“CAT”EGORY
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed itself is called this
Catalyst
The early Romans called it mare nostrum, meaning “our sea”
Mediteranean
D. Gottlieb ws the company that introduced the first one with “flippers” in 1947
Pinball Machine
This aviator & aircraft manufacturer died in an airplane en route to Texas April 5, 1976
Howard Hughes
Light regulator that comes in leaf, rotary & focal-plane types
Shutter
It's a tough, thin cord used for stringing musical instruments & tennis rackets
Catgut
The Chinese call this sea the Hwang Hai
Yellow Sea
If you can do the “sleeper” or go “walking the dog”, you're proficient with this toy
Yo Yo
In 1922 she published her book on etiquette aftr reading one that was riddled with errors
Emily Post
Film is coated with light sensitive halides of this metal suspended in gelatin
Silver
A raftlike pleasure boat with 2 hulls, it can be powered by sail or motor
Catamaran
In 1969 oil was struck in the Efofisk Field in Norway's sector of this sea
North Sea
The word game in which the loser goes to the gallows
Hangman
In 1938 this British P.M. used the expressions “Peace with honor“ & “Peace for our time”
Chamberline
This letter is used to designate the aperture of a lens
F Stop
Many early Christians buried their dead in this series of underground vaults or room
Catacmbs
Aquaba, Jordan's only port, is on an arm of this sea
Red Sea
This ancient game, played with “stones”, is called trictrac in French
Backgammon
In 1907 she opened her first “casa dei bambini”, a school for the children of a Roman slum
Montesorri
In 1839 he was given an annuity of 6,000 francs for revealing his photographic process
Daguerre
Not made by Heinz
Catsup
Except for Zmeiny off the Danube delta, this sea is virtually devoid of islands
Black Sea
The name of this game is from the Latin for “the Lord
Dominoes
32 years after he was elected governor of Tennessee, he was elected governor of Texas
Houston
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Photographer of “Moonrise, Hernandez, N.M.”, he was a director of The Sierra Club 1934-71
Ansel Adams