SCIENCE HISTORY
SONG DICHOTOMY
PUTTING ON THE DOG
WHAT SIGN ARE YOU?
STARTS WITH "SCH"
200
'In 1797 Smithson Tennant showed that charcoal has the same composition as this gem'
a diamond
200
'"Come Together" & "Get Back" aren't calls at a square dance; they're opposite-sounding No. 1s from this band'
The Beatles
200
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the American Kennel Club.) Like something you'd find on a fishing hook, it's the object or treat that show handlers use to focus the dog's attention & keep it alert in the ring'
bait
200
'You're a 7' tall red octagon with white letters; you tell folks to do this, & dang it, you mean it'
a stop sign
200
'You can still visit this Hollywood drugstore seen in "Sunset Blvd."--at Universal Studios Florida, that is'
Schwab\'s
400
'Using the ultramicroscope, Jean Perrin estimated the size of this as one hundred millionth of a centimerer'
an atom
400
'It's hard to swallow their rebellious song "I Get Around" after picturing them as loners in "In My Room"'
The Beach Boys
400
'In 1889 a Siberian wolfhound in the WKC show had quite a pedigree; its breeder was listed as the czar of this country'
Russia
400
'You're a triangle pointing down; you were yellow & black, now you're red & white; you want folks to be nice & do this'
yield
400
'A sailing vessel'
a schooner
600
'Michael Faraday named oxygen as a "permanent gas" he couldn't turn into this state; Mike, just make it a lot colder'
liquid
600
'From their songs "Marlena", "Ronnie" & "C'mon Marianne" they begged a lot of women to stay; but they told Dawn to go away'
The Four Seasons
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew is with a cocker spaniel.) In dog shows, some cocker spaniels are ASCOB,
which stands for any solid color other than this'
black
600
'You're a white X (or "crossbuck"); your arms say these 2 words'
railroad crossing
600
'2 words: "fool" & "unlucky person" (as mentioned in the "Laverne & Shirley" intro)'
schlemiel and schlimazel
800
'Nutbrain Soviet scientists adopted the discredited 19th C, theory of Lamarck that said acquired traits could be this'
hereditary (passed on to your offspring)
800
'Their first hit? "Hold On"... their second hit? "Release Me"... C'mon, ladies, make up your minds'
Wilson Phillips
800
'2008's Best in Show winner at Crufts was one of these dogs whose name is from the German for "snout"'
schnauzer
800
'You're a horizontal black rectangle containing a white arrow; all you have to say is these 2 words'
one way
800
'Kirschwasser, for one'
schnapps
1000
'The unit of this in electricity is named for Georg Ohm; it's also what ohm ran into when he published his ideas'
resistance
1000
'Going by their first releases, they were "Lost in Love" & then a few months later, "All Out of Love"; that was quick'
Air Supply
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the American Kennel Club.) American Kennel Club judges evaluate how close dogs come to this, an 8-letter term for a written description of the ideal specimen of the breed'
the standard
1000
'You're a red rectangle with white letters; you tell folks to look out! they're going this!'
the wrong way
1000
'Excessively sentimental, like a soap opera'
schmaltzy
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