IN THE TV ROOM
23 & YOU
ANCIENT ROME
METEOROLOGY
Final Jeopardy!
200
On this series, Lorelai & Rory lived in the quirky town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut
Gilmore Girls
200
Almost every human cell has 23 pairs of these
chromosomes
200
Now a term for any tyrannical leader, this title was given to Julius Caesar during a time of crisis
dictator
200
In the north Atlantic & northeast Pacific, "hurricane" is the regional term; in the northwest Pacific, it's "typhoon", but in the south Pacific & Indian Ocean, this word is used, from Greek for "circle"
a cyclone
200
19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
"Hard and sharp as flint... he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas"
400
Drake was part of "The Next Generation" on this series
Degrassi
400
In the King James Bible, these 5 words begin the 23rd Psalm
"The Lord is my shepherd"
400
The legendary founders of Rome, Romulus & Remus had Rhea for a mother & this war god for a dad
Mars
400
When one of these devices that measures air pressure is falling, wet weather is likely on the way
a barometer
400
"Hard and sharp as flint... he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas"
Ebenezer Scrooge
600
Here's Peyton Elizabeth Lee, who plays the title character of this Disney Channel series
Andi Mack
600
The grandson of our 9th president, he was our 23rd president
Benjamin Harrison
600
An expression in ancient Rome to express danger or scare kids referred to the approach to Rome by this Carthaginian general, "____ ad portas" or him "at the gates"
Hannibal
600
This triatomic allotrope of oxygen leaves that peculiar smell in the air after thunderstorms
ozone
800
In the second-to-last episode of this ABC Family series, Charlotte's killer is finally revealed
Pretty Little Liars
800
This type of jury is made up of up to 23 members & determines if someone should be charged with a crime
a grand jury
800
St. Ignatius of Antioch, who died around 110 A.D., was believed to be the first Christian to be martyred in this arena
the Colosseum
800
The 11-year cycle of these solar areas that are a cool 6,500° has been correlated with temperature changes on Earth
sunspots
1000
2 sets of cliques are in the rhyming title of this iconic series; one had James Franco & the other, John Francis Daley
Freaks and Geeks
1000
The 23rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution permitted citizens of this place to vote for president
Washington, D.C.
1000
Agrippina's machinations led to this heir becoming Rome's first teenage emperor
Nero
1000
The Beaufort scale generally ranges from 0 to 12 in measuring this
wind