BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
DO TELL THE HOTEL
RUPERT MURDOCH, OWNER OF A LOT OF STUFF
2-WORD SCIENCE RESPONSES
POLITICAL LINGO
200
'You don't have to be at the beach to be "happy as" one of these "at high tide"'
a clam
200
'This 1956 Elvis Presley hit was inspired by someone's suicide note that said, "I walk a lonely street"'
"Heartbreak Hotel"
200
'This Murdoch-owned news channel says it's "fair & balanced"'
Fox
200
'When an aircraft achieves this speed based on an Austrian's name, you'll hear a boom'
Mach 1
200
'2-word term for a long-shot candidate for nomination, like James Polk in 1844'
a dark horse
400
'If you have the biggest or best part of something, you have this animal's "share"'
the lion\'s share
400
'Twin boys residing in a swank Boston hotel made Mr. Moseby's life a challenge on this Disney Channel TV show'
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
400
'Rupe paid $5.6 bil. & said how now, Dow Jones, a deal that included this business paper founded in the 1880s'
The Wall Street Journal
400
'-273 Celsius'
absolute zero
400
'Calling someone who favors talk over military action this bird dates from the Cuban Missile Crisis'
a dove
600
'A proverb says, "You can't make a silk purse out of" this'
a sow\'s ear
600
'It's the 1932 film in which Greta Garbo uttered the immortal line "I want to be alone"'
Grand Hotel
600
'"Here comes" this Rupe-owned U.K. tabloid, known for its Page 3 girls & their contributions to the day's news'
The Sun
600
'Abbreviated MN, it's what a working compass needle is always pointing to in our hemisphere'
magnetic north
600
'In 1932 FDR said, "I pledge myself to" one of these "for the American people"'
a New Deal
800
'This term for the most sultry part of summer come from the Latin "dies caniculares"'
the dog days
800
'This 1981 John Irving novel was made into a 1984 film starring Beau Bridges'
The Hotel New Hampshire
800
'Murdoch's News Corp. is a partner in this channel known for its "Explorer" & "Dog Whisperer" shows'
the National Geographic Channel
800
'This type of fossil fuel is primarily methane'
natural gas
800
'An 1868 definition of this term: "men traveling with little luggage and less character" to profit from the situation'
a carpetbagger
1000
'Evoking images of jumping reptiles, it's one of little orphan Annie's favorite interjections'
"Leapin\' lizards"
1000
'Episodes of this British sitcom included "The Hotel Inspectors" & "Basil the Rat"'
Fawlty Towers
1000
'We wonder if Rupe discontinued his Facebook account when he bought this social network site for $580 million in 2005'
MySpace
1000
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two glasses of water, one with ice.) Condensation won't necessarily appear on a glass filled with water, but with ice added, a glass reaches this point, & the condensation forms'
the dew point
1000
'Spiro Agnew spoke of "nattering" these "of negativism"'
"nabobs"
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