Big Business
2 of its stocks have the symbols GOOG & GOOGL; take your time!
What is Alphabet?
Humphry Davy suggested magnium for this element's name so it wouldn't be confused with manganese
What is magnesium?
Hey kids, wanna play "CSI"? Oops, sorry--CSI: forensic lab kits were 86ed due to possible asbestos in the powder used to dust for these
What are prints?
Einstein published his theory of special relativity in 1905; in 1915, he issued this broader one that accounts for gravity
What is general relativity?
At a 2018 G7 summit he declared, "Canadians, we are polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around"
Who is Justin Trudeau?
Since its 1837 founding by 2 immigrants in Cincinnati, it's made Ivory soap, Tide, Crisco & a whole lot more
What is Procter and Gamble?
In Italian, "erta" is a lookout--the phrase "all'erta", meaning on the lookout, led to this 5-letter term for a warning
What is alert?
Supplanted by the DS, this discontinued Nintendo handheld entered the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2009
What is the game boy?
The Greek letter mu represents the coefficient of this force that resists the motion of surfaces in contact
What is friction?
Sophocles gave us the expression this "eases all things"
What is time?
Though this company has made billions of Galaxies, its name is Korean for just "3 stars"
What is Samsung?
This scientist's will provided the funds that established the Smithsonian Institution; his crypt is here in the Smithsonian Castle & the institution he endowed has grown around him, exceeding anything he could have envisioned
Who was Smithson?
Conn. Senator Chris Murphy joked he'd introduce legislation to save this Klondike treat, tragically discontinued in 2022
What is the choco taco?
It follows "classical" in the study of bodies under the action of forces & "quantum" in the study of the subatomic scale
What is mechanics?
On the eve of the Normandy invasion, he told allied troops, "The eyes of the world are upon you"
Who was Eisenhower?
With total assets of more than $80 billion, this Georgia-based airline is ranked as the world's most valuable
What is Delta?
Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero created this in 1846 by mixing glycerol with sulfuric & nitric acid
What is nitroglycerin?
The Segway PT, short for "Personal" this, was discontinued in 2020 after failing to alter human history as promised
What is transporter?
An object at rest under the influence of balanced forces is in static this, from a word meaning balance
What is equilibrium?
Predating his famous invention, he said, "I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity"
Who was Morse?
In 1996 this company moved its headquarters to Issaquah, Washington from nearby Kirkland
What is Costco?
This is the Latin way of saying the Greek phrase "theos ek mechanes"
What is deus ex machina?
This company, once Canada's most valuable, was no longer "fruit"ful as of 2022, when it discontinued support for its devices
What is blackberry?
The spreading of waves around obstacles, it occurs with light, sound & very small moving particles
What is diffraction?
In the 1940s this British novelist said "The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world"
Who was George Orwell?