GEOLOGY
The Star of India is this type of precious stone
a sapphire
Goodyear's gasbag
the blimp
Parker Bros, has made balls, boomerangs & ping pong paddles out of this soft material
Nerf (or foam rubber)
Cypress Gardens show done on water, not on snow
water skiing
Omar Khayyam's ancient Iran
Persia
Old-man, hedgehog & barrel
kinds of cacti
The mouth of the Mississippi or a Helen Reddy "Dawn"
a delta
Nickname of Gil Gerard's futuristic Capt. William Rogers
Buck
As scissors beats paper, so paper beats this
rock (or a stone)
Fishing from a moving boat
trolling
Ancient Yucatan tribe that had no schools but were excellent astronomer
the Mayans
This "lowest point" figured in Ronald Reagan's career
Death Valley
Pliny the Elder, Roman geologist, died while observing this volcano erupting
Vesuvius
To give by will
bequeath
Total number of dots on the highest standard domino
12
What an unlucky surfer has experienced
wipeout
funny quote from alex trebek
(Jay: What is, "Hehehehe, [*]?")
(Alex: ...and I don't know if we need the sound effects from you Jay, but, as long as you keep us entertained, that's great.)
In '38, the Munich Agreement allowed Germany to partition this country
Czechoslovakia
Greek for "fertile land", buildings are built around but not on these watering spots
oases
Earth's atmosphere layer which lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere
the stratosphere
uality of a Scot's brogue which makes the "R" r-r-r-oll
a burr
Thrown out by G.E. in 1949, this stretchy stuff became a national fad
Silly Putty
Competitor in this sport was the model for nude male torso atop L.A.'s Olympic gate
water polo
With the Angles & Jutes, they conquered 5th century England
the Saxons
Artist famous for her paintings of the deserts of the American southwest
Georgia O'Keeffe
Rainwash, wind action & differential weathering formed this S. Dakota area
the Badlands
Australian bay named for the many plants growing on its shores
Botany Bay
Said to be a be a weapon in the Philippines, Duncan made them toys for the U.S
a yo-yo
Name of yacht immortalized after winning the 100-Guinea Cup away from England in 1851
the America
Many of them left France when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
the Huguenots
Coldest, most northern desert in the world
the Gobi