Literature
In this Edgar Allan Poe story, our loopy narrator kills an old man, but thinks he still hears part of his victim beating on
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
Once a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, today it often refers to a computer nerd
What is geek?
It is the title of Stephen King's novel about the creepy clown Pennywise
What is IT?
Baseball,
Cricket,
Vampire
What are Bats?
Alan Turing, the father of computer science, was charged with this by the British government for being gay
What is Gross Indecency?
There are big reasons why John Hammond finds Isla Nublar, off Central America, a bit tricky to run in this 1990 novel
What is Jurassic Park?
The name of this manual computing device is from the Greek abax, or 'counting board'
What is abacus?
This unit of measure is the distance a burst of light travels in one year about 5.8 trillion miles
What is a Lightyear?
Spoon,
Dollar,
Buffalo
What are bills?
This crater on Mars was named after an openly gay astrophysicist of the same name
What is Pollack Crater?
"China Rich Girlfriend" is a sequel to this bestseller by Kevin Kwan
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
The name of this type of aircraft is from 2 Greek words meaning 'spiral wing'
What is helicopter?
Part of this group's mission is to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future
What is Greenpeace?
Video,
Ticker,
Scotch
What are Tapes?
Jenna Redmond, a pioneer in biotechnical engineering, 3D printed this object as the first object printed as the first bio-printed object
What is a middle finger?
This co-star of "iCarly" used humor to tackle her struggles in her memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died"
Who is Jennette McCurdy?
From the Latin for 'much writing', it's another name for a lie detector test
What is polygraph?
The thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lost only one race: a 1919 upset to a horse named this
What is Upset?
Smile,
Eggs,
Books
What are things you can crack?
This queer scientist discovered 325 uses for peanuts, 108 for sweet potatoes, and 75 for pecans
Who is George Washington Carver?
In this 14th century work, Satan's 3 hideous mouths are observed forever chewing on Judas, Brutus & Cassius
What is The Inferno?
Though it meant “seasickness” in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness
What is nausea?
In 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born near a small Tuscan hill town called this
What is Vinci?
Cymbals,
The Stock Market,
Uninvited Guests
Alan L. Hart was both a physician and radiologist but also spent time as a novelist. This book that is not officially an autobiography, follows the story of a gay radiologist trying to live their life
What is The Undaunted?