Greek Mythology
Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, one of these one-eyed giants.
Cyclops
When viewed from above, all planets revolve in this direction around the sun.
Counterclockwise
Indenting the coastline of Alaska, Norton Sound, & Kuskokwim Bay are inlets of this sea.
Bering Sea
An acoustics prize went to a study of why people hate the sound of fingernails interacting with this.
Chalkboard
(Ig Nobel Prize - this was a satirical prize)
He completed his "Messiah" oratorio in about 25 days.
Handel
Athena caught Poseidon & this gorgon in her temple & turned her into a monster.
Medusa
Most major stars' names are from Greek, Latin, or this Middle Eastern language.
Arabic
Head up this river & you'll see George Washington's Mount Vernon home on its banks.
Potomac River
This Nobel Prize-winning nun was featured on a 2010 stamp.
Mother Teresa
The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suit" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas.
"The Nutcracker"
Pitys, Syrinx, & Echo were among the nymphs pursued by this lecherous half-man, half-goat.
Pan
Approximately 5.88 trillion miles.
Many of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River belong to Ontario, the rest belong to this U.S. state.
New York
Karl von Frisch won a 1973 Nobel Prize for deciphering the dancing "language" of these insects.
Bees
Between 1713 & 1730 Francois Couperin published 4 books of suites for this precursor of the piano.
Harpsichord
In Greek mythology, these immortals included Cronus, Rhea, & Oceanus.
The comet-shaped magnetosphere that surrounds the Earth is shaped by the stream of plasma know as this.
Solar Wind
Great Pyrenees
In 1906 he became the first president & the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
Teddy Rosevelt
This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5 years old.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In Greek myth, the Furies, goddesses of vengeance, are the daughters of Uranus & this Earth goddess.
Gaia
Estimated temperatures on this planet range from 800°F on the sunlit side to -290°F on the dark side.
Mercury
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts.
Iguazu Falls
She was the first & the fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Marie Curie
A German composer: "Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of a woman."
Beethoven