FCS J! Round 1

The Space Program

100

This Moon mission after Armstrong's suffered a lightning strike 36 seconds in & all 3 fuel cells in the service module went offline

Apollo 12

200

In 2020, NASA sponsored a public competition to help engineer a rover that could withstand the 900-degree surface temperature & crushing atmospheric pressure of this otherwise somewhat Earth-like planet

Venus

300

The 2-person capsule used in this followup program to Mercury flew on a Titan II rocket that was first designed as a missile

Gemini

400

We've got this Mars rover that landed in Gusev crater on Jan. 3, 2004, yes we do! We've got this Mars rover, how 'bout you?

Spirit

500

It was "Mae" in September 1992 when she became the first African-American woman in space onboard the Endeavour

Jemison

Tools

100

This L-shaped metal wrench with hexagonal ends bears a manufacturing company's name

Allen wrench

200

Wood or stone can be shaped using a hammer & this metal tool with a beveled edge & a name from Latin for "cut"

a chisel

300

Tin is one type of these metal cutters, also found in a list of what little boys are made of

snips

400

The bolted-in bench type of this clamp that holds an object in place is often used in metalworking

a vise

500

It can be the weight used to determine that a line is vertical, or the quality of being vertical itself

a plumb

Opening Lines of Dr. Seuss

100

"1 fish, 2 fish
red fish
blue fish.
Black fish
blue fish"
this fish
"new fish"

old fish

200

"I am Sam
Sam I am...
do you like"
this offering?

green eggs and ham

300

"...but the Grinch who lived just north of" this place "did not!" (like Christmas a lot, that is)

Whoville

400

"On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool" this guy "heard a small noise"

Horton

500

"Now, the star-belly" these "had bellies with stars. The plain-belly" these "had none upon thars"

Sneetches

Weights and Measures

100

This "handy" measure of booze is a pour of about 3/4 of an inch

a finger

200

Tire pressure is measured in psi, short for these

pounder per square inch

300

This unit of measure also means to come to understand

to fathom

400

At one time, a nook was a measure of land equal to about 20 of these

acres

500

This length used in horse racing is equal to 220 yards, or 1/8 of a mile

a furlong

"STATE YOUR BUSINESS(You'll have to name the state where you'd find these corporate headquarters.)"

100

General Mills,
Land O'Lakes

Minnesota

200

Home Depot,
Waffle House

Georgia

300

John Deere Co.,
Jimmy John’s

Illinois

400

Walmart,
Tyson Foods

Arkansas

500

Frontier Airlines,
Dish Network

Colorado