Animal Planet is on its 11th version of this annual feature with a different feel from the big football game |
the Puppy Bowl |
200 |
January 30, 2015 |
This cold soup is a puree of tomatoes & green peppers; in its homeland of Spain, cookbooks classify it as salad |
gazpacho |
400 |
January 30, 2015 |
The American Bar Association's ethical rules include protection of confidences under attorney-client this |
privilege |
600 |
January 30, 2015 |
This consortium of colleges traces its origins to a conference held at Vassar College in 1915 |
the Seven Sisters |
800 |
January 30, 2015 |
In 1798 Congress passed these 4 internal security laws aimed at immigrants & at curtailing the press |
the Alien and Sedition Acts |
1000 |
January 30, 2015 |
A man sued this ex-Chicago Bull for $832 million for the discomfort the man felt over looking too much like the superstar |
Michael Jordan |
200 |
July 15, 2014 |
A man sued this ex-Chicago Bull for $832 million for the discomfort the man felt over looking too much like the superstar |
Michael Jordan |
200 |
July 15, 2014 |
Because of events in this place, the Lord said, "Let us go down, and there confound their language" |
Babel |
400 |
July 15, 2014 |
Because of events in this place, the Lord said, "Let us go down, and there confound their language" |
Babel |
400 |
July 15, 2014 |
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union" begins this part of the Constitution |
the preamble |
600 |
July 15, 2014 |
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union" begins this part of the Constitution |
the preamble |
600 |
July 15, 2014 |
Hospital size is often ranked by number of these items; New York-Presbyterian has about 2,600 |
beds |
800 |
July 15, 2014 |
Hospital size is often ranked by number of these items; New York-Presbyterian has about 2,600 |
beds |
800 |
July 15, 2014 |
I'm laying things N to N with this thin-layered puff pastry with cream filling |
a Napoleon |
1000 |
July 15, 2014 |
I'm laying things N to N with this thin-layered puff pastry with cream filling |
a Napoleon |
1000 |
July 15, 2014 |
1,742,400 square feet gets you this many acres (mule not included) |
40 |
200 |
December 19, 2013 |
1,742,400 square feet gets you this many acres (mule not included) |
40 |
200 |
December 19, 2013 |
Translate from Esperanto: in January 2009 there was a new resident at the blanka domo, this place |
the White House |
400 |
December 19, 2013 |
Translate from Esperanto: in January 2009 there was a new resident at the blanka domo, this place |
the White House |
400 |
December 19, 2013 |
This small blonde Oklahoma-born dynamo has been "Wicked" on stage & full of "Glee" on television |
Kristin Chenoweth |
600 |
December 19, 2013 |
This small blonde Oklahoma-born dynamo has been "Wicked" on stage & full of "Glee" on television |
Kristin Chenoweth |
600 |
December 19, 2013 |
This woman of myth could've foreseen Agamemnon taking her to Mycenae as a slave, but no one would have believed her |
Cassandra |
800 |
December 19, 2013 |
This woman of myth could've foreseen Agamemnon taking her to Mycenae as a slave, but no one would have believed her |
Cassandra |
800 |
December 19, 2013 |
This capital of Sierra Leone was founded as a home for liberated slaves |
Freetown |
1000 |
December 19, 2013 |
This capital of Sierra Leone was founded as a home for liberated slaves |
Freetown |
1000 |
December 19, 2013 |
Seen here is a page printed in this language in the 15th century |
Hebrew |
200 |
November 7, 2013 |
Seen here is a page printed in this language in the 15th century |
Hebrew |
200 |
November 7, 2013 |
Echoing the size of some of its early audio products, the RX100 HD digital camera from this company fits in a pocket |
Sony |
400 |
November 7, 2013 |
Echoing the size of some of its early audio products, the RX100 HD digital camera from this company fits in a pocket |
Sony |
400 |
November 7, 2013 |
The 1880s cartoonseen here shows the helpless Cherokee nation tied down like this Swift character |
Gulliver |
600 |
November 7, 2013 |
The 1880s cartoonseen here shows the helpless Cherokee nation tied down like this Swift character |
Gulliver |
600 |
November 7, 2013 |
Responding to criticism by calling the critic an illiterate moron is this kind of attack with a 2-word Latin name |
<i>ad hominem</i> |
800 |
November 7, 2013 |
Responding to criticism by calling the critic an illiterate moron is this kind of attack with a 2-word Latin name |
<i>ad hominem</i> |
800 |
November 7, 2013 |
The monolith that Aborigines call Uluru was named this by surveyor William Gosse |
Ayers Rock |
1000 |
November 7, 2013 |
The monolith that Aborigines call Uluru was named this by surveyor William Gosse |
Ayers Rock |
1000 |
November 7, 2013 |
TrueBlue is this airline's rewards program |
JetBlue |
200 |
December 13, 2012 |
TrueBlue is this airline's rewards program |
JetBlue |
200 |
December 13, 2012 |
Many of this country's diplomats were expelled after its Houla massacre in 2012 |
Syria |
400 |
December 13, 2012 |
Many of this country's diplomats were expelled after its Houla massacre in 2012 |
Syria |
400 |
December 13, 2012 |
Since 1924 this alliterative item has been used as a daily time signal by the BBC |
Big Ben |
600 |
December 13, 2012 |
Since 1924 this alliterative item has been used as a daily time signal by the BBC |
Big Ben |
600 |
December 13, 2012 |
Achilles' mom Thetis was the sea type of this minor deity |
a nymph |
800 |
December 13, 2012 |
Achilles' mom Thetis was the sea type of this minor deity |
a nymph |
800 |
December 13, 2012 |
The bacterial byproduct rapamycin, first found in this island's soil, may help Alzheimer patients |
Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) |
1000 |
December 13, 2012 |
The bacterial byproduct rapamycin, first found in this island's soil, may help Alzheimer patients |
Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) |
1000 |
December 13, 2012 |
Steve Jobs sold his VW minibus & Steve Wozniak sold his calculator to get the money to form this company |
Apple |
200 |
July 31, 2012 |
Steve Jobs sold his VW minibus & Steve Wozniak sold his calculator to get the money to form this company |
Apple |
200 |
July 31, 2012 |
A national holiday observed each year on the third Monday of January honors this man--his actual birthday was Jan. 15, 1929 |
Martin Luther King |
400 |
July 31, 2012 |
A national holiday observed each year on the third Monday of January honors this man--his actual birthday was Jan. 15, 1929 |
Martin Luther King |
400 |
July 31, 2012 |
Flavors from this ice cream maker include Bonnaroo Buzz, Chunky Monkey & Chocolate |
Ben & Jerry\'s |
600 |
July 31, 2012 |
Flavors from this ice cream maker include Bonnaroo Buzz, Chunky Monkey & Chocolate |
Ben & Jerry\'s |
600 |
July 31, 2012 |
In the sentence "Yo, check it, I left my CD on C-Dub's desk", "on" is this part of speech |
a preposition |
800 |
July 31, 2012 |
In the sentence "Yo, check it, I left my CD on C-Dub's desk", "on" is this part of speech |
a preposition |
800 |
July 31, 2012 |
The second U.S. president born in Virginia, he enrolled at the College of William & Mary at age 16 |
Thomas Jefferson |
1000 |
July 31, 2012 |
The second U.S. president born in Virginia, he enrolled at the College of William & Mary at age 16 |
Thomas Jefferson |
1000 |
July 31, 2012 |
The bright star Regulus represents the lion's foot in this constellation |
Leo |
200 |
July 21, 2011 |
Fischbacher & Horn are the last names of this pair made famous by their magical live performances with tigers |
Siegfried and Roy |
400 |
July 21, 2011 |
You might do the funky chicken or the fox trot at one of these endurance contests for couples |
a dance-a-thon (or a dance marathon) |
600 |
July 21, 2011 |
This "insect" of a company calls itself the world's leading maker of construction & mining equipment |
Caterpillar |
800 |
July 21, 2011 |
This language has 3 main dialects: Connact, Munster & Ulster |
Gaelic (or Irish) |
1000 |
July 21, 2011 |
The Ten Commandments first appear in this book of the Bible |
Exodus |
200 |
September 15, 2009 |
Nixon beat this Democrat in the 1968 presidential election |
Hubert Humphrey |
400 |
September 15, 2009 |
He's the title guy in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" |
Quasimodo |
600 |
September 15, 2009 |
This sign of the zodiac follows Libra |
Scorpio |
800 |
September 15, 2009 |
Explorer & sailor Thor Heyerdahl was of this nationality |
Norwegian |
1000 |
September 15, 2009 |
Some say that the medieval tapestries about the hunting of this mythical beast symbolize the life of Christ |
the unicorn |
200 |
May 11, 2009 |
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.) If side a equals 3 & side B equals 4, it's the length of side C |
5 |
400 |
May 11, 2009 |
In "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Littte Eva's first name is actually this, like the heroine of a Longfellow poem |
Evangeline |
600 |
May 11, 2009 |
Aptly, a big, fluffy makeup brush is named for this form of Japanese theatre known for its distinctive heavy makeup |
kabuki theatre |
800 |
May 11, 2009 |
More than 1,000 islands make up the Alexander Archipelago in this U.S. state |
Alaska |
1000 |
May 11, 2009 |
Encyclopedia Britannica says this basic shape of roof is used "where the climate is arid" |
flat |
200 |
February 9, 2009 |
In poker, 3 & 5 of hearts, 10 of clubs, jack of hearts, king of hearts is called a busted this |
a flush |
400 |
February 9, 2009 |
Per the ingredients listed on the label, it provides the color in Coca-Cola |
caramel |
600 |
February 9, 2009 |
In 1932 Yip Harburg was in Central Park trying to come up with a song lyric when a man asked, "Buddy, can you" do this |
spare a dime |
800 |
February 9, 2009 |
This Ohio doctor got a retrial for wife murder partly because a judge told a journalist he was "guilty as hell" |
Dr. Sam Sheppard |
1000 |
February 9, 2009 |
This "feline" variety of willow tree belongs to the same family as aspens & cottonwoods |
the pussy willow |
200 |
June 13, 2008 |
Psychologist Otto Rank ranked this trauma as the no. 1 cause of neurosis |
birth |
400 |
June 13, 2008 |
10-letter word describing a woman's dress without arm coverings |
sleeveless |
600 |
June 13, 2008 |
Augusto Pinochet, who ousted Salvador Allende in 1973, led the junta in this country until 1990 |
Chile |
800 |
June 13, 2008 |
In 1935 he invented a self-adhesive label, & even though he's gone, his name still sticks with us |
(R. Stanton) Avery |
1000 |
June 13, 2008 |
9 out of every 10 tomatoes grown in the U.S. come from this state |
California |
200 |
May 19, 2008 |
Telemarketers must search this registry every 31 days & drop those who are on it |
a do-not-call list |
400 |
May 19, 2008 |
Thin must be in for this country with the highest life expectancy in South America, nearly 77 years |
Chile |
600 |
May 19, 2008 |
In "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", this literary character is treated by Sigmund Freud for drug addiction |
Sherlock Holmes |
800 |
May 19, 2008 |
Originally from Asia, the "walking" variety of this fish was introduced into Florida in the 1960s |
the catfish |
1000 |
May 19, 2008 |
On a flight from Oakland to Chicago on May 15, 1930, Ellen Church became the first woman to work as one of these |
a flight attendant |
200 |
March 3, 2008 |
These mischievous supernatural creatures of Arab lore were made famous by "The 1,001 Nights"; make a wish! |
a genie |
400 |
March 3, 2008 |
It's alphabetically last among the member countries of the United Nations |
Zimbabwe |
600 |
March 3, 2008 |
The rock musical "Hair" features a chant of this Hindu sect founded in the U.S. in 1966 |
the Hare Krishna |
800 |
March 3, 2008 |
Yeeeeeee-haaaa! Billy Idol knows this drink's got bourbon, triple sec, lemon juice, an egg white & an orange slice |
a Rebel Yell |
1000 |
March 3, 2008 |
From 1909 until 1958, ears of wheat appeared on the back of this U.S. coin |
the penny |
200 |
February 21, 2008 |
On our summer solstice, the sun at noon is directly over this "tropic" |
the Tropic of Cancer |
400 |
February 21, 2008 |
Phoenix, Arizona is in this time zone |
Mountain |
600 |
February 21, 2008 |
Name shared by a clay & straw brick home & a Photoshop maker |
adobe |
800 |
February 21, 2008 |
In photography, these lens attachments include polarizing, star & neutral density |
filters |
1000 |
February 21, 2008 |
At a 2005 auction, paintings by Warhol & Renoir didn't sell, but 3 by Congo, one of these playful primates, did |
a chimp |
200 |
July 25, 2007 |
The "Citrus Obsession" version of this classic Mattel doll is scented to smell like a piece of fruit |
Barbie |
400 |
July 25, 2007 |
Hey, Bullwinkle! On Aug. 16, 2001, one of these large deer took a dip in a swimming pool near Spokane |
a moose |
600 |
July 25, 2007 |
It sounds rude, but this 5-letter word is the correct term for a ventriloquist's puppet |
a dummy |
800 |
July 25, 2007 |
I was disappointed that Miss Pluto & Miss Venus weren't contestants in this international pageant run by Donald Trump |
Miss Universe |
1000 |
July 25, 2007 |
He's Butt-Head's partner in the cartoon |
Beavis |
200 |
November 8, 2006 |
Using this trademarked type of "board" might get you some answers from beyond |
the Ouija Board |
400 |
November 8, 2006 |
These "of the cross" include Veronica wiping the face of Jesus |
stations of the cross |
600 |
November 8, 2006 |
Precedes "regal" in the name of a popular whisky |
Chivas Regal |
800 |
November 8, 2006 |
The second planet from the sun |
Venus |
1000 |
November 8, 2006 |
Don't slip on this one: some Africans eat matoke & drink waragi, both made from this fruit |
bananas |
200 |
September 30, 2004 |
World Book says most of these are at least 7 inches long, have a knob on one end & are used to make scarves |
knitting needles |
400 |
September 30, 2004 |
This often quiet Frenchman said Michael Jackson's Moonwalk was influenced by his own "Walking Against the Wind" |
Marcel Marceau |
600 |
September 30, 2004 |
She gave Kenilworth Castle to Robert Dudley, who was (wink, wink) a "favorite" of hers |
Queen Elizabeth I |
800 |
September 30, 2004 |
The Captain & Tennile would "love" this capital of Oman |
Muscat |
1000 |
September 30, 2004 |
Superstition says don't point at this colorful arch or you may see even wetter weather |
rainbow |
100 |
February 7, 2001 |
(Alex: To help us out with that clue, we have some very special guests) These are members of a wildly popular show created by this man |
Michael Flatley |
200 |
February 7, 2001 |
A symbol of wisdom, this bird was associated with the goddess Athena |
owl |
300 |
February 7, 2001 |
Pop classic that includes the line "Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry" |
"American Pie" |
400 |
February 7, 2001 |
Like gumbo, a stew called burgoo is traditionally thickened with this vegetable |
okra |
500 |
February 7, 2001 |
2-letter term for what you become when you're tagged in tag |
it |
100 |
December 27, 2000 |
Keebler claims these creatures make its cookies |
elves |
200 |
December 27, 2000 |
Alphabetically, the 7 colors of the visible light spectrum run from this to violet |
blue |
300 |
December 27, 2000 |
As of July 1, 2002 this currency of Italy will be no more; that's when Europe switches to using Euros for everything |
lira |
400 |
December 27, 2000 |
This publisher who died in 1911 set up a prize fund for awards in journalism, literature, music & drama |
Joseph Pulitzer |
500 |
December 27, 2000 |
Born in 1912, the man nicknamed "Slammin' Sam" played this sport |
Golf |
100 |
July 18, 2000 |
On the large beads on these you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary |
Rosary |
200 |
July 18, 2000 |
Of 3, 30, or 300, number of days Jonah spent inside a "great fish" |
3 |
300 |
July 18, 2000 |
The 2 continents separated by the Dardanelles |
Asia & Europe |
400 |
July 18, 2000 |
In May 1787 this convention convened in Independence Hall |
Constitutional Convention |
500 |
July 18, 2000 |
In 1991, his character of Jesse married a Rebecca; in 1998, in real life, he married a Rebecca, Rebecca Romijn |
John Stamos |
100 |
June 30, 2000 |
According to the Italian version of Encarta, Antonio Meucci rang in first with this invention, 5 years before that Scot |
Telephone |
200 |
June 30, 2000 |
After hiring Reginald Barnett Hollingsworth to be your butler, you should address him this way |
Hollingsworth |
300 |
June 30, 2000 |
In 1999 Crayola decided to rename its Indian Red crayon, the first renaming since 1962 when this became "Peach" |
Flesh |
400 |
June 30, 2000 |
In 1999 she & Stedman Graham taught a "Dynamics of Leadership" course at an Illinois college |
Oprah Winfrey |
500 |
June 30, 2000 |
He's considered the mascot of Mad Magazine |
Alfred E. Neuman |
100 |
July 20, 1999 |
He said, "You don't have to be drunk or intoxicated to be attracted to Carmen Electra. She is a beautiful woman" |
Dennis Rodman |
200 |
July 20, 1999 |
A lab in Berkeley recently tested this versatile product's ability to seal air ducts & it failed |
Duct tape |
300 |
July 20, 1999 |
In December 1998 a Dutch court banned any publication questioning the veracity of this girl's diary |
Anne Frank |
400 |
July 20, 1999 |
According to the U.N. World Food Map, this country's people have the most per person; hope it doesn't get rotten! |
Denmark |
500 |
July 20, 1999 |
Larousse says the eggs of this African alligator relative "Apparently make excellent omelettes" |
Crocodile |
100 |
July 17, 1997 |
Some romantics really lose their heads on the day named for this saint who was probably beheaded |
St. Valentine |
200 |
July 17, 1997 |
Some speculate that he may have been poisoned on St. Helena by arsenic in his wallpaper |
Napoleon |
300 |
July 17, 1997 |
Queen Matilda, the wife of this Norman conqueror, was just 4' 2" tall |
William the Conqueror |
400 |
July 17, 1997 |
It's said this silent pres. liked to eat breakfast in bed while having Vaseline rubbed on his head |
Calvin Coolidge |
500 |
July 17, 1997 |
The record for the greatest number of these found in one hen's egg is 9 |
Yolks |
100 |
April 17, 1997 |
Iodine is part of the hormone thyroxine, produced by this gland |
Thyroid |
200 |
April 17, 1997 |
This martial art whose name means "The Way of Softness" was developed from jujitsu |
Judo |
300 |
April 17, 1997 |
This U.S. crime figure was born Maier Suchowljansky in 1902 |
Meyer Lansky |
400 |
April 17, 1997 |
In 1879 the discovery of this artificial sweetener was announced |
Saccharin |
500 |
April 17, 1997 |
This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965 |
the Pillsbury Doughboy (or Poppin\' Fresh) |
100 |
April 2, 1997 |
The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket |
Bayonet |
200 |
April 2, 1997 |
To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices |
Remote control |
300 |
April 2, 1997 |
He bequeathed $2 million to Columbia University to establish a school of journalism |
Joseph Pulitzer |
400 |
April 2, 1997 |
Christmas Seals were first sold in 1907 to raise funds to fight this disease |
Tuberculosis |
500 |
April 2, 1997 |
"Currency" used to pay for the delivery of "letters" in the kids' game of Post Office |
Kisses |
100 |
March 18, 1997 |
In 1971 Volvo introduced a warning light to remind you to do this |
Fasten your seat belt |
200 |
March 18, 1997 |
Spelling of the kitchen tool whose phonetic spelling is "SPACH-oo-luh" |
S-P-A-T-U-L-A |
300 |
March 18, 1997 |
Category on this board that's a synonym for gallimaufry |
Hodgepodge |
400 |
March 18, 1997 |
A number with factors of only 1 & itself; a 1742 theory says all even numbers over 2 are the sum of 2 of them |
Prime numbers |
500 |
March 18, 1997 |
This Norse god had iron gloves, a belt of strength & a magic hammer |
Thor |
100 |
February 6, 1997 |
Wind instruments blown by the player are traditionally divided into woodwinds & these |
brass |
200 |
February 6, 1997 |
In 1844 Charles Goodyear earned a patent to inhibit this material from melting & sticking |
Rubber |
300 |
February 6, 1997 |
Carnivorous name for the warders of the Tower of London |
Beefeaters |
400 |
February 6, 1997 |
Though blind & deaf since age 19 months, she graduated with honors from Radcliffe in 1904 |
Helen Keller |
500 |
February 6, 1997 |
In 1996 the Winchell's chain began selling a cologne that smells like these breakfast goodies |
doughnuts |
100 |
November 12, 1996 |
This early type of Ford was nicknamed the "Tin Lizzie" |
Model T |
200 |
November 12, 1996 |
Newspaper is most often the basic ingredient for making this modeling material |
Papier-mache |
100 |
April 15, 1996 |
This unit used to measure the power of engines is equal to 746 watts |
Horsepower |
200 |
April 15, 1996 |
The former palace of the League of Nations in this Swiss city houses a philatelic museum |
Geneva |
300 |
April 15, 1996 |
The fundamental cause of this 1337-1453 conflict was England's possession of the Fief of Guienne |
Hundred Years\' War |
400 |
April 15, 1996 |
From 1938 to 1952 Walter Gropius served as chairman of this department at Harvard |
Architecture |
500 |
April 15, 1996 |
Ancient Greeks dated events from the first of these, held in 776 B.C. |
The Olympic Games |
100 |
January 19, 1996 |
Name shared by a national monument in Arizona & a famous "faithful Indian companion" |
Tonto |
200 |
January 19, 1996 |
This word comes from the Greek etymon, "the meaning of a word from its origin" & logos, "word" |
etymology |
300 |
January 19, 1996 |
This animal on Saskatchewan's flag stands for Great Britain |
Lion |
400 |
January 19, 1996 |
An Atlanta football player, or the middle name of explorer Robert Scott |
Falcon |
500 |
January 19, 1996 |
In heraldry a wyvern is one of these mythical beasts depicted with 2 legs, wings & a barbed tail |
Dragon |
100 |
January 11, 1996 |
Kellogg introduced these toaster pastries in 1964 |
Pop-Tarts |
200 |
January 11, 1996 |
Mercury & aneroid are the 2 main types of this instrument used to measure air pressure |
Barometer |
300 |
January 11, 1996 |
Members of this church are popularly called "Moonies" |
Unification Church |
400 |
January 11, 1996 |
The fish called the Dolly Varden Trout was named for a character in this author's "Barnaby Rudge" |
Charles Dickens |
500 |
January 11, 1996 |
It's believed that the first pope is buried under this building |
St. Peter\'s Cathedral |
100 |
November 29, 1994 |
In Greek Myth this most beautiful woman was not so much born as hatched |
Helen |
200 |
November 29, 1994 |
"Pigs in the Pen" is a variation of this kid's game played on floors & sidewalks |
jacks |
300 |
November 29, 1994 |
An abacus with 13 columns can count as high as these Nos., handy for working on the U.S. national debt |
trillions |
400 |
November 29, 1994 |
This Madagascan animal is the only primate that pulls hair from its body to make a nest |
the lemur |
500 |
November 29, 1994 |
This calm center of the hurricane may be 20 miles in diameter |
The Eye |
100 |
November 23, 1994 |
New Zealand's 2 official languages are English & this native one |
Maori |
200 |
November 23, 1994 |
For a while, this statesman who established an Oxford scholarship also had a country named for him |
Cecil Rhodes |
300 |
November 23, 1994 |
This founder of the Unification Church was originally a Presbyterian |
Sun Myung Moon |
400 |
November 23, 1994 |
Yeoman, as in Yeoman of the Guard, is probably a contraction of forms of these two words |
Young Man |
500 |
November 23, 1994 |
"Joy of Cooking" suggests adding paprika & lemon juice to the juice of this fermented cabbage |
Sauerkraut |
100 |
November 16, 1993 |
Ancient Egyptians used this hair dye on the soles of their feet, too |
Henna |
200 |
November 16, 1993 |
The Perry Ellis Award is presented to people in this field |
Fashion design |
300 |
November 16, 1993 |
In 1505, Prince Jean the II was murdered by his brother Lucien in this tiny principality on the Riviera |
Monaco |
400 |
November 16, 1993 |
The National Gallery of Victoria is in this Australian city, capital of the state of Victoria |
Melbourne |
500 |
November 16, 1993 |
Gordon Carruth reports that in 1811 a Mrs. Andrews in New York City gave instructions on painting on this plush fabric |
Velvet |
100 |
November 11, 1992 |
In a standard set of dominoes, the tiles range from double blank to this double number |
6 |
200 |
November 11, 1992 |
On his death in 1976 he left his museum $725 million dollars |
J. Paul Getty |
300 |
November 11, 1992 |
Steve Brodie leaped onto the front pages when he leaped from this into the East River, July 23, 1886 |
The Brooklyn Bridge |
400 |
November 11, 1992 |
The 2 styles most commonly used by high-jumpers are the forward, or straddle, & the backward, called this |
The Fosbury Flop |
500 |
November 11, 1992 |
A style of sleeve cut in 1 piece with the bodice, or a Japanese robe |
kimono |
100 |
January 20, 1992 |
This vowel should be capitalized when used as a pronoun |
I |
200 |
January 20, 1992 |
Akureyri, the 2nd largest city in this country, has only 13,000 people while Reykjavik has 89,000 |
Iceland |
300 |
January 20, 1992 |
"Rocky Mountain Beaver Pond" & "Man-Eaters of India" are 2 of this society's nature videotapes |
National Geographic Society |
400 |
January 20, 1992 |
On USA Today's weather page, "sn" stands for this condition |
snow |
500 |
January 20, 1992 |
USDA meat grade between prime & good |
choice |
100 |
November 14, 1990 |
In 1919 this company absorbed the Marconi Wireless Co. & got David Sarnoff with it |
RCA |
200 |
November 14, 1990 |
After WWII he founded the French Navy's Undersea Research Group |
(Jacques) Cousteau |
300 |
November 14, 1990 |
Of the 7 deadly sins, the one that's also the name of an animal |
sloth |
400 |
November 14, 1990 |
"To Anacreon In Heaven" is the original title of the music to which this is set |
"The Star-Spangled Banner" |
500 |
November 14, 1990 |
Weighing over 400,000 pounds, the Czar Kolokol in this capital is the world's largest bell |
Moscow |
100 |
May 9, 1990 |
Im, a black rat snake in a Knoxville, Tn. university lab, fights itself for food since it has 2 of these |
Heads |
200 |
May 9, 1990 |
It's the colorful middle name of Cher's son |
(Elijah) Blue (Allman) |
300 |
May 9, 1990 |
Their emblem is a 3-leaf clover representing the 3 parts of their promise |
The Girl Scouts |
400 |
May 9, 1990 |
This Republican was the last president who had no sons -- but he did have daughters |
Richard Nixon |
500 |
May 9, 1990 |
She outlived 3 husbands, was kicked out of the Society of Friends & we have our doubts about the flag |
Betsy Ross |
100 |
January 10, 1990 |
Macy's claims to be the 2nd largest consumer of this gas in the U.S.; the U.S. gov't is 1st |
helium |
200 |
January 10, 1990 |
Hominy is this vegetable hulled, degermed & broken up |
corn |
300 |
January 10, 1990 |
Just the dance to do at a fowl ball; Rufus Thomas sang about doing it in 1970 |
<i>Funky Chicken</i> |
400 |
January 10, 1990 |
The international headquarters of the Salvation Army is in this world capital |
London |
500 |
January 10, 1990 |
During WWII he was head of the Kuomintang party & commander of the Chinese army |
Chiang Kai-shek |
100 |
December 29, 1989 |
On the day this emperor was buried, Japan granted amnesty to 30,000 people |
Hirohito |
200 |
December 29, 1989 |
Plate pressure is compressing the Mediterranean, but this sea, bordering Greece, is expanding |
Aegean Sea |
300 |
December 29, 1989 |
The 1st explorer to see N.Y. harbor; a bridge opened there in 1964 is named for him |
Giovanni Verrazano |
500 |
December 29, 1989 |
To get a Nevada divorce, you have to live there at least this long |
6 Weeks |
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December 29, 1989 |
Rachmaninoff, Bismarck & Edmond Rostand were all born on this day, no "fool"ing |
April 1st |
100 |
February 19, 1988 |
RR engineer John Luther Jones got this nickname from his Kentucky hometown |
"Casey" |
200 |
February 19, 1988 |
Of Italy's president, a style of pasta, or a brand of motor scooter, what tagliatelle is |
a style of pasta |
300 |
February 19, 1988 |
If a corundum gem is red, it's a ruby; if it's any other color -- especially blue -- it's this |
sapphire |
400 |
February 19, 1988 |
Your hair gets oily when these glands secrete too much oil |
sebaceous glands |
500 |
February 19, 1988 |
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100 |
November 25, 1985 |
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200 |
November 25, 1985 |
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300 |
November 25, 1985 |
April 13,1985 was proclaimed in L.A. "Ruby-Spears/Bagdasarian Day" saluting this animated rock group |
Chipmunks |
400 |
November 25, 1985 |
It's affected 48% of U.S. astronauts, including Sen. Garn, who made it his study project |
motion sickness |
500 |
November 25, 1985 |