TOUCH-TONE TELEPHONE TUNES
SPORTS RHYME TIME
NOTABLE NAMES
HAVE A (COUNTY) SEAT
STEPHEN KING
200
'This seasonal classic heard here always rings my chimes:'
"Jingle Bells"
200
'A terror from the sport of Sampras'
Tennis menace
200
'The first entry in her diary was dated June 14, 1942, the last, August 1, 1944'
Anne Frank
200
'Directional name of the seat of Palm Beach County, Florida'
West Palm Beach
200
'For a time King lived in Colorado, where he wrote this novel set at a creepy Colorado hotel'
"The Shining"
400
'It's the song about a devoted pet heard here:'
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
400
'A noise from the pitcher's hill'
Mound sound
400
'Though totally deaf, in 1824 he insisted on conducting the premiere of his "Ninth Symphony"'
Ludwig von Beethoven
400
'Third boxcar, midnight train, destination this seat of Penobscot County'
Bangor, Maine
400
'Hell hath no fury like this title character, a 1958 Plymouth Fury'
"Christine"
600
'It's the French title of the children's round heard here:'
"Frère Jacques"
600
'A damp webbed ping pong table divider'
Wet net
600
'While a teen in Paris, he devised his raised dot reading system for the blind'
Louis Braille
600
'This seat of Chaves County, New Mexico is known for the 1947 crash of a weather balloon -- or something'
Roswell
600
'The tagline for this movie read: "Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he's writing to stay alive"'
"Misery"
800
'This song has lyrics by Robert Burns:'
"Auld Lang Syne"
800
'An instruction period on how to throw a football'
Pass class
800
'It might ring a bell that this Russian came up with the concept of the conditioned reflex'
Ivan Pavlov
800
'How do you pronounce the seat of Franklin County, Kentucky? Not "Lewisville" or "Louieville", but this'
Frankfort
800
'King's story "The Body" was the basis for this 1986 film'
Stand By Me
1000
'Also known as "Old Folks at Home", this song was composed in 1851:'
"Suwannee River"
1000
'A depressed rowing squad'
Blue crew
1000
'He was declared venerable in 836 & was made a saint in 1899'
Bede
1000
'Winterset, also the title of a 1936 movie, is the seat of this Iowa county featured in a 1995 movie'
Madison County
1000
'Judging by its title, this 1994 novel kept readers up all night'
"Insomnia"
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