BIOLOGY
By definition bacteria called anaerobes don't need this to live
Oxygen
In 2002 they covered Stevie Nicks' "Landslide"
The band formerly known as "the Dixie Chicks"
If you're "cut to" this 5-letter word, you're injured deeply
The quick
These 2 warring capitals were a mere 100 miles apart
Washington and Richmond
The 3 Battles of Ypres
World War I
In an earthworm, pairs of nephridia, similar to these human organs, filter & remove waste
Kidneys
If you said something important, you ain't just doing this
Whistling dixie
Peachy this! It's also a wailing lament for the dead
Keen
According to the prisoner exchange agreement of July 1862, 60 privates could be exchanged for one of these officers
A general
The Inchon Landing
The Korean War
Linked to some birth defects, aneuploidy is the condition of having an abnormal number of these
Chromosomes
Marketed as a way to prevent the spread of germs, this product got its current name in 1919
The Dixie cup
"A word to the" this (& hopefully that's you right now): it means informed or in the know
Wise
With a population of about 168,000 in 1860, this city on the Mississippi River was the largest city in the Confederacy
New Orleans
The Battle of Lookout Mountain
The Civil War
There are 3 main types of these in the body--smooth, striated & cardiac
Muscles
This grocery chain goes back to a store founded in Miami in 1925 by W.M. Davis
Winn-Dixie
Brilliant, like the "lights" in a "big city" title
Bright
12,000 men were involved in this ill-fated July 1863 "Charge" named for a general who sold insurance after the war
Pickett's Charge
The 1356 Battle of Poitiers
The 100 Years War
Blood has 4 main components: red blood cells that make up about 45% of the volume, white blood cells & platelets that account for less than 1%, and making up about 55% is this liquid part that transports cells throughout the body
Plasma
Nickname of the party led by 1948 presidential candidate Strom Thurmond
The Dixiecrats
In 2012, Mike Rogers was the chairman of the House's Permanent Select Committee on this
Intelligence
In March 1861 there were 7 Confederate states, so there were 7 stars on the flag with this rhyming nickname
"Stars and Bars"
The Battle of Tarawa
World War II