Numbers Racket
By the Decade
Our Tuxedoed Friends
Caribbean Island Hopping
January Birthdays
100
Leap year comes this often.
What is every four years?
100
Flapper dresses were a symbol of this decade.
What is the 1920s (roaring '20s)?
100
Some people don tuxedos for New Year's Eve, but this southern hemisphere bird wears its tux year round.
What is a penguin?
100
You are most likely to eat "jerk" and listen to reggae on this island.
What is Jamaica?
100
Born January 17, 1922, this female nonagenarian's latest TV show is partially titled "Off Their Rockers".
Who is Betty White?
200
Hollywood uses this three-number prefix for phone numbers.
What is 555?
200
Bra burning became a symbol of the early feminist movement during this decade.
What is the 1960s?
200
The penguin spends a quarter of its life on land and the other three quarters here.
What is underwater?
200
If you had all the money in the world, you might stash some of it in this group of islands known as an international tax haven.
What are the Cayman Islands?
200
Born January 7, 1957, this celebrity once co-hosted "Today" before moving to the anchor position at CBS Evening News.
Who is Katie Couric?
300
Now that Pluto has been demoted, we have only this number of planets.
What is eight?
300
Jukeboxes, drive-in restaurants with curbside service and poodle skirts were characteristic of this decade.
What is the 1950s?
300
What is the name of a baby penguin?
What is a chick?
300
The island of Hispaniola houses two countries--Haiti and this one, a popular tourist destination.
What is the Dominican Republic?
300
This country music legend, born January 19, 1946, wasn't born to work a "9 to 5" job.
Who is Dolly Parton?
400
We use the decimal system in everyday life, but computer programs rely on this system based on zeros and ones.
What is the binary system?
400
The Cold War started during this decade.
What is the 1940s?
400
A group of penguins at sea is called this appropriate name.
What is a raft?
400
This group of islands is divided into British and U.S. islands.
What are the Virgin Islands?
400
This fiery host of Food Network's Dinners, Drive-Ins and Dives was born January 22, 1968.
Who is Guy Fieri?
500
The Rubik's Cube is made up of this many colored squares (not cubes) showing at any time.
What is 54?
500
The first space shuttle was lost to an explosion shortly after takeoff during this decade.
What is the 1980s?
500
The tallest penguin is found in Antarctica and goes by this fitting name.
What is the emperor penguin?
500
These three Dutch islands are often called the ABC Islands.
What are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao?
500
This former queen of daytime TV, born on January 29, 1954, once gave every member of the audience a new car.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
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