DANCE WITH ME
"SHUT" UP
MATH MEN, MYTH MEN
ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS
PLURALIZE IT!
100
A combination of African & Irish traditional dancing may be the source of this style of dance
tap dance
100
I'm going to grab some this, meaning sleep
shut-eye
100
In one version his daughter is among the items he turns to gold with his touch
King Midas
100
That joker in home room who makes everybody laugh all the time
class clown
100
Ox
oxen
200
Drums called pahu help provide the rhythm for this sensuous dance of the Pacific
Hula
200
The opposing team doesn't score while losing
a shut-out
200
My theorem? That you know this whiz who gave his name to the equation a2 + b2 = c2
Pythagoras
200
Laid back dude who's always hanging out at or near the seashore
a beach bum
200
Cactus
cacti
300
These insects do a "dance" to communicate the location of distant flowers & nectar
bees
300
A courtesy one may take you from the airport to a rental car
shuttle
300
We're 100/100ths sure that Simon Stevin introduced the concept of "decimal" these to Europe in 1585
fractions
300
A friend in a distant land to whom you write letters
pen pal
300
Moose
Moose
400
Edgar Degas, who painted the dancer seen here, was part of this artistic movement
Impressionism
400
One who rarely leaves home, confined by introversion or illness
a shut-in
400
The ancient Greek Hipparchus pioneered this branch of math, from ancient Greek for "triangle" & "measure"
trigonometry
400
A very large person who seems quite passive & mild
a gentle giant
400
Forum
fora
500
The samba is a dance of this largest South American nation
Brazil
500
The device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.
shutter
500
In mythology Prometheus isn't chained to that rock forever; this hero rescues him
Hercules
500
Adjective for a mission just for scoping things out & gathering information
hint: F
fact-finding
500
Millennium
Millennia