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At a 1935 college track meet, he broke 3 world records & tied a fourth; then it was on to the Berlin Olympics |
Jesse Owens
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As its name says, the SEC regulates these S's & wants investors to know that unlike bank deposits, they can lose value |
securities
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Mount Whitney in this Western range is the highest peak in the lower 48 states |
the Sierra Nevadas
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Commanding J.P. Morgan's converted yacht, Richard Wainwright was a hero of the Battle of Santiago in this 1898 war |
the Spanish-American War
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The Sun is about 25,000 light years from the center of this galaxy, & one of hundreds of billions of stars within it |
the Milky Way
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It's a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, pardner |
a ten-gallon hat
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Hitting .361 as a sophomore got him a contract with the Yankees, but he'd win Super Bowls as a Bronco quarterback |
John Elway
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Before Congress in 2009, investigator Harry Markopolos lambasted the SEC's (non-)oversight of this Ponzi schemer |
Bernie Madoff
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Shira is the westernmost of the 3 extinct volcanoes that make up this highest peak in Africa |
Kilimanjaro
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1760s political activist James Otis is credited with the phrase "taxation without" this "is tyranny" |
representation
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The temperature of this area of the Sun, also a term for the central part of a fleshy fruit, is close to 27 million degrees |
the core
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This cut of meat terminates before the ribs |
tenderloin
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The model for this, originally called the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, was NYU football player Ed Smith |
the Heisman
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To help enforce the regs, all the commissioners have this type of graduate degree, including from Yale & Harvard |
(Joon: What is an M.B.A.?)
a J.D. (a law degree)
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It's the highest peak in the Cascade range of the Northwest |
(Joon: What is Mount Saint Helens?)
Mount Rainier
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Isaac Hull captained this ship in 1812 as cannonballs from the frigate Guerriere bounced off it |
the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
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These dark areas appear so because they are 4,000 degrees cooler than the rest of the Sun's visible surface |
sunspots
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Ex-CIA head George, or a dogma held as true by members of a movement |
a tenet
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Last name of the twins seen here; they put their oars in the water for Oxford as well as Harvard |
Winklevoss
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The act that set up the SEC restricted buying stocks "on" this--no more than 45% of the market price could be borrowed credit |
margin
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These mountains west of the Hudson take their name from the Dutch for "Wildcat Creek" |
(Michael: What are the Alleghenies?) ... (Michael: [Gestures at his head and murmurs] Of course.)
the Catskills
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Joshua Chamberlain held Little Round Top during this Civil War battle |
Gettysburg
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In about 5 billion years, the Sun will expand & become a red this; outer layers may reach 2 or even (gulp!) 3 planets |
a giant
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An invertebrate's flexible appendage that serves as an organ of touch |
a tentacle
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In 1965 this African American with an alliterative name won the singles & doubles college tennis titles |
Arthur Ashe
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The SEC ensures equal access to information by all investors, this 12-letter quality also found in windows |
transparency
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The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy |
Morocco
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Vulpine nickname given to patriot Francis Marion by the Brits |
the Swamp Fox
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The Sun converts about 4.5 million tons of matter into energy every second by this type of nuclear reaction |
(Michael: What is fission?)
fusion
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1-word term for the inflammation of the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone |
tendinitis
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