CARTS & RAFTS
You can use one to propel your raft on the water or vault a crossbar in track & field
Pole
Among his nicknames were "King Andrew the First" & "The Hero of New Orleans"
Andrew Jackson
Another term for a conductor's baton, or what a magician waves to perform tricks
Wand
The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was convicted of corrupting the youth of this city
It's the Roman numeral 4, or an abbreviation for a device that drips fluid into patients
IV
A tumbrel was a cart used in this revolution to transport the condemned to the guillotine
French Revolution
His first inaugural address, in 1801, was also the first delivered in Washington, D.C.
Thomas Jefferson
This protein rich food is coagulated from an extract of soybeans & used in salads & cooked foods
Tofu
On Nov. 7, 1504 this captain arrived back in Spain, his ocean voyaging done
Christopher Columbus
An "arm hug" is what your doctor, or your mom, may call the cuff that tests this
Blood pressure
To this young hero & his friend Jim, "There weren't no home like a raft, after all"
Huckleberry Finn
This man who served from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977, had the second shortest term of the 20th Century
Gerald Ford
A homophone of Santa's mode of transportation, it means to kill violently
To slay
When Galileo found 4 of these orbiting Jupiter, he named them after the powerful Medici family
Moons
The person who takes your x-rays wears a film badge to monitor exposure to this
Radiation
Although his 1916 campaign slogan was "He kept us out of war", the U.S. entered World War I the following year
This joint is formed by the articulation of the femur & the tibia
Knee
On Oct. 13, 1943 Italy declared war on this European country which had been its partner in evi
Doc holds a tongue depressor & says, "Open wide" to check the pair of these at the back of your throat
Tonsils
Also called corkwood, this light material was used by Thor Heyerdahl to build the Kon-Tiki raft
Balsa
In the 1950s the U.S. Golf Association installed a putting green for him near the Rose Garden
Eisenhower
From the French "alier", meaning "to bind", it's a country that binds with another for a common purpose
To ally
The points of these long weapons were often blunted in medieval jousting
Lances
A weak form of a disease agent used to protect against the disease, it comes from the Latin word for "cow"
Vaccine