earth from the control of an alien empire called the Combine.
Half-Life 2
Saint Patrick stood on Croagh Patrick and "banished" this from Ireland
snakes
chimera
a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve;
a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
This American medical researcher developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
Dr. Jonas Salk
Often, vibrations occur at multiples of the ________ frequency, known as harmonic frequencies.
fundamental
This PlayStation 3, puzzle-platformer game allowed players to control Sackboy to progress through online user created levels
LittleBigPlanet
This was Saint Patrick's original name
Maewyn Succat