Palmerton History
Acronyms
Palindromania
Famous Quotes
Board Games
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This zinc mining company built a smelting plant in 1912.
What is the New Jersey Zinc Company?
100
This stands for anno Domini, latin for "in the year of our Lord"
What is A.D?
100
A person keeping track of an athlete's progress, may be interested in these.
What are stats?
100
This President exhorted citizens to "Ask not what your country can do for, ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
The name of this game is also what you yell if you roll 5 of a kind.
What is Yahtzee?
200
This person was the President of New Jersey Zinc, when the town was founded, thus giving the town it's name.
Who is Stephen S. Palmer?
200
When this acronym is used, speed is necessary.
What is ASAP (as soon as possible)
200
Video gamers are always trying to get to the next one of these.
What is level?
200
This minister once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
This royal game involves bishops, knights, kings, and queens.
What is chess?
300
The former town jail is now a hostel for hikers on this renowned trail.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
300
When you receive an invitation, it's in good taste to do this.
What is RSVP (Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (French for "Please reply"))
300
Police use these "guns" to catch people speeding.
What is radar?
300
This "disobedient" citizen once said, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
300
Another name for this game is Draughts.
What is checkers?
400
This lovable critter, was recognized as the "World's fattest Raccoon". At the time of his death, he weighted a whopping 75 lbs.
Who is Bandit?
400
If you're going underwater, you may want to use this.
What is scuba (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)
400
This small watercraft can usually be seen on the Lehigh River.
What is kayak?
400
This person said "For the love of money is the root of all evil."
Who is the Apostle Paul?
400
When you send your opponent back to start in this game, you should always say this, which is also the name of the game.
What is Sorry?
500
This form Major Leauge Baseball player emigrated from Rybník, Czechoslovakia with his family in 1927.
Who is Elmer Valo?
500
This is used quite a bit in science fiction.
What is laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation).
500
Another word for doctrine, or core belief.
What is tenet?
500
This physicist once quipped, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
The inspiration for this game of ultimate ownership is Atlantic City.
What is Monopoly?
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