Earth Day at 50
Nat Geo is honoring the 50th anniv. of Earth Day with a special about this activist who has a special bond with chimpanzees
Who is Jane Goodall?
Beaten in battle, or a town paired with Lexington
What is conquered/Concord?
Womb
What is the uterus?
At his 2018 funeral his son said he was "the brightest of a thousand points of light"
Who is George Herbert Walker Bush?
This statesman, whose son famously wore brownface makeup to a private school party in 2001, was the 1982 commencement speaker
Who is Pierre Trudeau?
A theme of Earth Day 2018 was ending plastic pollution; one suggestion is when you order a soda, say, "no" this
What is a straw?
Your brother's daughter, or a town on the French Riviera
What is niece/Nice?
Voice box
What is the larynx?
Many funeral homes suggest keeping this to 5 minutes or less
What is a eulogy?
This person founded the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837. Four years later, a member of the congregation was sent to the United States to start a university in Indiana
Who is Basil Moreau?
Earth Day reminds us that in 2020 nations are expected to bump climate change commitments to the agreement of 2015 made in this city
What is Paris?
Spooky, or a Pennsylvania Great Lake city
What is eerie/Erie?
Carpus
What is the wrist?
Her 1997 funeral included a song with the revised lyrics "Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts"
Who is Princess Diana?
This is the official name of "Touchdown Jesus"
What is the Word of Life mural
The first Earth Day took place in 1970, inspiring this act in the same year that sought to keep our skies free from pollution
What is the Clean Air Act?
A person's animating spirit, or city that's headquarters to Hyundai
What is soul/Seoul
Tympanum or tympanic membrane
What is the eardrum?
Pollen found in burial caves used by these ancient humans named for a German valley suggests flowers were laid with their dead
Who are Neanderthals?
This Holy Cross priest (also a professor of chemistry and botany) is known for his research in the early 1900s which contributed to the invention of one type of synthetic rubber
Who is Julius Nieuwland?
In 2010 Earth Day brought about a tree-planting initiative named for this uppermost section of a forest's trees
What is the canopy?
4-letter low-carb diet, or Andean capital
What is keto/Quito
Pollex
What is the thumb?
Venerating the Aztec underworld goddess Mictecacihuatl, this celebration was moved to coincide with All Saints' Day & All Souls' Day
What is Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This is the home state of The Reverend John Ignatius Jenkins, C.S.C., the university's current president
What is Nebraska?