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1. X-rays were discovered by which German scientist?
2. A chemical element -- Number 54 on the Atomic Chart -- this rare, noble gas is heavier than air. Colorless, tasteless and without odor, its name is taken from the Greek word meaning "foreign" or "stranger". What is the element?
3. This storied Persian king invaded Greece in 480 BC and was defeated. His name was ______ the Great.
4. What is the palindromic brand name of the drug, alprazolam, prescribed to adults for short-term management of anxiety?
5. A percussion instrument crafted with wooden slats lined up side-by-side, like piano keys, on a frame atop a set of metal resonators, the _____ is played with mallets.
6. After acquiring commercial rights to the xerographic process in 1947, the Haloid Company began developing plain-paper photocopying machines. In 1961 the company changed its name to _____.
7. Phloem in plants is the vascular tissue that moves food, produced from photosynthesis, from leaves to stems and roots. On the other hand, what is the name of the vascular tissue that moves water -- and other dissolved materials -- from the roots to the stems and leaves?
8. In the Marvel Comics Universe, the X-Men are a "merry band of mutants" -- including Wolverine, Magneto and Storm, among others. They are led by Charles Francis _____, the mutant son of a nuclear scientist.
9. What is the shared name of the summer palace of Kubla Khan in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1816 poem, "Kubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment"; the fictional Florida home of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane", and a 1980 movie starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly?
10. Xenophobia is the fear of _____?
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