Compound Words
The 2012 London Paralympic Games included this type of basketball & fencing
Wheelchair
Liquid at room temperature, it has the same name as a planet
Mercury
This orange & black state bird of Maryland is also called a Firebird or golden robin
The Baltimore Oriole
Slate's theory on why glasses were enough to disguise this hero--all his pals had a condition called face blindness
Superman
In 1975 Joe Walsh was the "New Kid in Town" in this band
Eagles
The British use this 9-letter word for what we call a vest
Waistcoat
Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2
Helium
In 1845, this military academy was founded in Maryland.
United States Naval Academy
Based in the conveniently located Central City, this hero is AKA the Scarlet Speedster & the Fastest Man Alive
The Flash
In 1982 "A Flock of" these flew into the Top 10 with "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Seagulls
In TV cartoons, Shoeshine Boy would take an energy pill & become this canine superhero who spoke in rhyme
Underdog
All regularly minted U.S. coins today contain some of this element, symbol Cu
Copper
Newfoundlands rescued from a shipwreck off Maryland led to the retriever breed named for this body of water
Chesapeake Bay
This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point?
Arrow
Marc Bolan led the '70s glam rockers who used this short name of a dinosaur
T. rex
This owner of squalid housing overcharges his tenants while allowing the property to deteriorate
Slumlord
Daniel Rutherford discovered this gas that makes up most of the atmosphere & called it "noxious air"
Nitrogen
St. John's College in Maryland claims to be the third-oldest college in the U.S., predating this Connecticut school by 5 years
Yale
Crashing a plane he's on? Killing a nuclear physicist on a football field? This masked "Batman" villain sure gets around
Bane
These alliterative alt-rock rodents had a 2004 hit with "Float On"
Modest Mouse
A troublemaker, or a piece of burning wood
Firebrand
It's the element whose magnetic properties have been known & studied the longest
Iron
On Sept. 17, 1862 this bloody battle in Maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.
Antietam
In "Justice League", this Jason Momoa character admits, "I don't want to die. I'm young. There's (stuff) that I want to do"
Aquaman
The name of this "Look Good on The Dancefloor" band combines a cold environment & tropical animal
The Arctic Monkeys