GEOGRAPHIC CENTERS
GOOEY CENTERS
WHEN IT WAS NEW
THE ELEMENTS
Final Jeopardy!
200
In this state it's 18 miles southeast of Macon
Georgia
200
Here are some cheesy-centered poppers made with these dark green chilies named for the capital of Veracruz, Mexico
jalapeños
200
Corrupt 1880s elections led the U.S. to adopt this type of paper ballot so other people don't know who you voted for
a secret ballot
200
Inhaling some of this second-lightest element makes your voice sound all funny
helium
200
NATURAL WONDERS
Roughly half the size of Texas, it's the largest structure made by living creatures & can even be seen from space
400
20 miles southwest of Jefferson City
Missouri
400
Buitoni makes a 4-cheese-filled version of these square pasta pillows
ravioli
400
Big excitement in 1995 when this company launched Windows 95 & the Internet Explorer browser
Microsoft
400
Look what happens when a strong, healthy bone is soaked in vinegar; the acidic acid dissolves this key element, atomic No. 20; without it, the bone becomes soft & weak
calcium
400
Roughly half the size of Texas, it's the largest structure made by living creatures & can even be seen from space
the Great Barrier Reef
600
In Avoyelles Parish, southeast of Marksville
Louisiana
600
Yellow & white fondant gives this Easter candy its gooey center
Cadbury Creme Eggs
600
This 3-letter dirt-track bicycling event was new at the Olympics in 2008
BMX
600
In an idiom something that fails to arouse any interest is said to "go over like a" balloon made of this metal
lead
800
In Rutland in Worcester County
Massachusetts
800
French for "lightning" gives us the name of this cream-filled oblong pastry
an éclair
800
These "curiously strong" mints were introduced way back in the 1780s to relieve stomach problems
Altoids
800
"God bless" this radioactive element, atomic No. 95, that was first produced by a team of U.S. chemists in 1944
americium
1000
10 miles southwest of Brainerd
Minnesota
1000
Stuffed with cheese, these Jewish pancakes have been sautéed to a golden brown
blintzes
1000
In the mid-1800s Etienne Lenoir made the first commercially successful engine with internal this & even put it in a car
combustion
1000
Alphabetically, it's the first chemical element to have a single-letter symbol
boron