UN Member States
This nation became a member of the United Nations in 1991 after the Soviet Union collapsed. The nation took over the Soviet's seat on the UN security council.
Russia
This player was kicked off his high school varsity basketball team and relegated to the junior varsity squad. 9 years later he would dominate the NBA and gain a total of 6 championships, on his way to a hall of fame career.
Michael Jordan
This celestial object is often referred to as a shooting star when it falls into Earth's atmosphere.
Meteor
This invention was not brought to existence by Thomas Edison, he only came up with the manufacturing and mass production process for the genius invention that illuminated the world.
Light Bulb
This is the smallest unit place in the binary number system used by computers.
Bit
Originally the UN security council was made up of 4 members including the USA, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the Republic of China. This member was added to the security council to appease the Soviets and better balance the council.
France
According to the NBA rules shattering a backboard during a game shall be penalized with a technical foul and the player who shattered it may be fined. This rule is sometimes referred to by this players name, as he broke 3 backboards in one season.
Shaquille O'Neal
The celestial body often orbits planets at great distances. Some are even the size of small planets.
Moon
This simple machine was invented to make moving objects across land easier, as rolling objects are easier to move.
Wheel
In the binary number system 4 number places is equivalent to one of these units.
Nibble
This nation gained independence from South Africa in February of 1990. It subsequently joined the UN in April of 1990, becoming the model for joining nations, and UN peace keeping operations.
Namibia
This man was the first to break a backboard during a game. He did so by throwing the ball at the rim, instead of dunking the ball. He would later have a tremendous acting career.
Chuck Connors
Most of the stars in the universe are this type of star, named for their color and their large size.
Red Giant
This idea came about in the 1950's and was not a single invention but the idea that computers can be connected across great distances.
Internet
This easy to learn coding language is becoming industry standard throughout the programming field, the language is named after an invasive snake species in Florida.
Python
This nation joined the UN in 1949 to much disagreement from the Arab world. The UN later partitioned the nation to keep a barrier between the sovereignty of the nation and the Arab realm.
Israel
The NBA logo depicts a basketball player dribbling the ball. The character is actually a silhouette of this Legendary Laker player during the 1966 season
Jerry West
This mysterious astronomical body is so dense that any matter or light that enters it's gravity will never escape.
Black Hole
We got tired of sharing communication devices within a home, so we all now have these mass produced inventions to communicate with one another.
Cell Phone
Computer science is not the study of computers and technology, but rather is the study of how any two things do this.
Communicate
This member nation was admitted in 1966, and is the only English speaking nation in South America.
Guyana
The 1992 Summer Olympics men's basketball team is often referred to as the dream team. It included the likes of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and this unusual inclusion of a college basketball player.
Christian Laettner
This small star is extremely dense and is what happens when a star is not massive enough to be a neutron star, but not dense enough to be a black hole.
White Dwarf
Before the advent of this device, math had to either be done by hand or with a slide rule.
Calculator
If your home has an internet connection it also likely has this device that transfers packets of data between computer networks.
Router