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The parting of the Red Sea is described in chapter 14 of this Bible book |
Exodus
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Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000 |
free throws
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On Oct. 10, 1871, after 2 days, unbuilt lots, rainfall & Lake Michigan quelled a huge fire in this city |
Chicago
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hashtags.org tracks keywords on this social site that popularized the hashtag |
Twitter
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This branch of Buddhism uses koans like "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" |
Zen Buddhism
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In May 2012 Mark Zuckerberg updated this on Facebook to "married" |
status
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The flag of this country is a white rectangle with a solid red circle at its center representing the sun |
Japan
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Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years & 195 days old |
a hole-in-one
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On March 18, 1925 this woman's house of wax in London went up in smoke; the models within could be heard sizzling |
Madame Tussaud
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The "G" in .gif & .png stands for these |
graphics
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This zodiac sign is often represented by a centaur shooting an arrow |
Sagittarius
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The expression "caught" this way alludes to blood you would have washed off if you'd had time |
(Alex: Correct, with a minute to go.)
red-handed
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Bull's-eye! On "Sport Science", QB Drew Brees of this team hit the center of a target 20 yards away 10 out of 10 times |
the New Orleans Saints
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This general was blamed for the fire that destroyed Columbia, South Carolina, but he denied setting it & tried to put it out |
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
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Record each letter & number typed on a computer with this type of software that sounds like a lumberjack |
a keylogger
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In exile since 1959, he's the head of the Yellow Hat order of Tibetan Buddhists |
the Dalai Lama
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Shaddocks belong to this genus of plants & fruits |
citrus
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Malay & leghorn were breeds used to produce this "stately" bird |
(Damian: What are roosters?)
the Rhode Island Red
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Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition |
(Damian: What is the pentathlon?)
the biathlon
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Genesis 19 says, "the Lord rained upon" these 2 cities "brimstone and fire ...out of heaven" |
Sodom & Gomorrah
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Google Keep is a digital note-taking app for this "robotic" mobile operating system |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Android
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A great work by a writer is a "magnum" this |
opus
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About 0.8% of our red blood cells are destroyed daily; if the cells aren't replaced at the same rate, this condition results |
anemia
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Bull's-eye! Cricket, baseball & 51 by 5s are varieties of this game |
darts
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The 1911 fire in the NYC shirtwaist factory with this geometric name led to improvements in working conditions |
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
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The name of this universal law of cause & effect is Sanskrit for "deed" |
karma
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After the Trojan War, he wandered for 10 years before returning home to Ithaca |
Odysseus
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