THE SHAPE OF WATER
ANTIQUES
SHORT ANSWER TEST
STOCK MARKET INDEXES
PRESIDENTIAL POSSESSIVES
(Alex: I'll give you an example: "Donald's winning cards." "What are Trump's trumps?")
(Alex: I'll give you an example: "Donald's winning cards." "What are Trump's trumps?")
WRECKING THE CURVE
200
This Great Lake is the greatest
Superior
200
If you own a John Aitken side chair, you might say, "Washington sat here", as there are 18 of them at this house
Mount Vernon
200
In Japanese hai means this
Yes
200
This company puts out an industrial average & also publishes the Wall Street Journal
Dow Jones
200
The 16th president's town cars
Lincoln's Lincolns
200
In 2012 Miami's Giancarlo Stanton hit a curveball 494 feet against this team--of course, it was in Coors Field
the Rockies
400
This river's delta covers more than 8,000 square miles
the Nile
400
A style of these, beveled to lead the eye to the picture, is named for James Whistler
frames
400
Britain's oldest type of noble title is this, like Lord Snowdon
an earl
400
From Chinese for "ever growing", the Hang Seng compiles an index of stocks on this region's exchange
Hong Kong
400
The 38th president's Mustangs & Fiestas
Ford's Fords
400
This slugger AKA Big Papi turned a hanging curveball into history with his 500th home run in 2015
(David) Ortiz
600
James Bay protrudes from the lower right of this larger body
Hudson Bay
600
Now highly collectible, this type of smooth, inexpensive glass is named for the 1930s era when it was produced
Depression
600
Rep. Adam Schiff's wife has this appropriate Biblical name
Eve
600
This word for "stylish" rhymes with "fifty" in the name of a top stock index in India
nifty
600
Reagan's successor's rhododendrons
Bush's bushes
600
On Sept. 30, 1972 Roberto Clemente smacked a curve from Jon Matlack for this milestone number hit, his last
3,000
800
The light blue patches are shallow water & salt ponds in this Middle Eastern body of water
The Dead Sea
800
Weight-driven & later spring-driven, these made by Gustav Becker in the 1800s are prized & hung on walls
clocks
800
5-letter name for the 2007 influx of U.S. troops into Iraq
surge
800
Daily Double
The SOFIX tracks the 15 biggest stocks on this Eastern European country's exchange
Bulgaria
800
The garment makers working for "Old Rough & Ready"
Taylor's tailors
800
On Sept. 23, 1957 this future all-time home run king hammered a curve to give the Milwaukee Braves their first pennant
Hank Aaron
1000
Images from 1977 & 2010 show the effects of water diversion on this, once the world's fourth-largest lak
the Aral Sea
1000
Sinuous double-curved cabriole furniture legs are a mark of this style, named for a French king who died in 1774
Louis XV
1000
To prevent rust, metals are galvanized by coating them with this metal
zinc
1000
This British newspaper is the "FT" in the FTSE, or "footsie" index
the Financial Times
1000
Cleaning appliances for the 31st president
Hoover's hoovers
1000
A curve thrown to Manny Ramirez became the longest home run hit in this city's Skydome (now Rogers Centre)
Toronto