Not so Greek Olympians
History Oddballs
Words in Jeopardy
Pieces of Technology
Common Bonds
200

A Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.

Usain Bolt

200

Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan

Russia

200

Paddle used with a boat.

Oar

200

After more than two years of development, the device was first released in the United States in 2007. This was subsequently released in Europe in 2007 and Asia in 2008. Apple designed it's first to run the Mac OS X operating system, made popular on the company's personal computers.

iPhone

200

Baseball 

Vampire

Wing

Bat

400

An American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast.

Simone Biles

400

New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Australia

Japan

400

Used to store things.

Jar

400

On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received the historic patent embodying the principles of his invention that paved the way for the universal domestic use of electricity.

Light Bulb

400

Book

Inch

Glow

Worm

600

An American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals.

Michael Phelps

600

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus

Belarus

600

The start of a letter or note.

Dear

600

These can be traced back to 10th century China. The Chinese were the first to invent gunpowder, and historians typically credit the first as being weapons the Chinese called fire lances. The fire lance was a metal or bamboo tube attached to the end of a spear.

Gun

600

Computer

Flat

Door

Screen

800

An American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. He specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history".

Jesse Owens

800

Vietnam, Canada, United States, Korea

Canada

800

Sports player on drugs.

Doper

800

These have been made for thousands of years. Very early designs have been found in China, Ancient Greece, Crete and in certain Native American cultures. In Ancient Greek pottery smaller versions, including phiales and pateras were used.

Bowls

800

Law

Cards

Bathing


Suit

1000

An American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals and one Olympic silver medal from 1979 to 1996.

Carl Lewis

1000

Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, John Jay

Andrew Jackson

1000

Past tense of religious worship.

Prayed

1000

These were invented around 100 AD by the Romans – made of bronze or iron, in which the blades were pivoted at a point between the tips and the handles.  

Scissors

1000

Mom

Insurance

Crops

Farmer

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