A Category About Nothing
Nothing, as a tennis score
What is "love?"
This American is the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, winning 28 medals, including a record 23 golds
Who is Michael Phelps?
This 20th c. word describes someone who avoids animal products in clothes & household items, not just food
What is vegan?
In the metric system the prefix "deca" means 10; this means 1 trillion
What is tera-?
Adopted in 1993, the flag of the Czech Republic features this familiar trio of colors, with two horizontal bands and an isosceles triangle on the left side
What are red, white, and blue?
...en español. It can be found in the Spanish expression for "you're welcome"
What is nada?
This city's Freedom Park was opened as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics
What is Atlanta?
This 10-letter word refers to the common language of a region
What is vernacular?
In 2008 oil was over $147 per this unit; in 2015 it dropped to around a third of that
What is a barrel?
The Czech capital: it was named the 24th most beautiful city in the world
What is Prague?
The "hour" for a military action to start
What is zero hour?
Mack Robinson, Jackie's older brother, finished second behind Jesse Owens at this city's 1936 Olympics
What is Berlin?
In Norse mythology, it's Odin's palace
What is Valhalla?
An octant, or 1/8 of a circle, is equal to this many degrees
What is 45?
In the early 20th century, Jan Jansky discovered there were 4, not 3, of these types in humans
What are blood types?
English poet William Cowper: "What peaceful hours I once enjoyed... but they have left an aching" this
What is "void?"
Do you believe in miracles? Mike Eruzione & the U.S. men's hockey team beat the Soviets at the Olympics in this year
What is 1980?
Synonyms for this adjective include coarse, crude & unrefined
What is vulgar?
Equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, this unit is 1.5x the actual ability it describes
What is horsepower?
Don't you see? In 1963 Czech chemist Otto Wichterle used new HEMA plastics to make the first soft type of these
What are contact lenses?
9-letter word for lack of existence, or a person of no importance
What is nonentity?
Though joined together at the time, these 2 Central European countries competed separately at the first Modern Olympics in 1896
What are Austria & Hungary?
7-letter foxy adjective
What is vulpine?
Your lumber company can tell you that one of these is 12 inches by 12 inches by 1 inch
What is a board foot?
This Czech composer was in the New World when he wrote his "New World" symphony & "The American Flag"
Who is Antonín Dvořák?