Dextran, starch & glycogen are examples of these, meaning "many sugars"
Polysaccharides
Steven Spielberg named the mechanical shark in this 1975 classic "Bruce" after his lawyer
Jaws
Some friend--he's the last to stab Julius Caesar & it's his idea that the conspirators wash their hands in Caesar's blood
Brutus
If your burn a diamond in the presence of oxygen, it will form this gas
Carbon Dioxide;CO2
This "table" is the saturated area of bedrock; it tends to follow the contours of the land
Water table;watertable
Peter Pan lost his, but Wendy sewed it back on
Shadow
The overinflated budget of this moist 1995 film earned it the nickname "Kevin's Gate"
Waterworld
To keep secret this conqueror's 1227 burial site, funeral attendees were killed by soldiers who were then killed
Ghengis Khan
This religion's name translates as "the way of divine power"
Shinto
Which animal can last longer than a camel without water
Rat
George Harrison started Handmade Films to help make this Monty Python religious epic
The Life of Brian;Life of Brian
In his "Pensees", this French mathematician philosophized, "Evil is easy, and has infinite forms"
Pascal
In the Korean hangmu, 2 dancers represent these long-legged birds attracted to lotus flowers
Cranes;Crane
The Mamas & The Papas hit the pop charts for the first time with this "stately" classic
California
Because of it's proximity to Canada, Detroit was a major stop on this antislavery network
Underground Railroad
Consisting of a filament & an anther, it's the male pollen-producing part of a flower
Stamen
Puck says, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" in this comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream;a midsummer nights dream
Under Robert Mugabe of this country, life expectancy went from 62 to 38 years
zimbabwe
The hard protective outer covering of an insect or a crustacean
exoskeleton
Some Indians of the Amazon use the teeth of this vicious fish as scissors or razors
piranha
This Philippine city was proclaimed a capital on June 24, 1571 & again on June 24, 1976
Manila
This British sport features 2 teams of 11 members & 2 wickets placed 22 yards apart
cricket
Declared a public enemy by the Senate, this Roman emperor committed suicide on June 9, 68 A.D.
Nero
If you lined up for "Star Wars: Episode II" in 2002, you had to be prepared for an "Attack" by these title duplicates
Clones
His marble "David" would be hard to lose, but his smaller bronze "David" has been missing since the 18th century
Michelangelo
In 1684 this German philosopher published the foundations of calculus, unaware of Newton's work on the subject
Leibnitz
Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa in the Alps is this country's highest mountain
Switzerland
The name Nabisco comes from abbreviating the National this Company
Biscuit
The 2 founders of Yahoo! and the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school
Stanford
Scurvy is caused by a lack of this "acid" found in citrus
Ascorbic Acid;Ascorbic
This Caribbean leader's reported baseball tryouts for the Major Leagues in the '40s never happened
Fidel Castro;Castro
Oprah Winfrey said that she was "deeply sorry" over the scandal that this man's "A Million Little Pieces" had caused
James Frey;Frey
This fermented honey-&-water beverage was a favorite of Chaucer's miller & of the god Thor
Mead
Listen! Up in the attic! It must be Mr. Rochester's first wife!--in this 1847 novel
Jane Eyre
One of this ancient Greek mathematician's axioms is that all right angles are congruent
Euclid
An angry Heathcliff takes on not one, but 2 families in this 1847 Yorkshire-set novel
Wuthering Heights
In April 1814 allies Britain, Russia, Austria & Prussia signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau with this man
Napoleon
The Treaty of Nanking ceded this island & smaller adjacent ones to the British, who remained until 1997
Hong Kong
This rebellious archangel of the Bible first lights up the scene in Isaiah 14
Lucifer
Because of the greenhouse effect, the surface temperature on this planet is over 800 degrees F.
Venus
The hottest stars, such as Rigel, are this color & have surface temperatures over 30,000 degrees
Blue
On April 28, 1945 Clara Petacci died alongside this man, her lover for more than a decade
Mussolini
The USA's oldest college debating club is at this university where Aaron Burr & James Madison were members
Princeton
The events in "The Da Vinci Code" are set off by the murder of the curator of this place
La Louvre;Louvre
90 miles from the equator, this mile-high Kenyan capital rarely exceeds 80 degrees in temperature
Nairobi
This man who held up the heavens lent his name to a sculptural male figure used as a supporting column
Atlas
This work says, "'O Poet... I beg you, that I may flee this evil & worse evils, to lead me... that I may see the gateway of Saint Peter'"
Dante's Inferno or The Divine Comedy;divine comedy;dantes inferno
"Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick" is a famous example of the "vengeance" type of this operatic solo
Aria
ZQ47J9R is this type of password, from the 2 types of symbols it contains
Alphanumeric
Standard editions of Shakespeare contain these numbered 1-154
Sonnets;sonnet
Government 90pk examines the philosophy of this man; I already have my copy of "Leviathan"
Thomas Hobbes;Hobbes
240 million years ago, the 2 main areas on the globe were Pangaea & Panthalassa, which was this
Ocean or Sea;Ocean;Sea
Lasting from the 1337 Gascony Invasion to Castillon in 1453, it gets its name by rounding down
100 years war;hundred years war;hundred year war;100 year war
This fish was thought to be extinct millions of years ago until one was found off South Africa in 1938
coelacanth
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, AKA North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Kim Il Sung
While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre
James Joyce;joyce
"The Honor and Glory of Whaling" is a chapter in this American masterpiece
Moby Dick
2-word term for the loud noise that results when a jet flies faster than the speed of sound
sonic boom
His business car bore the Golden Arches & the title "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
Ray Croc;croc
Separating the thorax from the abdomen, it's the chief muscle of respiration
Diaphragm
Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold
El Dorado
An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners
xenophobia
A 2004 magnitude 9.3 earthquake produced a deadly one of these that had people curious well into 2005
tsunami
With its team led by Zinedine Zidane, France won this prestigious contest in July 1998
fifa world cup;world cup
This old pronoun is sung as the last word of the English version of "O Canada"
thee
Enchantress who made Odysseus' men pig-headed
circe
Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
Logos
It can be a hiding place for food or treasure, or a place for memory on a computer's motherboard
Cache
In 1995, 33-year-old Alison Hargreaves conquered Mount Everest, only to perish months later on this 2nd-highest mountain
K2
On Dec. 3, 1967 Louis Washkansky received one of these organs in a transplant, a worldwide first
Heart
He fled Iraq in 1959 after his attempt to assassinate Iraqi prime minister Abdul Kassim failed
Saddam Hussein;Hussein
"K" can stand for kelvin or for this type of energy, from the Greek for "to move"
Kinetic
This North American country declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939
Canada
4 8 15 16 23 & 42 are numbers inexplicably tied to characters on this show
Lost
Poem containing the line "Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"
The Raven
Subway's Jared Fogle turns up for a cameo in this 2004 Morgan Spurlock film about fast food in America
Supersize me;super size me
In 2005 the Chorale at St. Joseph Old Cathedral in Oklahoma City sang this kind of "Mass for the Dead" by Mozart
Requiem
In a 12th century French tale of this knight, he rides humbly on a cart in pursuit of Guinevere
Lancelot
This liquid metal is also called quicksilver
mercury
This Robert Frost poem begins "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
The Road Not Taken
Women have this piece of thyroid cartilage, too; it's just smaller than a man's & may be under more fat
Adam's Apple;adams apple;adam apple
It's the meaning of the name of the Mexican city Veracruz
true cross
In the late 1917 battle for this town, the British lost 400,000 men & only gained about 5 miles of territory
Ypres
The lower portion of the brain stem, its name means "long marrow" in Latin
Medulla Oblongata
French cardinal who said, "Give me 6 lines written by the most honest man, (&) I'll find something in them to hang him"
Richelieu
The nostril on top of a dolphin or porpoises' head is known as this
Blowhole;blow hole
This prime minister led Canada into the 1960s
Diefenbaker
You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists
Speedo
Brides wore a wide variety of colors before that trendsetter Queen Victoria popularized this one in 1840
White
To separate 2 liquids mixed together, use this device that helped Theodor Svedberg win a 1926 Nobel prize
Centrifuge
One of the most famous fictional crimesolvers ever, he also played the violin & used cocaine
Sherlock Holmes;Holmes
Alberto Korda, Castro's official photographer, is best known for an image of this man seen on countless shirts & posters
Che Guavara;Guavara
Many hungry folks were tempted by this fast food company's slogan "Your way, right away"
Burger King
He wrote, "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society"
Mark Twain;Twain
Garlic breath suffers can't resist this chewy mint, "The Freshmaker"
Mentos
The Tigris flows into this gulf
Persian Gulf;Gulf
In 1929 the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changed its name to this
Yugoslavia
Describes an egg fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over
sunny side up;sunnyside up
In tan-speak, it's what SPF stands for
sun protection factor
This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th
italy
In May 1934 this bank-robbing duo died in a hail of bullets in Louisiana; her body had 23 slugs, his had 25
Bonnie and Clyde;Bonnie  Clyde;Bonnie Clyde
The line "All the world's a stage" may have been a reference to this theatre, home to Shakespeare's acting co. in 1599
The Globe;Globe
One of Shakespeare's sisters had this name, the same as Will's wife
Anne
This African was a prisoner for 28 years then a world leader for 5
Nelson Mandela;Mandela
It can mean kind & good-natured as well as non-cancerous
Benign
9-letter word for a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users
Mainframe
Never mind this carmaker's Jetta--I see you top down, stone cold chillin' in its model called the Thing
Volkswagen
Its atomic number is 19
potassium
It's the third-largest U.S. state in area
California
Yo, Shakespeare! It's a 14-line poem
Sonnet
With their front teeth perfect for gnawing, rats are members of this mammalian order
rodent;rodents
This car-repair chain founded in 1956 shares its name with a king of ancient Phrygia
Midas
Atomic number 10, this odorless gaseous element is obtained from fractional distillation of liquid air
Neon
A political subdivision of Switzerland
canton
The hyoid bone supports this organ provides attachment sites for muscles used in speaking and swallowing
the tongue;tongue
According to Guinness, this present delivered in 1886 was the largest gift ever given
the Statue of Liberty;Statue of Liberty
This bone is located on the thumb side of the forearm
the radius;radius
Luncheon of the Boating Party was an impressive 1881 work by this Impressionist
Renoir
Basically jail on a ship, it's the boat compartment where prisoners are confined
brig
The 2 colors on this Scandinavian country's flag are blue and yellow
Sweden
On his 70th birthday, December 21, 1949, this Soviet leader set up his own peace prizes
Stalin
In an email that surfaced after her murder, she said if anything happened to her, President Musharraf was responsible
Benazir Bhutto;Bhutto
Mark Twain said he began writing a new Tom Sawyer book narrated by this scamp but, sadly for us, destroyed it
Huckleberry Finn
"Wish You Were Here" by this rock group was dedicated to founder Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd
In annexing the Philippines, this president said that The march of events rules and overrules human action
William McKinley
What organelle is the site of most of the protein synthesis that occurs in the cell
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
This title refers to someone set up as Bishop of Rome in opposition to the one already holding the Episcopal See
antipope
Who is the founder of wikipedia
Jimmy Wales;Wales
Star of King of Queens, who portrayed Larry in the movie "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"
Kevin James
The musical Mamma Mia is filled with the music of which band
ABBA
Diana Prince is the secret identity behind which superheroine
Wonderwoman;wonder woman
Which horoscope sign begins with the letter 'P'
Pisces
Who is the creator and producer of 'Saturday Night Live'
Lorne Michaels
Popcorn is composed mostly of what
Air
This Russian famously conditioned dogs to salivate every time a bell rang
Pavlov
This American was a real rocket scientist, launching his first one March 16, 1926
Goddard
Discovery can happen anywhere; legend says he was in the bath c. 260 B.C. when had that famous "Eureka!" epiphany
Archimedes
Around 1365 Adrianople became the captial of this empire, Constantinople replaced it in 1453
Ottoman Empire;Ottoman
Vincent Canby felt "fondly towards this "race of small, teddy bear-like creatures" in "Return of the Jedi"
Ewoks;Ewok
This bread-stealing criminal & fugitive from justice is the hero of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"
Jean Valjean;Valjean
On Good Friday, 1327 this Italian poet met a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon; his love for her was not returned
Petrach
This Frenchman known for his oxygen theory of combustion wrote the first modern chemistry textbook in 1789
Lavoisier
This river forms the southern & western borders of Germany's Black Forest region
Rhine
Khrushchev's 1956 speech condemning this leader wasn't published in full in the USSR until 1989
Stalin
In 1995 the Galileo spacecraft reached this large planet & launched a probe into it
Jupiter
Quite an eyeful, he's the guy Juliet dumps for Romeo
Paris
A large, popular temple in Taipei is dedicated to this Chinese philosopher of the 5th century B.C.
Confucius
It's defined as the bending of light waves as they pass around the edge of an obstacle
Diffraction
In 1637 this French "father of modern philosophy" was seeking "truth in the sciences"
Descartes
This Irish playwright wrote "Juno and the Paycock" for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
Sean O'Casey;Sean ocasey;sean o casey
Ham saw this man naked & received a curse for his trouble
Noah
In the book of Genesis, he is the third son of Adam & Eve
Seth
In the Bible Jesse, the grandson of Boaz & Ruth, was the father of this giant-killer
David
2 of these sexual reproductive cells, from the Greek for "marriage", join to create a zygote
Gametes
She laughed at Lafayette's dancing in 1774 & probably wasn't laughing when he had to save her in October 1789
Marie Antoinette
In 1801 Ceres became the first one of these to be discovered
Asteroid
Act III of this Verdi opera unfolds near a temple of Isis
Aida
The CDC reports that there are about 300,000 of these mild brain injuries each year as a result of sports
Concussions;concussion
He called his abstract style in paintings like "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue" Neoplasticism
Mondrian
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Cervantes
This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"
George Orwell;Orwell
Vitamin A is fat-soluble; B1 is this-soluble
Water
The difference between the freezing & boiling points of water is 100 on the Kelvin scale & this scale
Celsius
Geneticists know that human beings typically have 23 pairs of these; fruit flies have only 4 pairs
Chromosomes;Chromosome
Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical
Peter Pan
Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands
ovaries;ovary
The 8 essential types of these acids cannot be produced by the human body & must be obtained from food
amino acids;amino acid;amino
Lambasting Tom Cruise, Brooke Shields defended her use of drugs to treat this ailment of new mothers
postpartum depression
1815's "Emma" was the last of her novels published in her lifetime
Jane Austen
This heart valve connects the left atrium & the left ventricle
Mitral Valve
After the death of his dad, Liszt was listless as a musician; he took up books & met this "Miserables" writer
Victor Hugo;Hugo
Pope Martin IV ate himself to death with eels; this "Divine Comedy" poet placed him in purgatory
Dante
Born in 1920, he starred in more than 130 movies, including "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai"
Toshiro Mifune
You don't expect me to swallow this beef stomach lining that comes in honeycomb, pocket & smooth varieties, do you?
tripe
Blending 2 languages, it was also the title of a 2004 Adam Sandler flick
spanglish
In 1192 Yoritomo, the leader of the Minamoto Clan controlling Japan, was given this title that means "great general"
shogun
If you travel here by Winnebago, you might know that C3H8 is the formula for this flammable gas
propane
On Oct. 1, 1949 the Chinese communists proclaimed themselves this type of republic
the peoples republic;peoples republic
His famous quip "The report of my death was an exaggeration" was reported in the New York Journal in 1897
mark twain;twain
In Plato's "Apology", he's quoted as saying, "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings"
socrates
In the 840s Wu-Tsung, a fanatical Taoist, suppressed Buddhism & laicized thousands of these men
monks
In this 1867 work Karl Marx declared that free enterprise would lead to severe depressions
Das Kapital
Keats' "Ode to" this includes the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!"
Nightingale
The word "toxic" comes from the ancient Greek for this weapon
Arrow
The name of this disorder in which the bones become porous comes from the Greek for "bone" & "passage"
osteoporosis
In astronomy, this unit of measure is abbreviated pc
parsec
In a car crash, these can inflate within 45 to 55 milliseconds
air bags;airbag;air bag;airbags
This director shot much of his film "Munich" in Malta, which stood in for Israel
spielberg
A recent study in Europe determined that pink cars were the safest & cars of this color the most likely to crash
black
The "Rachel cut" hairstyle was popularized by this sitcom
friends
Freed from prison in 2005, she said, "The experience of the last five months... has been life altering and life affirming"
martha stewart
This 1953 book title tells us the temperature at which books burn
farenheit 451
In 1900 he wrote the line, "The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick"
Lyman Frank Baum;Baum