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| A part of Newark until 1806, it was named for the Dutch royal house of Prince William |
Orange
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| Rosie was this futuristic cartoon family's robot maid |
The Jetsons
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| It's the organ associated with dioptometers & ophthalmoscopes |
eye
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| This Richard Bach story is an allegory about a seabird who seeks to attain perfect flight |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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| In Gutenberg's time, each printer had his own lampblack & linseed oil formula for this |
ink
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| If you don't keep an eye on it, this Italian squash can grow to the size of a watermelon |
zucchini
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| Once the capital of the Colorado Territory, it's home to the Adolph Coors Brewery |
Golden
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| Ripley discovers Ash is actually a dangerous robot in this 1979 sci-fi thriller |
Alien
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| From the Greek for "pipe", this device can withdraw fluids from as well as inject fluids into a body |
syringe
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| The romantic saga of sheep-rearing Australians plays out in this 1977 Colleen McCullough work |
The Thorn Birds
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| In dithering, shades of this are created by using different densities of black & white dots |
gray
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| Ye Gods! One of the 7 Ancient Wonders was a 40 foot-high statue of him on his throne |
Zeus
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| Built around 1776, Tank Cottage in this city is said to be the oldest house in Wisconsin |
Green Bay
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| On this show the robot was often heard to remark "Warning! Warning!" & "Danger, Will Robinson!" |
Lost In Space
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| A knife a surgeon uses for puncturing, or a famed medical journal |
(Jeff: What is Lance?)
The Lancet
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| Daryl Hannah starred in the 1986 big screen version of this Jean Auel work |
Clan of the Cave Bear
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| This software company makes the Photoshop & Illustrator graphic programs |
Adobe
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| In 1997 this country reverted to its previous name: The Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Zaire
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| Washington used Elijah Miller's house in this New York town as his HQ at the Battle of Chatterton Hill |
White Plains
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| The brave humans of "Battlestar Galactica" battled these towering men of metal |
Cylons
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| To stitch up a wound, or the thread itself |
suture
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| Desmond Morris stripped humanity bare in this provocative 1967 bestseller |
The Naked Ape
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| A print made to test the accuracy of the press, it's also "in the pudding" |
proof
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| It's featured in the folk tune heard here: |
zither
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| Texan & Mexican culture are combined in this city's pre-Lenten festival Charro Days |
Brownsville
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| This Capek play about machine-men premiered in London in 1923 |
(Sam: What is "Robert's Universal Robots"?)
R.U.R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots")
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| The bulldog type of these clamp blood vessels |
forceps
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| Savagery lurking beneath the Hollywood dream breaks free in this Nathanael West novel |
The Day of the Locust
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| In 1987 this online company came up with the GIF, a graphics interchange format |
(Sam: What is America Online?)
CompuServe
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| Go shopping in Poland & you might need to swap your dollars for this unit of currency |
(Jeff: What is a zlota?)
zloty
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