"B" Nice
Effusive & lively, perhaps after a glass of champagne
What is Bubbly?
A physicist:
"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything"
Who is Einstein?
Nearly 200 Mexican troops crossed the U.S. border in September 2005 to help in the aftermath of this disaster
What is Hurricane Katrina?
According to Charles' law, the volume occupied by an amount of this state of matter is proportional to its temperature
What is Gas?
This animated character who "was once a little green slab of clay" became a bendable toy in the 1960s
Who is Gumby?
COUNTRIES:
This country has the most time zones in the world, including its territories in South America & off the coast of Africa
What is France?
Smiling with happiness, or emitting rays of light
What is Beaming?
A P.M.:
"If the British Empire & its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour"'
Who is Churchill?
Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week
What is Sunday?
The temperature at which a mineral's magnetic properties change sharply is the "point" named for this 1890s physicist & husband
What is Pierre Curie Point?
On a standard Monopoly board, they're the 2 most expensive properties
What is Boardwalk in Park Place?
20TH CENTURY AMERICA:
In bold letters, it was the 2-word historic N.Y. Times headline for August 9, 1974, followed by "He urges a time of 'healing"'
What is "Nixon Resigns"?
This adjective meaning "charitable" is the "B" in BPOE, the full name of the Elks Lodge
What is Benevolent?
A 1930s actress: "Goodness had nothing to do with it"
Who is Mae West?
With French-speaking areas generally for & German-speaking areas against, this country voted to become the 190th U.N. member
What is Switzerland?
Fitts' law of movement is used in human engineering, also called this, partly from Greek for "work"
What is Ergonomics?
This object would have you jumping for joy
What is a Pogo Stick?
HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS:
A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this a "fraternity of peace" that "makes the obligation plain... for us & others"
What is NATO?
This Scottish adjective means attractive, like many a lass or a particular prince
What is Bonny?
An Asian Communist Party leader:
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"
Who is Mao?
This general turned around the Iraq War, leading a troop surge & later headed the CIA but was brought down by scandal
Who is Petraeus?
The Drake equation, which estimates the number of advanced alien civilizations in our galaxy, was created as part of SETI, short for this
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture
What is Lite-Brite?
ACTORS:
He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978
Who is John Travolta?
Did you inherit some money? You were the recipient of this from someone's will
What is Bequest?
A German philosopher:
"I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star"
Who is Nietzsche?
It was a first on January 5, 2023 when Francis I presided over this type of solemn event
What is a Pope's Funeral?
Born in 1815, this English math man gave us many eponymous things: algebra, logic, search & operators
Who is (George) Boole?
Time to play this Hasbro game: write down a river, a bird, a flower & a body part all starting with the letter R
What is Scattergories?
20th CENTURY EVENTS:
It was immediately reported, "The flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of" this
What is the Hindenburg?