JOURNALISM
ONE LETTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE
FIRST LADY FIRSTS
WORDS DERIVED FROM BODY PARTS
SCIENCE-PODGE
100

OTR,
it's the way a statement is given to a reporter in confidence & not to be published

off the record

100

A single conflict between military forces & the drinking item you might reach for after one of those

battle & bottle

100

For the audio version of her book "It Takes a Village", she became the first first lady to win a Grammy

Clinton

100

The brave can sleep well knowing that the word courage comes from this body part

the heart

100

The rings of this planet are about 175,000 miles wide--more than 7 times the circumference of the Earth

Saturn

200

Because they both attracted readers, a 19th century character in newspaper comics lent his name to this sensational type of journalism

yellow (journalism)

200

A certain crustacean & to be frugal

shrimp & scrimp

200

In 1965 she began an inauguration day tradition of holding the Bible for the swearing-in ceremony

Lady Bird Johnson

200

Supercilious is derived from these facial features; a contemptuous comment might raise them

(eye)brows

200

The plates on the underside of a mushroom cap are called these, also the name of some creatures' respiratory organs

gills

300

In 1971 he popularized gonzo journalism after Sports Illustrated assigned him to cover a motorcycle race

(Hunter S.) Thompson

300

"Couture" preceder & a synonym for hurry

haute & haste

300

The 1st woman to be first lady who was born at a hospital, she made her debut at Southampton Hospital in New York in 1929

Kennedy

300

A list of terms with definitions, it comes from the Greek for tongue

a glossary

300

Stinging nettle is one of the plants containing this, causing swelling & itching; Benadryl is an anti-it drug to combat it

histamine

400

Known for his exposés, this journalist dedicated his book "War on Peace" to his mother Mia

Ronan Farrow

400

To fracture a bone & a really weird person

break & freak

400

She was first to give formal press conferences & to write a daily newspaper column, "My Day"

Eleanor Roosevelt

400

Sometimes found before "knowledge", this sensual 6-letter word is derived from "flesh"

carnal

400

The corona of the Sun consists of hot ionized gas called this

plasma

500

"Dirty" term for a journalist who uncovers corruption in government; Ida Tarbell was a famous one

a muckraker

500

A rough-looking cabin & what is done to corn

shack & shuck

500

Though the first first lady to host the White House Easter egg roll, she's better remembered for banning alcohol

Lucy Hayes

500

This word for one who always worries that they're sick is derived from a word for the abdomen

hypochondriac

500

Less famous than his laws of motion is Newton's law of this, a fluid's resistance to flow

viscosity

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