WAY BACK IN '23
Newspapers used this euphemistic & alliterative 2-word term to describe a 1923 attack by a white mob on a Black Florida town
Race Riot
You don't have to be a follower of Antisthenes to be one of these doubting downers
A cynic
Vermicomposting uses these annelids, particularly red wigglers, to aid in organic farming
Earthworms
Instructions to this Hasbro game make things pretty clear... "Your goal is simple: to take over the world"
Risk
What five countries formed colonies that would later become part of the United States territory?
England, France, the Netherlands, Russia and Spain.
In 1823 this eponymous man was elevated to superintendent of the Survey of India
Everest
Woo-hoo! It's the fancier name for this colorful fireworks display
Pyrotechnics
Putting "wheel" in front of this word makes it a helpful farm item; otherwise, it's just a term for a castrated
A Barrow
Hoops coach Geno Auriemma has led this university to 6 undefeated seasons; one was 40-0, & the 2nd of 4 straight national titles
UConn
What was the name of the first (permanent English) American colony?
Jamestown, after King James I.
In 1523 the Spanish fought a bloody battle in this C. American country & soon founded the city of Granada on a lake there
Nicaragua
Derived from Greek, it's an 11-letter word for a werewolf
Lycanthrope
Britain's Royal Horticultural Soc. says this strategy means growing "on a different part of the vegetable plot each year"
Crop Rotation
He eked out a win in a 2007 presidential referendum in Syria, taking 97.6% of the vote, raising the question... who dared vote against him?
Bashar al-Assad
What year was the Jamestown settlement established?
In 1607
For signing a treaty with the rebellious Scots, in 1323 the earl of Carlisle met with this grisly 3-part (or un-part) punishment
hanging, drawing & quartering
It's the growing of plants without soil but in other mediums & with nutrient-infused water
This branch of agriculture is the science of raising farmyard animals; sounds like matrimony is involved
Husbandry
You can trust us, by 1880 this company controlled the refining of at least 90% of U.S.-produced oil
Standard Oil
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
Madam C.J. Walker (She sold hair care)
Shakespeare left these 2 men a little something in his will; they repaid him by collecting his plays in the 1623 First Folio
Heminges & Condell
This ancient city of Phoenicia was a trading center for papyrus & was also the cradle of the Phoenician alphabet
Byblos
Created by removing bad traits from rapeseed, such as its name, this plant full of useful oil has been grown in the U.S. since 1988
Canola
Though common, this totally epoch term for the time when human activity came to dominate Earth was denied official adoption in 2024
Anthropocene
The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord