HISTORY
ETYMOLOGY

FAMILIAR PHRASES
ANNUAL EVENTS

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
100

Sung T'ai Tsu founded this country's Sung dynasty in 960

China

100

"Pop", as in "Pop Art", is a shortened form of this word

Popular

100

To achieve two things with a single action could also be “killing two birds with” this

One stone

100

Koreans pay honor to both parents May 8, sometimes the same day Americans honor this one

Mothers

100

"Choosy Moms Choose" this brand of peanut butter

Jif

200

This island famous for its stone statues was annexed by Chile in 1888

Easter Island

200

"Blackboard" & "loudspeaker" are examples of this type of word formed by combining 2 words

Compound word

200

A person who's "easy to read" is described as "an open" this

book 


200

Its early April start & its late October end cause many missed appointments

Daylight Savings Time

200

This company's new computer products include the Aptiva S & the Thinkpad 560

IBM

300

In 1860 the Second Maori War broke out in this country

New Zealand

300

This suffix meaning "the study of" has become a synonym for any science

-ology

300

This adjective often precedes "as a hound's tooth" or "as a whistle"

clean

300

A communal dip in the Pacific January 1 in Vancouver, Canada is named for these Arctic animals

Polar Bears

300

This product claims it's "The Pain Reliever Hospitals Use Most"

Tylenol

400

In 1989 this former Philippine leader died in exile in Hawaii

Ferdinand Marcos

400

Taken together, suffixes & these are known as affixes

Prefixes

400

When you're up late studying, you're said to be "burning the midnight" this

oil

400

Mashpee, Massachusetts holds one of these American Indian conferences every July

Pow-Wow

400

The Parker Duofold Red Jasper, one of these, features a nib split by hand

Pen

500

In 1521 Martin Luther was summoned to the Diet of this city to renounce his beliefs

Worms

500

Term for words taken directly from another language; for example, "Influenza" is from Italian

Borrowed/loaned word

500

When you settle a bill, you "pay" this person, whether or not he's "pied"

the piper

500

Countries that celebrate these documents include Mexico on February 5 & the U.S. on September 17

Constitutions

500

In 1970 "Twister" inventor Reynolds Guyer created a 4" foam ball named this by Parker Bros.

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