Word Origins
The "acu" in acupuncture comes from the Latin for these instruments used in acupuncture.
What is Needles
July 11, 1804: Aaron Burr mortally wounds _______ ________ during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
Heads up! Miners & construction workers owe thanks to Edward Bullard for his design of this alliterative safety gear.
What is Hard Hat
On June 4, 2002 the New York Times ran the obituary for Albin Krebs, 73, who wrote these from 1969 to 1989.
What is Obituaries
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this desert is about as big as the United States.
What is Sahara
Received after high school & college, this word comes from the Greek for "Folded Paper."
What is Diploma
The only signer of both the Declaration & Constitution to sit on the _______ _____, James Wilson, took his oaths on October 5, 1789.
What is Supreme Court
Helping us to drive safer in the rain, Mary Anderson invented this device in 1903 but sadly, never made any money from it.
What is Windshield Wipers
Founded in 1911, this Connecticut college is in the town of New London.
What is Connecticut College
It's the number of degrees in a circle. You better hope the temperature never reaches it.
What is 360
If you're reading the writing on the wall & it's there illegally, it's this word from the Italian for "Scribblings."
What is Graffiti
The ____ _______ political organization was founded by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale in 1966.
What is Black Panthers
The first one of these electric devices was marketed by Schick in 1931.
What is Razor
The 2012 movie "Lincoln" based on the life of this president, grossed $275 million and had Daniel Day-Lewis win his third Oscar.
Who is Lincoln
This confection toasted over an open fire was originally made from the roots of the Althaea officinalis plant.
What is Marshmallow
Most commonly used in Broadway, this word stems from the Greek for "Dance Writing."
What is Choreography
In 1989 Japan got a new emperor for the first time in most of its citizens' lives, as Akihito succeeded ______.
Who is Hirohito
The aqualung was invented by Emile Gagnan & this man who explored the undersea world.
Who is Jacques Cousteau
Young lawyer Mitch McDeere realizes that the mafia controls his law firm in this 1991 novel.
What is The Firm
Opened in 1935, this European city's metro has an annual ridership of 2.3 billion people across 239 stations.
What is Moscow
This breakfast item derives its name from the Roman goddess of agriculture.
What is Cereal (Ceres)
Akhenaten, the father of ___ ___, was almost scratched from history, likely for his monotheistic beliefs.
Who is King Tut
This developer of the steam engine had the unit of electrical power named after him.
Who is James Watt
Invented in the late '50s, it's a functional circuit formed when diodes, transistors, etc. are integrated.
What is Integrated circuit
He taught biochemistry at Boston University while writing his sci-fi work "The Foundation Trilogy" and "I, Robot."
Who is Isaac Asimov