SPORTS HISTORY
Florida's Streamline Hotel is the birthplace of this auto racing organization
NASCAR
The process of turning data like pictures into numbers is called this, from a word meaning "finger"
Digitizing
It's observing a potential military opponent to assess his position & strengths
Reconnaissance
It's the branch of biology that studies heredity & the passing on of characteristics
Genetics
Mazanderani & Fars
Iran
On April 22, 1954 the NBA changed forever with the adoption of a shot clock with a time limit of this many seconds
24
Also called a catalog, it's the hierarchical structure of files used in DOS & Unix
Directory
You can win an Oscar for this specialty, the art & science of filming a motion picture
Cinematography
Similar to phototropism, it's the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves specifically towards the Sun
Heliotropism
Zulu
South Africa
This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina
FIFA World Cup
In 1956 John McCarthy coined this term for human-like thought processes in computers
Artificial Intelligence
You'll follow anyone's lead because you're young & this adjective meaning easily influenced
Impressionable
Deglutition is the act or process of doing this
Swallowing
Tatar
Russia
It took 11 hours & 5 minutes over 3 days at this grand slam tennis venue in 2010 for John Isner to defeat Nicolas Mahut
Wimbledon
Introduced in 1995, it's the Sun Microsystems programming language symbolized as a coffee cup
Java
This restoration to health is the specialty of the V.A.'s Polytrauma centers
Rehabilitation
Hormones, especially during puberty, cause these glands to produce more oil, which leads to clogged pores & acne
Sebaceous glands
Yoruba & Igbo
Nigeria
Leading his team to a come-from-behind victory, this 24-year-old Kansas City QB became the youngest Super Bowl MVP winner in 2020
Patrick Mahomes
Transportation "vehicle" for a set of wires or circuits connecting a computer's various components
Bus
The Great Depression gave rise to this, the study of income & output on a national scale
Macroeconomics
A peptide is a short chain of 2 to 50 of these; proteins are made up of 50 or more
Amino acids
Galician
Spain