HEALTH MATTERS
MACHINERY
BACKWORDS
FAMOUS PAIRS
3 OF A KIND
200
'Best to avoid dark chocolate before bed; 2 oz. contain about as much of this stimulant as a cup of black tea'
caffeine
200
'(Jon of the Clue Crew uses a power tool.) The belt drive used in many devices is basically two of these simple machines'
pulleys
200
'Dennis mined for gold wearing this'
denim (mined)
200
'One newspaper headline described the 1997 heavyweight fight between this duo as a Pay-Per-Chew event'
(Evander) Holyfield & (Mike) Tyson
200
'Coddled,
deviled,
hard boiled'
eggs
400
'The postage stamp seen here raises awareness as well as money to help fight this'
breast cancer
400
'In 1738 Lewis Paul patented a machine for this--processing fibers into yarn, not doing aerobics on a bike'
spinning
400
'The worship of the deity Zeus probably isn't popular in this seaport'
Suez (Zeus)
400
'Their marriage helped bring about the English Reformation'
Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
400
'George Lazenby,
David Niven,
Pierce Brosnan'
James Bonds
600
'Approximately 7 out of every 10 people over 75 are affected by these, a clouding of the eye lenses'
cataracts
600
'A device in which one circuit controls another, Marconi won the race to design one, seen here, for the telegraph'
a relay
600
'I'll swap you my Oreos if you'll keep these off them'
paws (swap)
600
'The Biblical message some might get from this couple is "Move forward and don't look back!"'
Lot & his wife
600
'Golf,
Beetle,
Karmann Ghia'
Volkswagen models
800
'Pray for a good anaesthetic when having this procedure in which the nerve & pulp of a tooth are removed'
root canal
800
'In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf'
a milker
800
'Eva liked to use this Latin salutation to hail a cab'
ave (Eva)
800
'This felonious couple met in 1930 & ended it in 1934'
Bonnie & Clyde
800
'Innocent,
Formosus,
Celestine'
popes
1000
'Headache & nausea are symptoms of Chinese restaurant syndrome, a reaction to this flavor enhancer'
MSG
1000
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a ticking metronome.) This mechanism that provides periodic energy to devices like a metronome gets its name from the wheel that is caught & then gets free'
an escapement
1000
'The fires helped Gunnar read this fine line that finishes a letter stroke'
serif (fires)
1000
'Robert Louis Stevenson thought this duo made a "Strange Case"'
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
1000
'Sinhala,
Xhosa,
Novial'
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