THE LAWS OF PHYSICS
The lightweight plastic rocket flies far above the drop point, while the more massive launcher barely bounces--a textbook example of this man's second & third laws of motion
Newton
"Maria" & "I Feel Pretty"
West Side Story
In 2018 new president Miguel Diaz-Canel became this country's first non-Castro leader in nearly 60 years
Cuba
"No!" to fully autonomous weapons, says a group called the "Campaign to Stop Killer" these humanlike devices
Robots
Described as up to 15' tall & a likely nightmare at the local shoe store, this legend is basically North America's Yeti
Bigfoot
P stands for pressure & V for this in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT
Volume
"I Am Africa" & "Joseph Smith American Moses"
The Book Of Mormon
Nearly 60% of Switzerland's territory is in these mountains
The Alps
The WWF for Nature says this kind of "loss", as of frogs' swamps & monkeys' forests, is "the greatest threat to species"
Habitat
Would you trust your dad to shoot an apple off your head using a bow & arrow? The son of this 14th century Swiss man had to
William Tell
To double the stretch of a spring, you have to double the strength of the pull per "Hooke's Law of" this property
Elasticity
Opened on Broadway in 2018:
"Someone Gets Hurt" & "Meet The Plastics"
Mean Girls
The Maldives, in this ocean, appears on lists of islands you should visit before they sink & disappear
The Indian Ocean
DAILY DOUBLE: A 2018 Fed report said not counting mortgages, the biggest source of U.S. debt was this, incurred by young people
Student loans
Head to Coventry & see the pageant that retraces the path that she took through town; unlike her, you can wear clothes
Lady Godiva
The First Law of Thermodynamics is AKA the principle of conservation of this
Energy
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker" & "If I Were A Rich Man"
Fiddler On The Roof
Of the 12 independent countries in South America, Brazil, which occupies nearly half the continent, borders 9 of them--all except for Chile & this country
Ecuador
If automation replaces the USA's 3.5 million of these workers, there'll be no more songs like "18 Wheels And A Dozen Roses"
Truck Drivers
You'd find this 7-foot misnamed man in Sherwood Forest
Little John
DAILY DOUBLE: Snell's Law, or the law of refraction, is a major law of this branch of physics
Optics
"Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" & "You Can't Stop The Beat"
Hairspray
Sadly, in 2015 an earthquake damaged nearly 80% of the historic landmarks in this country's Kathmandu Valley
Nepal
Many want electronic voting systems to leave this kind of trail for post-election audits & recounts
A paper trail
This end-of-the-alphabet vigilante of 19th century Calif. used 3 quick sword strokes to carve his favorite letter into his foes
Vigilante