Around the World
Tuxtla Gutierrez is the capital city of Chiapas, the southernmost state in this nation
Mexico
Arranged in pairs, you've got 24 of these chest protectors
ribs
In addition to "The Prince of Darkness", this Black Sabbath man has been called "The Godfather of Heavy Metal"
Ozzy Osbourne
"Alamut", a 1938 novel by Vladimir Bartol about fanatical killers, inspired the hit video game this "Creed"
Assassin's Creed
Computer scientist Annie Easley wrote code that helped in the development of the first batteries used in this class of car that employs dual power systems
hybrids
As an adjective, it means secluded; as a noun, it helps get your TV going
remote
The c. 300 B.C. "De Historia Plantarum" helped establish Plato's student Theophrastus as the founder of this 6-letter science
botany
This city of 10 million hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics
Seoul
These 2 largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea are both autonomous regions of Italy
Sicily; Sardinia
The Constitution states that to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, you must be at least this age
25
Iggy Pop, Lou Reed & Joey Ramone have all been called "The Godfather of" this rock genre
punk
Based on "Hamlet", "Elsinore" has you play as this character; perhaps you might not drown
Ophelia
Coders fluent in SQL or Structured Query Language can work with information storehouses known as relational these; Oracle is famous for software that creates them
databases
This term for any basic food item also doubles for something that keeps your papers together
staple
Carpo, Kale & Eirene are 3 of the 79 known moons orbiting this planet
jupiter
This Swiss capital lies on the Aare River
Bern
Where's the beef? One place is this city of 1.6 million on Osaka Bay
Kobe
26 is the atomic number of this chemical element, symbol Fe
iron
"The Godfather of Soul" was just one of this music titan's nicknames
James Brown
In the mobile game based on this 1873 novel, you can end up with a different itinerary than the one Jules Verne created
Around the World in 80 Days
In the 1970s, Moore's Law surmised that the number of these central components on microchips would double every two years, but Moore later admitted, it probably won't last
transistors
It sounds kind of trash-y, but it's a governmental excursion on the public's dime
junket
Stannum is the Latin word for this, which explains Sn as its chemical symbol
tin
As the Coriolis force moves counterclockwise, afternoon brings a sea breeze called the Fremantle Doctor to this Western Australia capital
Perth
This ecologically vital region also called the Selva reaches its northern limits in Colombia & Venezuela
the Amazon Rainforest
In the Olympics, games of table tennis are played to 11 points & games of this racket sport are played to 21
badminton
Jamaican Laurel Aitken is "The Godfather of" this reggae precursor
ska
With flowing white hair, Geralt of Rivia is a monster slayer in this video game series based on the stories of Andrzej Sapkowski
The Witcher
Tech pioneer Adele Goldberg helped develop a programming language used to create the first GUI, short for this, featuring icons & menus
a graphical user interface
This word that means to squirm in pain begins with a silent "W"
writhe
In the body, free radicals are atoms that are unstable & can damage cells by stealing one of these particles from nearby molecules
electrons
We doff our caps to this metropolis, the oldest of Morocco's 4 imperial cities
Fez
Dagestan is between the Caspian Sea on its east & this independence-seeking Russian Republic to its west
Chechnya
This language, introduced around 1900, has 28 letters, including 6 special ones; you can enable your keyboard to type them
Esperanto
NWA's Eric Wright, better known by this stage name, is "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap"
Eazy-E
Andrew Ryan, the industrialist villain in "Bioshock", was inspired by this female author with the same initials
Ayn Rand
Analyzing facial & speech patterns, soft biometrics signatures help combat these videos that can make someone appear to say things they've never spoken
deep fakes
This word meaning "scheduled" begins with a type of metamorphic rock
slated
As Homer Simpson said, "In this house we obey the laws of" this relationship between heat & mechanical energy
thermodynamics
Home to the largest religious college in Iran, this city was the base of Ayatollah Khomeini before & after his exile
Qom