Washington “Post”
Universal Laws
I’ve Got the Blues
Opposites
It Happened One September
100

Officers in this agency are charged with guarding the First Family and other politicians.

What is Secret Service

100

This law states that if anything can go wrong, it will.

What is Murphy’s Law

100

This two-word phrase used in hospitals indicates a medical emergency

What is code blue

100

“Neither a [this] nor a lender be.”

What is borrower

100

On September 2, 1969, a new technology launched that allows today’s depositors to withdraw money 24/7 at many locations without the assistance of a teller.

What is ATM, or automatic teller machine

200

Ron Arad gutted this landmark hotel, located at 2650 Virginia Avenue, which is best-known for a 1972 break-in by “the plumbers.”

What is Watergate

200

According to this razor, where there are two competing theories, the simplest one is usually the correct one.

What is Occam’s

200

The thin blue line is used in association with this profession.

What is law enforcement (or police)

200

According to Benjamin Franklin, “Those who would give up essential [this] to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither [this] nor safety.”

What is liberty

200

On September 4, 1998, the world’s largest Internet search engine company was incorporated.

What is Google

300

An honor guard from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment guards this tomb at Arlington National Cemetery.

What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

300

The law of cause and effect states that what you sow causes this

What is what you reap

300

According to a poem by Jennifer Alejandra, these flowers are blue.

What are violets

300

One requires a temperature of 212 degrees F, and the other requires 32 degrees F.

What are boiling and freezing (of water)

300

On September 4, 1972, he won his seventh gold medal in swimming at the Olympic Games in Munich.

Who is Mark Spitz 

400

Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams occupies this office, also known as the nation’s doctor

What is surgeon general

400

From the time we are children, we are told to “get over it” because life is not this.

What is fair

400

This popular 1960s band, which is still touring, produced the hit “Knights in White Satin.”

What is the Moody Blues

400

When using active voice, an action verb acts on the subject. When using the opposite voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb.

What is passive

400

On September 9, 1965, this Los Angeles Dodger pitcher pitched a perfect game.

Who is Sandy Koufax

500

In addition to Amazon, he owns The Washington Post

Who is Jeff Bezos

500

Hanlon’s razor states that you should never attribute something to malice when this will suffice.

What is stupidity

500

Tony Bennett sang about a woman who wore this fabric, which was softer than satin.

What is blue velvet

500

These two opposite Chinese symbols represent perfect, harmonic balance.

What are yin and yang

500

On September 27, 1964, this commission issued a report on the Kennedy assassination.

What is Warren

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