|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In the history of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong were 2 of the greatest players of this instrument |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
the trumpet
|
|
|
Inventor of the telephone who's a nice salad ingredient |
(Robby: What is Bell pepper?) (Mary: What is Alexander Bell Pepper?) (Alex: We're going to accept that? All right. They're taking it... you left out Graham, but that's all right.)
Alexander Graham Bell pepper
|
|
|
She makes her first entrance with "Her ladies, the train, with eunuchs fanning her" |
Cleopatra
|
|
|
A second grade science experiment includes labeling magnets with these 2 math symbols |
plus & minus
|
|
|
Lizard Point, from the Cornish for "court on a height", is this island's southernmost point |
Great Britain
|
|
|
From 1980 to 1998 this rose worldwide from 61 to 67 |
life expectancy
|
|
|
Once called "The Capstone of Negro Education", this Washington, D.C. university opened its doors in 1867 |
Howard University
|
|
|
This new Dynamic Duo is made up of Bruce Wayne's superhero self & a famous bandit of Sherwood Forest |
Batman & Robin Hood
|
|
|
Title adjective Shakespeare used to describe Mistresses Ford & Page |
merry
|
|
|
Sixth grade social studies teach about renewable energy, like solar, & nonrenewable, like this solid fossil fuel |
coal
|
|
|
At Pittsburgh's "The Point", the Allegheny & Monongahela meet to form this third river |
(Robby: What is the Susquehanna?)
the Ohio
|
|
|
Of 2, 4, 8 or 16, the number of hours a day the TV's on in the average American home |
(Robby: What is 4?)
8
|
|
|
While an editor for Random House books, she wrote her first novel, "The Bluest Eye" |
Toni Morrison
|
|
|
Macedonian world conqueror who became a tragic F. Scott Fitzgerald hero |
Alexander the Great Gatsby
|
|
|
This daughter of Prospero was but a few years old when they were exiled |
Miranda
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows the equation y = 3x + 7 at a chalkboard.) Eighth graders should be able to deal with this type of equation that uses variables without exponents |
(Robby: What is a first order equation?) (Alex: In my day it was known as [*], but your response is acceptable, so continue, please.) [NOTE: Taping was stopped and Yale math professors were consulted about Robby's response, as shown on 60 Minutes, 2003-11-23.]
a linear equation
|
|
|
A high point of your trip to Santiago might be seeing this hemispheric high point nearby |
Mount Aconcagua
|
|
|
According to Conde Nast, in the U.S. the average cost of this event is now $22,360 |
a wedding
|
|
|
Currently, they're the 2 highest-ranking African-Americans in President Bush's administration |
Condoleezza Rice & Colin Powell
|
|
|
"Colorful" 14th century plague that became a hit play by Arthur Miller |
The Black Death of a Salesman
|
|
|
Figure it out: she has the third line in "Macbeth" |
(Robby: Who is Macbeth?)
the third witch
|
|
|
Ninth graders know that electrically neutral atoms have the same number of these 2 particles |
protons & electrons
|
|
|
Cape Andreas is at the pointy end of this island in the eastern Mediterranean |
Cyprus
|
|
|
In March 2003 astronomers said this grayish light brown was the average color of the universe |
(Ken: What is tan?) (Mary: What is taupe?) ... (Alex: They called it "cosmic latte".)
beige
|
|
|
In 2003 the Postal Service did him justice by honoring him with the stamp seen here |
Thurgood Marshall
|
|
|
Snoopy's owner who's one of the most poisonous types of spiders in the U.S. |
(Robby: What is a Charlie Brown spider?)
Charlie Brown Recluse
|
|
|
Briseis in Homer's "Iliad" evolved in tales over time to wind up as this Shakespeare title character |
Cressida
|
|
|
Tenth grade? Time for this 1840s French novel about a man falsely imprisoned who wants revenge |
(Mary: What is "Les Miserables?")
The Count of Monte Cristo
|
|
|
The instantaneous North Pole is the point where this imaginary line would poke out |
(Robby: What is the Prime Meridian?)
the (Earth's) axis
|
|
|
A Frenchman eats 53 pounds of this a year; an American, 31; a Japanese, 4 |
cheese
|
|