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There's no defense for not knowing this term for a 5-sided polygon
What is a Pentagon?
Despite its location near the arctic circle in the north atlantic, it has more hot springs than any other country
What is Iceland?
Besides referring to a larger clothing size, it can also be an arctic dog
What is Husky?
Initially a barbed wire barrier, it began going up August 13, 1961
What is the Berlin Wall?
Plato was a teacher of this greek philosopher & scientist who also became a colleague
Who is Aristotle?
Euclid came up with the first proof that there are an infinite number of these integers with only 2 positive divisors
What are prime numbers?
Tobacco used in its famous cigars is grown in the Vuelta Abajo region
What is Cuba?
Meaning plump, this adjective begins with a shipboard direction
What is portly?
According to tradition, in 490 B.C., Pheidippides ran 25 miles to announce a greek victory in this battle
What is Marathon?
The followers of this philosopher & mathematician are the foils in "Phaedo"; They don't take the right angle
Who is Pythagoras?
It's the base 10 logarithm of 10,000
What is 4?
Daily Double!
This country's Ionian Islands are sometimes called the Heptanesos because there are 7 main islands
The latin for "Body" gives us this 9-letter word that needs a diet
What is Corpulent?
Daily Double!
The battle of Balaklava & the Battle on Inkerman took place during this war
Plato's unfinished "Critias" was to detail the ancient war between Athens and this fabled island
What is Atlantis?
It's the radius of the circle x2 + y2 = 100
What is 10?
What is New Guinea?
Take a boxing blow, insert an "A" & you get this word for a big belly
What is Paunch?
The glorious revolution of 1688 ended the rule of King James II & brought this pair to the english throne
Who are William & Mary
In 529 A.D. almost 1,000 years after it was created by Plato, this school was closed by Justinian I
What is the Academy?
In cartesian geometry, the y coordinate of a point is called the ordinate, the X coordinate is called this, from latin for "cut off"
What is the Abscissa?
What is Guam?
This word that means "Resembling swine" rhymes with "Swine"
What is Porcine?
The Carolingian dynasty was followed by the Capetian dynasty in this country
What is France?
This work is about an ideal city where justice is complete & imitative poets are exiled
What is "The Republic"?