Sunday, December 28, 2025

1. What do the following words have in common?

CHINA
DOWN
STOCKHOLM
 
2. The answers to the clues below will have something in common. Can you determine what it is?
 
Fish eggs
UPS trucks' trademark color
Only woman who appears on stage in Shakespeare's  The Tempest
 
Answers:
 
1. Each is the name of a SYNDROME:
 
China Syndrome - Metaphorical worst case scenario of the meltdown of the core of a nuclear reactor - melting all the way through to China (from a US perspective)
 
Down Syndrome - Genetic condition leading to developmental delays and intellectual disability
 
Stockholm Syndrome - A psychological disorder in which the victims of a crime sympathize and identify with the perpetrators.
 
2. Fish eggs - Roe
    UPS trucks' trademark color - Brown
    Only woman on stage in The Tempest - Miranda
 
   What they have in common:
 
   They are the names of iconic Supreme Court cases:
   Roe vs. Wade (1973)
   Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
   Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) 

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