Objects in the solar system are not usually named for their discoverers, with one notable exception. What would that be?
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Popular with druids, what Christmas-connected aerial parasite has poisonous berries and gets its name from a Scandinavian word meaning "dung"?
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The Aztecs considered the swallowtail the reincarnation of the goddess Xochiquetzal, their version of Venus. What is a swallowtail?
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Eagles and boobies exhibit "obligate siblicide." What is this?
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Nowadays, the BTU is defined as 1055 of what metric unit?
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In my book "Dialogue on Great World Systems," I made fun of a friend by putting his arguments in the mouth of a fool. Unfortunately, my friend had become Pope Urban VIII. Who am I?
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What Swedish American helped discover 10 elements, including element 106, which is named for him?
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What important ore for lead shares its name with the Illinois city where Ulysses S Grant was born?
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When Neil Armstrong landed on a new world, he had with him a recording of whose New World Symphony?
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What is another name for salt?
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