Pet Rhyme Time
Hockey
Words from Indigenous New England
Units named for People
SNL Five Timers Club
400

An orange root vegetable that I'm saving for my talking bird.

Parrot Carrot
400

In every other region of the world outside of North America, Russia, and Northern Europe, hockey by default refers to this other sport.

Field Hockey

400

The name for this largest creature in the deer family comes from Narragansett and likely derives from the root meaning "he strips off." 

Moose

400

This unit of temperature based on absolute zero is named for a British scientist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, but was drastically wrong in his prediction that heavier-than-air flight was impossible.

Lord William Thomson, 1st Baron of Kelvin

400

This actor seen on SNL frequently from 2016-2020 has hosted the most in history, at a total of 17 times.

Alec Baldwin

800

A loose-fitting, normally feminine upper garment that I'm making for my rodent.

Mouse Blouse

800

This is officially prohibited in the rules of the NHL, but it happens frequently and is often well-received by fans.

Fighting

800

The name for this vegetable comes from Naragansett and means "a thing eaten raw."

Squash

800

This unit of electrical potential was named after an Italian chemist who proved that electricity could be made chemically.

Volt (Alessandro Volta)

800

This actor-comedian and now folk banjoist has hosted the second greatest number of times, at 15.

Steve Martin

1200

A member of a broad category of small dogs originally bred for hunting vermin, that shows more Christmas spirit.

Merrier Terrier

1200

In this movie, Ben Affleck's character throws away his hockey career to pursue a life of bank robbery in Boston.

The Town

1200

DAILY DOUBLE

A word that means any large gathering, usually of tribal people, comes from the Narragansett word meaning "spiritual leader."

1200

The SI unit for pressure is named after this French mathematician and physicist whose work rebutted Aristotle's postulate that nature "abhorred vacuums."

Blaise Pascal

1200

Ranking at the third most appearances is this Blues Brother and comedian who played Sully in Monsters Inc.

John Goodman

1600

DAILY DOUBLE

An ice resurfacer that will be pulled by my small draft animal.

1600

The "Big Six" are the six countries that have dominated international hockey competition since its start, and include the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and this country.

Czechia (The Czech Republic, or previously, Czechoslovakia)

1600

The first half of the name for this semiaquatic rodent probably comes from an Abenaki word meaning "it is red."

Muskrat

1600

The SI unit of frequency is named after this German scientist who proved that light was an electromagnetic wave that obeyed Maxwell's equations. Now you can see his name on almost any radio. 

Heinrich Hertz

1600

This 36-year-old comedian and actor known for Moneyball, Superbad, and The Wolf of Wall Street is a member of the 5-timers-club.

Jonah Hill

2000

A journey to find one of this breed of cat, first imported to Italy from present-day Iran around 1620.

Persian Excursion

2000

Leaping into an opponent or body-checking him/her after taking more than two strides qualifies as this penalty.

Charging

2000

The word for this child-carrying device comes from the Algonquin word for child.

Papoose

2000

The SI unit of energy is named after this English physicist and brewer whose experiments proved the relationship between mechanical work and heat, and yielded the foundation for the first law of thermodynamics.

James Prescott Joule

2000

On her fourth appearance as host on SNL, this Billie Jean King actress's monologue was a spoof of the Five Timers Club, where she's given 'hastily' put-together 'Four-Timers Club' honors.

Emma Stone

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