Just Desserts
This cake was named for being made with 16 ounces each of flour, butter, sugar & eggs.
The word for beaten in battle, or a town paired with Lexington
Conquered/Concord
Civics: Speaks with confidence, especially in 1963 on having "a dream deeply rooted in the American dream"
For things like discovering polonium & radium, she & her husband Pierre won the Nobel Prize for Physics
Who is Marie Curie?
The lepidopteran family Tineidae includes the clothes-loving type of this insect
What are moths?
Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness.
What is cheesecake?
Your brother's daughter, or a town on the French Riviera
Niece/Nice
Biology: Communicates observations well & helps others, like after his 1954 vaccine trial with 1.8 million kids.
Who is Jonas Salk?
Dian Fossey's work with these animals in Rwanda led to their further protection from poaching
What are gorillas?
In the Bible 3 of the 10 plagues of Egypt were caused by insects: these swarmers were in at No. 8
What are locusts?
Literally "lightning" in French, this long, thin chocolate-covered pastry really gives me a charge.
What is an eclair?
Spooky, or a Pennsylvania Great Lake city
Eerie/Erie
Physics: Uses time wisely, in a book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes"
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Although she wasn't a photographer, this scientist's "Photo 51" was critical for the discovery of the true structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
There may be as many as 8 million species of insects & all have bodies divided into 3 major sections: head, abdomen & this
What is the thorax?
This 4-letter caramel custard dessert associated with Spanish recipes dates back to Roman times.
What is flan?
A person's animating spirit, or city that's headquarters to Hyundai
Soul/Seoul
Government: Very hardworking--wrote at least 51 of 85 "Federalist" essays as if he was running out of time
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Wendy Freedman et al. nailed down the value of this man's constant, which, with distance, helps find the velocity of galaxies
Who is Hubble?
This bee named for its habit of tunneling into wood looks like a big, less hairy bumblebee
What is a carpenter bee?
A Vienna library has a recipe from 1696 for this flaky pastry, and the filling is apple.
What is strudel?
4-letter low-carb diet, or Andean capital
Keto/Quito
Philosophy: Stunned professors with a presentation claiming that "the unexamined life is not worth living".
Who is Socrates?
1740s physicist Emilie du Chatelet made what's still the standard French translation from Latin of this Newton work
What is Principia Mathematica?
Insects breathe through these holes in their exoskeletons, with a name from the Latin for "breathe"
What are spiracles?