G-FORCE
A LITTLE LATIN
ONLINE SHOPPING
NOW THAT'S COMEDY
SINCE THE IRON CURTAIN
200
'The Moon's gravitation accounts for the diurnal & semidiurnal types of these'
tides
200
'The name of this prayer is simply Latin for "Hail Mary"'
Ave Maria
200
'It traces its roots to 1995 & Pierre Omidyar, a computer programer who wrote the code for an auction website'
eBay
200
'"Animal House":
"Women--can't live with them, can't" do this'
live without them
200
'Vitosha Boulevard in this Bulgarian capital is now a shopping hub'
Sofia
400
'Before its 1846 sighting, this 8th planet's existence was deduced from its gravitational effect on other planets'
Neptune
400
'It's literally "something for something"'
quid pro quo
400
'The logo of this giant online retailer is a smile that can also be seen as an arrow that goes from "A" to "Z" in its name'
Amazon.com
400
'Jon Stewart:
"Before we bring" this type of govt. "to... Afghanistan, it might be prudent to bring it to Florida"'
a democracy
400
'In 2006 Lithuania was banned from adopting the euro as its rate of this was 2.7% & the max allowable was 2.6'
inflation
600
'This 1915 "General" theory says gravitational acceleration is a geometric result of the properties of space-time'
the general theory of relativity
600
'From Horace comes this 2-word bit of advice, literally "seize the day"'
carpe diem
600
'The name of this online shoe store is an alteration of the Spanish word for "shoes"'
Zappos.com
600
'Woody Allen:
"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live" one of these toy animals "in my crib"'
a teddy bear
600
'Right-wing parties on the rise include Hungary's Jobbik, which fiercely attacks these people, also called Roma'
Gypsies
800
'In the 18th century John Michell theorized that gravitation could affect the path of this'
light
800
'Meaning "in the same place", you see this word in footnotes to refer to a source cited in a previous entry'
ibid.
800
'Club O is the frequent buyers program of this online closeout retailer founded by Dr. Patrick Byrne'
Overstock.com
800
'Chris Rock:
"If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in" this'
love
800
'500,000 people, many lighting candles, marched in this country in 2005 to honor the late Pope'
Poland
1000
'Newton said the gravitational force between 2 objects is inversely related to the square of this measurement'
the distance between the 2 objects
1000
'Rene Descartes came up with this phrase that translates to "I think, therefore I am"'
cogito ergo sum
1000
'Robert Kalin founded this site for selling handmade items; the meaning of its 4-letter name is a mystery'
Etsy.com
1000
'The late Greg Giraldo on this pres.:
"Cheat on your wife & cover it up for 200 years, you're... thinking you're home free"'
Jefferson
1000
'In this country's 1996 elections, the statist Iliescu lost to the more market-oriented Constantinescu'
Romania
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