Science
These variations in the level of the oceans have the most variation at the new moon.
Tides
It took 12 years 1847-1859 to find out what became of John Franklin who died searching for this Arctic passage
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
This university has 150000-plus students at its 4-year campuses which include Eau Claire & Oshkosh
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Drop the from an H.G. Wells title to get the name of this 1952 novel narrated by a nameless young black man
INVISIBLE MAN
This type of cloud that can ruin a picnic grows from cumulus clouds & the word grows from cumulus too
CUMULONIMBUS
The ancient world had 2 important cities named Thebes: one in Greece & one in this land
EGYPT
This California University is home to the Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace
STANFORD
Published posthumously in 1870 Dickens' only true mystery novel was The Mystery of him
EDWIN DROOD
Crossword puzzle addicts know ase is a common ending for these catalyzing proteins produced by cells
ENZYMES
This '50s & '60s Soviet leader who told the West we will bury you is himself buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
KHRUSHCHEV
To stand out from other schools with George's name Washington University added in this Midwest city to its name
ST. LOUIS
James Dickey is best remembered for this novel about a harrowing canoe trip
DELIVERANCE
First predicted in 1930 this particle with no charge goes through miles of matter without reacting with a proton or neutron
NEUTRINOS
This national liberation front came to power in Nicaragua in 1979 & is ruling once again
THE SANDINISTAS
What was the Norfolk division of the College of William & Mary took this venerable name
OLD DOMINION
This Allen Ginsberg poem begins I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness
HOWL
Dispersion is the breaking of light via a prism into these visible wavelengths
COLORS
Around 1310 Pope Clement V moved the papacy from Italy to this French city & it stayed there for almost 70 years
AVIGNON
The Red Stick International Digital Festival is an annual event at this university
LSU
Elizabeth Strout won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her book of stories set in coastal Maine about this title woman
OLIVE KITTERIDGE
What is a male duck called?
Drake