World Wars
FRD approved what would become the Manhattan Project in 1942, and this president ordered the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Harry S Truman
This widely regarded Ivy League university was the first institution of higher education in the United States, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636.
Harvard University
The first word means to have made musical sounds with your voice, add one letter and you'll have a word that means very informal words and phrases.
SANG and SLANG
What comes next in the following sequence:
1:00, 1:45, 2:30, ________.
3:15 (the time at 45 minute intervals)
On average, this naturally occurring, atmospheric discharge generates enough energy to power a small town for an entire day.
Lightning
This classification of birds includes ostriches, cassowaries and emus.
Flightless
This former Wisconsin senator fueled the fear of communist and socialist influence on, and of Soviet espionage in, the United States after WWII.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
This Ivy League university, renowned for its undergraduate programs in music and drama, was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1701.
Yale University
The first word is the name of a milk chocolate and English toffee candy bar made by Hershey's, add one letter and you'll have a word that means a person's mental or physical condition.
HEATH and HEALTH
What comes next in the following sequence:
I, II, III, IV, ______
V (1 to 5 in Roman numerals)
This hydrocarbon-based material, extracted and burned as fuel, formed naturally over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals in the Earth's crust.
Fossil Fuel
This classification of birds includes swallows, robins and hummingbirds.
Migratory
This overthrown Italian Prime Minister was rescued by Hitler's forces after 49 days of imprisonment in July, 1943.
Benito Mussolini
Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, this Ivy League university moved to its current city, for which it is now named, in 1756.
Princeton University
The first word means a large, sturdy bag used for storing and carrying goods, add one letter and you'll have a word that means a pile of objects, typically neatly arranged.
SACK and STACK
What comes next in the following sequence:
S, M, T, W, _____
T (days of the week)
First used in 1889, this term is derived from “electricity” and “execute”.
Electrocute
This classification of birds includes geese, ducks and swans.
His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, sparked the events that led to the beginning of World War I, four weeks later.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Known for outstanding science programs, this Ivy League university, founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, was renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from a prominent alumnus.
Brown University
The first word means physical injury, especially when deliberately inflicted, add one letter and you'll have a word that means the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives and concubines.
HARM and HAREM
What comes next in the following sequence:
Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Green, _______
Purple (primary followed by secondary colors)
Even more so than solar and hydro, this is the world's number one most efficient form of renewable energy.
Wind
This classification of birds includes owls, hawks and eagles.
Birds of Prey
Gustav Krupp designed one of the largest artillery weapons ever fielded, the 48-ton M-Gerät howitzer used by the German Army from 1914 to 1918, and named it this, after his wife.
Big Bertha
The 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House, written by Chris Miller, was based on his fraternity days at this Ivy League university, founded in 1769 in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Dartmouth College
The first word is a helical metal coil, add one letter and you'll have a word meaning, frugal, thrifty, and economical, careful in the use of one's money or resources.
What comes next in the following sequence:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, _______
Johnson (chronological order of US Presidents of the 50's and 60's)
The world's first gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle was created in this decade.
The 1890's. 1989, to be exact, by Ferdinand Porsche, 8 years after Iowan chemist, William Morrison, invented the first practical electric car.
This classification of birds includes the nightingale, the waxwing and the warbler.
Song Birds
This term became the nickname for General John Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces who bolstered the Allied armies on the Western Front in World War I.
Doughboys
One of the jewels of this Ivy League university, founded in 1865 in Ithaca, New York, is its richly multicultural population, representing more than 120 countries, and its 4,300 acre botanic gardens.
Cornell University
The first word means a narrow valley, add one letter and you'll have a word that means to extract information from various sources.
GLEN and GLEAN
What comes next in the following sequence:
Fair of face, full of grace, full of woe, ________
Has far to go (Monday's Child poem)
This term, which defines any energy derived from motion, covers five of the six known types of energy: mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound.
Kinetic Energy
This classification of birds includes the quail, pheasant, and grouse.