On the Money
By the Clock
Far Out, Man
Crypto-Math
Before & After
100
Of the seven bill denominations currently in circulation, five have portraits of presidents and these two do not.
(Name the denominations and people)
Alexander Hamilton ($10) and Benjamin Franklin ($100)
100
These time-keeping devices were generally only used by women until WWI, when men discovered they were more practical in the trenches.
Wristwatches
100
According to Hippie slang, going with this means you are relaxed and accepting of a situation.
The Flow
100
The caliber of Smith and Wesson's infamous "special" handgun PLUS the number of major-league, professional sports teams in Michigan EQUALS the answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything, according to author, Douglas Adams.
42
(38+4)
100
Straight _______ Burn
Razor
200
The proper term for the front, or 'heads', of a coin.
Obverse
200
Of the many early methods of telling time, the sundial, which didn't work on overcast days or at night, also depended on this for proper operation.
(Hint: The reason a Boston sundial would't work in Miami)
Latitudinal position
200
If something or someone is this, it/they are deeply profound, serious, intense or weighing down on your conscience.
Heavy
200
The sum of every positive, whole number under ten, PLUS the total number of dots on a six sided die, EQUALS the county code for Thailand.
66
(45+21)
200
Rain _______ Floor
Dance
300
The motto E pluribus unum was first used on U.S. coinage in 1795 and, roughly translated, means this.
One Out of Many
300
The 'celestial clock' tells time from the apparent movement of the stars relative to this heavenly body.
The Moon
300
This phrase, popularized by a Grateful Dead song, means to keep moving forward in life with hope, positivity, and purpose, and not, necessarily, to continue employment as a transporter of goods.
Keep on Truckin'
300
The number of years in 4-score-and-seven, DIVIDED by the total number of atoms in a molecule of water (oxygen AND hydrogen), EQUALS the number of men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
29
(87/3)
300
Love _______ Proof
Child
400
The name given to the collecting of coins, paper money, and medals.
Numismatics
(Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, was the first known numismatic)
400
The invention of the pendulum clock in 1656 was an enormous advancement in time keeping, but the attempt to use them on sailing vessels inadvertently caused the loss of many ships because of this.
The rocking of the ship changed the oscillation of the pendulum.
(Sailors used clocks to determine their ship's longitude)
400
If you are in this, then you are performing well or feeling confident, relaxed and present in the moment.
The Groove
400
The number of Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street flat, MINUS the number of items in one gross, DIVIDED by the number of dwarfs in Snow White, EQUALS the square root of 121.
11
([221-144]/7)
400
Four _______ Child
Poster
500
A 2009 study by chemist Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth found that 85 to 95 percent of paper money in circulation contains traces of this.
Drugs (Cocaine, specifically)
500
After the French Revolution in 1789, at the same time they changed the names of all the months, the revolutionaries experimented with changing the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day, by doing this to how they measured time.
Decimalizing It
(100 minutes in an hour, 10 hours in a day - the French people hated it)
500
This term was coined in 1961 by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein in his novel Stranger in a Strange Land and it means to not just to know something, but to also fully empathize with or understand it so utterly that you merge with it and it becomes a part of you.
Grok
500
The fictional 3-digit exchange used for phone numbers in movies and on television, MINUS the number of members of the House of Representatives, DIVIDED by the number of commandments God gave to Moses EQUALS this, the jersey number of NFL Hall of Famers Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, and Ken Stabler.
12
([555-435]/10)
500
Half _______ Shock
Shell