WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON YOU
18th century composer Luigi Boccherini numbered his works using this Latin word but Yves Gérard's numbered list is much better
opus
Helena is the seat of Lewis & Clark County as well as the capital of this state
Montana
You may recall it's the "M" in ROM, as in CD-ROM
memory
Princess who said, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. you're my only hope"
Leia
A faraway friend you exchange letters with
a pen pal
This Russian divided the elements into columns & rows in an early version of the periodic table
Mendeleev
his Iowa capital began as a fort in 1843 & the Women's Army Corps began there a century later
Des Moines
This weapon that delivers an electric shock is an acronym made from the name of fictional character Tom Swift
TASER
First name of "2001" astronaut Bowman, who has some tense dialogue with HAL
Dave
In Olympic track & field, the 4 x 100 is this type of contest
a relay race
Social sciences range from 300-399 in the library classification system named for this man
Dewey
This city of 200,000 stands near where the Coosa & Tallapoosa Rivers merge to form the Alabama River
Montgomery
When setting goals, be SMART--the S stands for this, so not vague & general
specific
Last name of alien-slaying Ellen, who wants to nuke the entire site from orbit
Ripley
Get 'em hot! Vernon Rudolph founded this donut chain in 1937
Krispy Kreme
Entropy is the crux of the third law of this, devised by German chemist Walther Nernst
thermodynamics
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center serves residents of this capital that hosted the 1st Whig Party convention in 1839
Harrisburg
NAIRU is the lowest possible rate of this in an economy before it starts to lead to inflation
unemployment
Alliterative time traveler also known as Calvin Klein
Marty McFly
This generation immediately preceded Generation X
the baby boomers
The sequence named for this Italian mathematician begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13
Fibonacci
The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce is found in this New England state capital
Augusta
Pronounced like a word for a small boat, it's a room where intelligence material can be read without a security risk
a SCIF
Alliterative Wall Street "lizard" who insists that greed is good
Gordon Gekko
This dairy product is melted for Welsh rarebit's sauce
cheddar cheese