PICK ONE
U.S. FACTS & FIGURES
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
SPORTS STARS
IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY
200
'Of hippo, rhino or croc, the one whose common name has the most letters'
hippopotamus
200
'The average time in the 15 largest U.S. cities for this is 24.3 minutes & most people do it by car'
commute
200
'Vostok means "east" in this language'
Russian
200
'When he plays for the Lakers he wears a size 23 shoe'
Shaquille O\'Neal
200
'Remove a hidden electronic device'
debug
400
'Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings'
the Osbournes
400
'In 2002 U.S. parents adopted 5,053 kids from this country, more than from any other'
China
400
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew speaks in a tongue.) Until Vatican II, the Catholic Mass was officially only celebrated in this language'
Latin
400
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.) From 1978 to 1984 the title of U.S. Open men's singles champ volleyed between John McEnroe & this other volatile lefty'
Jimmy Connors
400
'Insert 1 letter in "death" to get this word meaning "an insufficient supply"'
dearth
600
'Of Woolworth, Wordsworth or Wadsworth, the one who was a stamp distributor in Westmoreland County'
Wordsworth
600
'According to the FDIC, A record 222 of these failed or needed aid in 1988'
banks
600
'Demotic is the common form of this language; Katharevousa, a more purified form'
Greek
600
'In 2003 this English soccer star became the first Westerner to appear on ad billboards in Iran since 1979'
David Beckham
600
'It's a decorative bottle used for serving wine'
a decanter
800
'Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953'
Army (Archerd)
800
'The median age in California, it's also the speed of an old vinyl record album'
33 1/3
800
'A 1996 Oakland School Board decision made many aware of this term for African-American English'
Ebonics
800
'A 2003 USA today survey of all time great NLF QBs revealed the top 4 all have first names beginning with this letter'
J (for Joe Montana, Joe Namath, John Elway, and Johnny Unitas)
800
'Meaning socially obligatory, it's from the French for "of strictness"'
de rigeur
1000
'Of Walter Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet or Ransom Olds, the one who raced in the Indy 500'
Chevrolet
1000
'Marley's ghost might be surprised to learn that this was the most popular name given to boys in 2002'
Jacob
1000
'The writings of Shenute, an Abbot in 5th century Egypt, are among the earliest in this language'
Coptic
1000
'In 1947 a team from Wiliamsport, Pa. won the very first edition of this youth sports championship'
the Little League World Series
1000
'In this craft, paper cutouts are glued to furniture or accessories & covered with many coats of varnish'
decoupage
M
e
n
u