Mythology
To rid himself of a gift he no longer wanted this king of Phrygia bathed in a river whose sands then became gold
Midas
Rusty metal is not the source of this disease but it's a good place for the clostridium bacteria that cause it to grow
Tetanus
The World War I poem In Flanders Field inspired the use of this flower as a symbol for remembering fallen soldiers
Poppy
Cephalopod PhD
Doctor octopus
At 8611 metres tall this mountain located on the China Pakistan border is the second tallest in the world
K2
This important egyptian god is the lord of the underwold and judge of the dead. He is traditionally depicted as a green skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard
Osiris
In 1665, Robert Hooke used a primitive microscope to observe what he called cells, which he believed were unique to plants, in a thin slice of this material
Cork
This German pilot is considered the ace-of-aces of world war I, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories (and also serves as a requiring enemy to Snoopy the dog)
Manfred von Richthofen/ Red Baron
Regal Nail
Kingpin
The largest great lake is also the deepest. This lake is larger than Scotland or South Carolina. Which lake?
Superior
His punishment for war against Zeus was being condemned to hold up the heavens
Atlas
Found almost anywhere there is fresh water, this microscopic animal can also survive extreme conditions—even exposure to the cold vacuum of outer space (as proven in a 2007 experiment)—and their DNA can withstand a battering by X-ray radiation.
Tardigrade
The final land battle of WWII was fought on this island in the Ryukyus in June 1945
Okinawa
Burgundy Braincase
Red Skull
This mainland Italian volcano erupted in 1817 and decimated the city of Pompeii
Vesuvius
In Norse myth it's the 7-leter name for where the mere mortals lived
Midgard
Microcephaly is one of the birth defects related to this tropical virus that's becoming more prevalent
Zika
This American General famous for his corncob pipe and brash attitude was given the medal of honor for his work in the Philippines
Douglas McArthur
Smilodon
Sabretooth
This arm of the Pacific Ocean is between the Chinese mainland & the Korean peninsula
The yellow sea
The egyptian god of writing and wisdom, could be depicted in the form of a baboon or a sacred ibis or as a man with the head of an ibis.
Thoth
Beggiatoa is an extremophile bacteria known for a metabolism that involves oxidation of inorganic compounds, it is often found on these aquatic sulfur sources.
hydrothermal vents
This British civilian ocean liner was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915.
RMS Lusitania
Globule
Blob
Dive Site Silfra in Thingyellir National park allows divers to swim in a fissure between two tectonic plates. This site is located in this country
Iceland