HEY HEY WE'RE THE MAORIS! |
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POTPOURRI, FROM US TO YOU |
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The language of the Maoris became an official language of this country in 1987 |
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This process in milk is now routine because Alice Evans found that brucellosis could be passed from cows to humans |
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A single, double, triple & homer in one game is known as hitting for this |
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It's the first name of the "Little" 4-year-old granddaughter who became the face of a snack cake co. in 1960 |
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Military-sounding term for a local leader who oversees a political party's activities in one precinct |
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More prominent in men, it's a thyroid cartilage projection of the larynx |
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Called "moko" in Maori, these body adornments signal status & rank |
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2 years before Crick & Watson, Rosalind Franklin used X-ray diffraction to show it had a helical shape |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Make an "Okay", then center the ball between your three other fingers, and use the same mechanics as a fastball, to toss the circle, this type of off-speed pitch |
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Lorelei was said to sing her siren song from a cliff above this river in Germany, between Mainz & Koblenz |
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Considered strongest after a landslide win, this term refers to the authority to actively pursue stated policies |
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Born in Massachusetts, he spread religion as well as fruit trees throughout the U.S. Midwest in the 19th century |
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In this 2002 movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, a 12-year-old girl wants to be chief of her Maori tribe; Granddad says no |
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Using triethylene melamine on tumors, Dr. Jane Cooke pioneered research on this, the use of drugs to treat cancer |
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Throw a quick pitch & an ump may call this; if the bases are empty, a ball is called |
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This title big guy hung out with the Hendersons in a 1987 movie |
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On Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, voters in 12 states saw plenty of ads because the next day was known as this |
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The first users of this nickname for a major U.S. city were jazz musicians & stable boys |
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The 2nd-largest Hawaiian isle shares its name with this Maori hero of myth who slowed down the sun for humans |
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Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon developed a system of classifying stars & discovered 5 of these exploding ones |
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It's the second L in the acronym LOL, meaning "how funny" |
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This word for the person often favored in a congressional race is from the Latin for "leaning on" |
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Fittingly, the first American cookbook had a recipe for this, with cinnamon & rosewater |
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The Maoris traditionally used nephrite, a type of this gem, to carve their ceremonial tikis in human form |
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With her husband George, Gladys Dick found the cause of this childhood disease named for its red skin rash & came up with a cure |
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High-water, stretch & ditto are kinds of this |
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In football, this alliterative phrase means running the ball; in politics, it's winning voters block by block, house by house |
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Another word for a wrestler |
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