SCIENCE CLASS
In natural form a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust & in the human body
oxygen
He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987
Bill Gates
In Spanish ¡felicidades! is one way to say this
congratulations
In 1958, Harry Winston mailed this 45.52-carat item to the Smithsonian for $2.44 first class, plus $142.85 for $1 million in insurance
the Hope Diamond
Partly inspired by her own childhood, she co-created the series "Never Have I Ever"
Mindy Kaling
Used as a common medical treatment in the 19th century, laudanum is a tincture of this narcotic dissolved in distilled spirits
opium
In 1887 he began running the San Francisco Examiner, which his dad acquired 7 years before
William Randolph Hearst
It's another name for a movie's director of photography; Conrad Hall was a great one
a cinematographer
Oops... on a stamp in 2010--& 3 billion stamps, eventually--the USPS used a replica in Vegas instead of this New York landmark
the Statue of Liberty
William Petersen's last regular episode of this crime drama came early on in 2009
CSI
Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal
iron
Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird
"Piano Man"
Described in 3 of the gospels, it's the term for Jesus' change in appearance to divine form up on a mountain
transfiguration
RFD, short for this, began in 1896; previously, about 65% of Americans lived in the "R" area & had to pick up mail at the P.O.
Rural Free Delivery
For season 6 of this series, Corey Stoll replaced Damian Lewis as the main very, very rich guy
Billions
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite by mixing kieselguhr, a type of chalky earth, with this liquid explosive
nitroglycerin
William Thomson is a fine name for a physicist, but after developing the absolute temp. scale, Lord this had a nice ring.
(Lord) Kelvin
It's the phenomenon exhibited here in waves on the California coast, caused by light-emitting organisms
bioluminescence
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of scams by fake sweepstakes purporting to be from this company founded in 1953
Publishers Clearing House
This series begins with John Nolan, played by Nathan Fillion, joining the LAPD at age 45
The Rookie
Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity
a fruit fly
In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned.
de Blasio
From French & Latin for "nimble finger", it's a fancy name for a sleight of hand magician
a prestidigitator
Lawrence O'Brien was appointed to this government job by LBJ in 1965; in '75 Larry did a nifty crossover & got the NBA commissioner gig
Postmaster General
Sandy Dvore designed the animated title sequence of a mother bird & 5 chicks for this 1970s series
The Partridge Family