The Founding Fathers
Encyclopedia Britannica calls him "The Foundingest Father of them all" (really!)
George Washington
277 miles long & found in the American Southwest, it's one of the largest land gorges on Earth
The Grand Canyon
"Last to Exit Springfield"
The Simpsons
About .26 inches, a unit called this insect's space is based on the length of the gaps in a hive
a bee
The king can't move without being put in check! Curses! It's this chess situation--a draw!--who no one ever wants to see!
a stalemate
Cheers to this Harvard grad, a second cousin of the second president
(Samuel) Adams
The Earth's longest river is the Nile, but this one carries the most water by volume
The Amazon
From 2012:
"Say My Name"
Breaking Bad
The GGE, this substance gallon equivalent, compares the energy content of alternative fuels
gasoline
"Pater Corpus" doesn't quite have the same ring as this slang term for the build of some fathers
a dad bod
DD: Activist lawyer James Otis is credited with saying that this "without representation is tyranny"
taxation
This liquid beneath the Earth's surface is different in Hawaii--it has more molten rock & fewer gases & fragments
magma
"Chidi's Choice"
The Good Place
A braza, about 5 1/2 feet, is an old Spanish measure based in the reach of outspread these
arms
This insurance duo--the big cost you owe before your insurer kicks in & the money given to your doc you get services--are just the worst
deductible & co-pay
This Virginian first became prominent for his oratory in a 1763 case about whether it was OK to pay clergy with cash rather than tobacco
Patrick Henry
Larger trees are starting to encroach north on this ecosystem defined by its lack of them
The Tundra
"Wind Sprints" & "Black Eyes & Broken Hearts"
Friday Night Lights
A city map, also called a plat, shows the division into single-owner areas called this "P" word, a synonym of packages
parcels
Listerine says bad breath is "also known as oral malodor or" this word; now oral malodor... that'd be a better name
halitosis
The "Penman of the Revolution", John Dickinson drafted the first version of this predecessor to the Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Hurricanes don't hit our middle, as this "effect" of the rotating earth on wind flow increases the further you get from the equator
the Coriolis
"Riding in Town Cars with Boys" & "The Unblairable Lightness of Being"
Gossip Girl
hectare
The result for our account of writing a check you can't cover? It's this villain who many need "protection" from
overdraft