Jones's Favorite Things
Quotes About What They Wrote
Grammy Winners
Ordinal Numbered Clues
Autograph Alliteration
Fact of the "Matter"
Julius Caesar
400
Cats were revered in Ancient Egypt, partly because they did a great job at killing venomous snakes as well as these arachnids.
What are scorpions?
400
Upon seeing a boy whipping a carthorse he said: “...men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat.”
Who is George Orwell?
400
Despite being thrown out of numerous music award shows for his foolish actions, this rapper holds 21 Grammys.
Who is Kanye West?
400
A superfluous person, like the annoying friend who tags along on your romantic date.
What is a third wheel?
400
He played Pikachu.
He performed in the Korean Masked Singer.
He died numerous times as Deadpool.
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
400
The guitar intro to this Metallica song is a popular playing piece among beginners for its simple open E pattern.
What is "Nothing Else Matters"?
400
Commonly known as the date of Caesar’s assassination. You should beware them...
What are The Ides of March?
800
This editor of the New York Times crossword provided the Riddler’s puzzle clues for the 1995 film Batman Forever.
Who is Will Shortz?
800
She "wanted to speak on behalf of those who didn't catch that they were beautiful right away. And how they are apologetic about the fact that their skin is so dark."
Who is Toni Morrison?
800
Together, this folk-rock duo won 9 Grammy awards, but when they split in 1983, one of them went on and garnered 6 more, and the other did not.
Who are Simon & Garfunkel?
800
It means “I exercise my right to refuse answering that question!”
What is "I plead the fifth!"?
800
She played Woodstock.
She performed “Piece of My Heart”
She died of a heroin OD.
Who is Janis Joplin?
800
At 4,478 meters above sea level, it’s known to be one of the highest summits in Europe.
What is the Matterhorn?
800
Julius Caesar’s name lent itself to this derived word, that refers to certain European monarchs.
What is a Tsar?
1200
In the 1880s, navy colored silk bands were tied around the necks of bottles of this beverage.
What is Pabst Blue Ribbon?
1200
After some writer’s block, he locked himself in his bedroom, and wrote all night: When he finished he said: “I feel like a man waking up from a long sleep!”
Who is Washington Irving?
1200
The eponymous album of this cool indie Grammy winning band contains ten songs, the titles of which represent different places like Perth, Calgary & Lisbon, OH.
Who is Bon Iver?
1200
A 1947 award winning Christmas film set in a Midtown Manhattan department store, where Kris (the real Santa Claus) brings hope and wonder to all New Yorkers by making the impossible possible.
What is "Miracle on 34th Street"?
1200
He played with peoples’ perceptions.
He performed magical escape acts.
He died from peritonitis.
Who is Harry Houdini?
1200
Word meaning a superficial number of something.
What is a smattering?
1200
Despite the solar calendar having a remainder of 6 hours each year. Caesar’s Julian Calendar cleared that hurdle with this quadrennial solution.
What is a leap day?
1600
Religious critics have called for Hasbro to prohibit the marketing of this product, because it is a "tool of Satan, revealing information that should only be in God’s hands."
What is a Ouija board?
1600
Regarding the movement her books sparked: “My philosophy is based on the concept that reality exists as an objective absolute. That man's mind, reason, is his means of perceiving it.”
Who is Ayn Rand?
1600
Carlos Santana has been the recipient of 10 Grammy awards, but in 2000 he shared his with this smooth lead vocalist.
Who is Rob Thomas?
1600
A Chicago Improv Comedy enterprise that helped launch the careers of many comedians like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert to name a few.
What is The Second City?
1600
She played Sugar in “Some Like it Hot.”
She performed a Happy Birthday song at Madison Square Garden.
She died of a barbiturate overdose.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
1600
Its presence is difficult to detect because it does not emit radiation.
What is dark matter?
1600
She’s the third wife of Caesar, who begged him not to go to the senate, because she had a foreboding dream of his murder.
Who is Calpurnia?
2000
Recent DNA testing on their bones verified that the Romanov family of Russia did in fact suffer from this rare hereditary blood disorder, which they called “The Royal Disease.”
What is Haemophilia?
2000
He said "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for the Great Depression and its effects. [Therefore] I've done my damnedest to rip a reader's nerves to rags."
Who is John Steinbeck?
2000
She received only a nomination for her original song “I Will Always Love You,” but Whitney Houston won the Grammy Award for her cover of it, ten years later.
Who is Dolly Parton?
2000
British citizens can receive a personalized congratulations card from the Queen herself on this incredibly rare milestone.
What is their 100th (or 105th) birthday?
2000
He played the role of a Marxist leader.
He performed countless atrocities in Cambodia.
He died from numerous health issues including cancer and stroke.
Who is Pol Pot?
2000
The hippocampus can be seen as a gyral ridge in this governing neuronal area.
What is the grey matter?
2000
Caesar’s meteoric rise to prominence was mainly due to his military victories against the Celtic tribes in 58BC, which became known as these wars.
What are the Gallic Wars?