The Scientist Who...
North America
Philosophy
"K"-Pop
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The Ancient World
2

...first prevented contamination in wine by heating it up to 140 degrees

Louis Pasteur

2

Tj for short, this Mexican border city is home to an estimated 2 million people

Tijuana

2

Plato thought there were ideal entities called forms; this pupil disagreed in his book "Metaphysics"

Aristotle

2

Top 40 songs by this rapper in 2019 included "Follow God", "On God" & "Use This Gospel"

Kanye

2

The tyramine in fermented products like aged cheese or beer may cause these headaches derived from the word hemicrania

Migraines

2

Scythians buried some women with weapons & likely inspired the Greek lore of these women warriors

the Amazons

4

...was born into slavery but got his bachelor's in agricultural science in 1894

George Washington Carver
4

This U.S. commonwealth flies the flag seen here

Puerto Rico

4

Medieval questions about these: not how many fit on a pin but do they have free will? & with no bodies, can they have knowledge?

Angels

4

"Somebody Told Me" these Las Vegas rockers were "Imploding The Mirage" in 2020

the Killers

4

A serious allergic reaction to this legume can be caused by its Ara h 1, 2 & 3 proteins

Peanuts

4

In Rome, saturnism, or poisoning by this metal, was sometimes caused by the practice of boiling down wine in vessels made from it

lead

6

...teamed with James Watson & wrote "Of Molecules & Men"

Francis Crick

6

Donated by a governor general of Canada in the 1890s, it's the oldest trophy won by pro athletes in North America

the Stanley Cup

6

Qualia are events in this realm, one of the 2 in Descartes' dualist philosophy

the Mind

6

In the '60s red hunting jackets were a signature look for this British group

the Kinks

6

If your doctor tells you to avoid this citrus fruit with your medications, the furanocoumarins are the problem

Grapefruit

6

The remains of the Ludus Magnus, a gladiator training school, are just steps from this arena built in Rome about 70 A.D.

the Colosseum

8

..as the Hayden Planetarium's director, grouped Pluto with the Kuiper belt objects & not as a planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson

8

Preceding the Aztec as the dominant force in Central Mexico, from about 900 to 1200, were this people whose name also ended tec

the Toltec

8

It's the philosophical study of art & of the judgments of art &  beauty

Aesthetics

8

Despite the title, the 1967 Neil Diamond classic about this title lady is not in the style of bluegrass

"Kentucky Woman"

8

If mango skin makes your lips tingle, it's a reaction related to the rashes you might get from touching this toxic vine

Poison Ivy

8

Over 2,000 years ago in India, iron & wood were combined to make wootz, an early version of this iron-carbon alloy

Steel

10

...has his own principle of pressure & has a computer language named for him

Blaise Pascal

10

Grupo Anderson's is a company based in this Yucatán fun spot; Carlos Anderson was the Carlos of Carlos 'n Charlie's

Cancun

10

In works like "Philosophical Investigations", this Vienna-born thinker showed how thought is shaped by our language

Wittgenstein

10

Ooh I wanna take ya, but, the Beach Boys completely made up this triple-rhyme title island from a 1988 song

Kokomo

10

Leafy greens are rich in this vitamin needed to synthesize clotting factors; blood thinners may counteract its activity

vitamin K

10

ekhen, the Egyptian word for this type of pillar, comes from their word for "to pierce", like pierce the sky

the Obelisk