ROCKS AND MINERALS
Howlite dyed blue to imitate this ancient stone is sold as turquenite
TURQUOISE
With a million bucks you could have seen 20 million movies at one of these early 1900s theaters as the name told you
A NICKELODEON
Posed a series of oral or written questions
QUIZZED
Useful in information theory a binary numbering system uses only these 2 digits
1 AND 0
Proverbially ____ makes perfect
PRACTICE
Chert & this related rock that fractures into pointy pieces provided tools & weapons 2 million years ago
FLINT
In the first sale of a diamond for a mil in 1969 the parent co. of this French jeweler outbid Richard Burton then sold it to him
CARTIER
For 23 points it's the day on which the sun crosses the celestial equator
EQUINOX
Someone with extra acreage between eyebrows & hairline may be punningly called this
A FIVE-HEAD
A 200th anniversary
BICENTENNIAL
Peekskill N.Y. was once a center for mining this abrasive rock used on a board to file nails
EMERY
In 1957 a million bucks would have paid for a helluva baseball team; this man No. 24 for the Giants made $50000
WILLIE MAYS
This synonym for a pancake earns you 26 points
FLAPJACK
U.S. Army units include this size each with more than 15000 soldiers; the 1st Armored is one of them
A DIVISION
Pain-controlling care facility for the terminally ill
HOSPICE
In the late 1800s this material that naturally splits into thin sheets was very popular for roofs in the northeast
SLATE
In 1938 this first Superman comic cost a dime; now a million bucks will get you a third of one copy
ACTION COMICS
It's worth 23 it's from Yiddish meaning dirt or filth & you'e got a little on your shoe
SCHMUTZ
An intoxicated person is this many sheets to the wind
THREE
It's a narrow opening in a cliff
A CREVICE
The first diamonds to be mined came from this country especially from the ancient city of Golconda
INDIA
Probably the USA's only millionaire in 1799 was Elias Derby who sent the 1st ship from New Eng. to Guangzhou then called this
CANTON
The Z gets you off to a good start in this 25-point study of the chemistry of fermentation
ZYMURGY
The probability of throwing any number on a standard die is 1 in this many
6
Decorative molding along the top of a wall or building
CORNICE