"GAS" UP
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
THE PLANETS
SPORTS STARS
MONTH, PLEASE
100
These protective devices typically feature a filter like charcoal to capture or alter potential poisons
a gas mask
100
In 2001 AOL & this communications giant completed a $164 billion merger, the largest in U.S. history
Time Warner
100
It's the largest & most massive of the planets in the solar system
Jupiter
100
On July 9, 2011 this shortstop became the first player to reach 3,000 career hits as a Yankee
Derek Jeter
100
The Supreme Court begins its new term
October
200
It's a piece between machine parts to prevent fluid from escaping
a gasket
200
In 1994 The Gap's president Millard Drexler created this lower-priced chain, naming it for a Paris bar
Old Navy
200
In 2006 the Cassini spacecraft found yet another ring around this planet
Saturn
200
In 2005, she became the first woman to lead a lap in the Indianapolis 500
Danica Patrick
200
The end of World War I
November
300
To manipulate events, as Charles Boyer does to Ingrid Bergman to make her think she's crazy
gaslight
300
In September 2008 Google unveiled this new web browser
Chrome
300
The Greeks called this planet Ares
Mars
300
In 2012 he was the talk of the NBA with 136 points in his first 5 starts for the Knicks
Jeremy Lin
300
Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game
July
400
Whelks are these animals whose name is from the Greek for "stomach foot"
gastropods
400
Although this German company created an electric shaver in 1938, WWII delayed its introduction until 1951
Braun
400
In a photo from NASA, this brightest planet in the night sky shines below and to the left of the moon
Venus
400
In 2000 they became the only sisters in Olympic history to win gold in women's doubles in tennis
Venus & Serena Williams
400
The electoral college votes for president
December
500
The Romans called this historical French region Novempopulana
Gascony
500
This athletic shoe company's logo originally depicted a black cat leaping through a "D", for Rudolf Dassler, the founder
Puma
500
This planet, the third largest in our solar system, was discovered by William Herschel in 1781
Uranus
500
This snowboarding champion is known as the "Flying Tomato" for his long red hair
Shaun White
500
When the harvest moon was seen in the Northern Hemisphere in 2010, '11 & '12
September