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SPORTS WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
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THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT |
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This Dutchman died in July 1890; his brother Theo died 6 months later & was buried next to him |
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In the pros, this prolate spheroid contains a pressure of 13 PSI & has 16 lace holes |
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Aldous Huxley later regretted not having put nuclear power in this futuristic novel |
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The 1914 Clayton one of these business-restricting acts prohibits mergers when they "lessen competition" |
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This word is from a Latin adverbial phrase meaning "by the hundred" |
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This manager of Elvis was born Andreas Cornelius Van Kuijk in the Netherlands |
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Made of hard black rubber, it must be 1 inch thick, 3 inches in diameter & weigh from 5 1/2 to 6 ounces |
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This book is made up of 27 books |
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Because of 2010 Census tallies, New York & Ohio each lost 2 of these |
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I am, you are, they are, it's from the Latin for "to yoke together" |
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A campaign against the Portuguese cost this last Dutch Colonial Governor of New York his right leg |
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It's 2 inches wide & 15 feet from the backboard |
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Things get tense with the boyfriend when Bella cuts her arm in this Stephenie Meyer book |
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To lessen his reliance on Chinese bureaucrats, Kublai Khan used foreigners like this man born in Venice in 1254 |
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It's not beginner & it's not advanced, it's this 12-letter word from the Latin for "in the middle" |
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This great Dutch Navigator sighted New Zealand on Dec. 13, 1642 |
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It stretches 62 feet, 10 3/16 inches from foul line to the pit |
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Tom Wolfe edited an anthology of reportage titled this |
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This French obstetrician created a method to lessen pain-increasing tension in childbirth |
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Dave Barry & Stephen King |
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The name of this type of social club is from the Latin for "sister" |
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This Delft painter might have used a camera obscura; his friend Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was a master lens maker |
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In baseball, it measures 18 feet in diameter & reaches a height of 10 inches at its center |
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First published in the late 17th Century, it was for 50 years the only elementary school textbook in the American colonies |
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An airplane rises due to this Swiss man's "effect", as a fluid's pressure lessens when its speed increases |
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Robin Williams (starting when he did "Moscow On The Hudson") |
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From the Latin for "of the side", it's a type of football pass |
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