YOUR OLD PAL AL GEBRA
FAMILY MATTERS
"POP" QUIZ
IT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE
JUVENILE JUSTICE
200
These quantities often represented by x & y are constantly changing, but Al can't live without 'em
variables
200
Basic "atomic" social unit of parents & their kids only
the nuclear family unit
200
This sailor gets superhuman strength from eating spinach
Popeye
200
When this man first meets God, he sees a bush on fire, but it doesn't burn up
Moses
200
Also a term for military basic training, this is a 2-word reform facility for juvenile offenders
boot camp
400
ax2 + bx + c = 0 is the general form of this type of equation
the quadratic equation
400
Cinderella has 2 of them, Anastasia & Drizella (per Disney)
stepsisters
400
A store only open for a limited time, or a new window that is unexpectedly opened in your browser
a pop-up
400
Here's a rendering of the miracle at a wedding in this town, where Jesus turned water into wine
Cana
400
Like Daddy Warbucks to Annie, this is an adult responsible for the care of a minor
a guardian
600
Al knows that this word for the 3 in 83 can also mean a person who advocates an idea
an exponent
600
Also an ancient title of a Christian bishop, it's the male head of a family
the patriarch
600
It's Kellogg's brand of toaster pastries
Pop-Tarts
600
This leader had his army march around Jericho 7 times & blow their trumpets, & its walls came tumblin' down
Joshua
600
Hanging out in public for no good reason could be considered illegal–this crime
loitering
800
Al loves to play with these expressions from a word for "many", like 3x3 + 7y2 - 4z
polynomials
800
Like the Spanish & Austrian parts of the Habsburgs, it's an "arboreal" division of a family tree
a branch
800
To propose marriage
to pop the question
800
This man was thrown to the hungry lions in a sealed den, but in the morning he was miraculously unscathed
Daniel
800
Convicts let kids know the pitfalls of a life of crime in juvenile awareness programs like "Scared" this
(Scared) Straight
1000
Al knows he can make many a tough expression easier to work with by "completing" this
the square
1000
A 1765 speech opposing the Stamp Act called colonists these, giving a rebellious group its name
the sons of liberty
1000
Nonsense! (Like an old man might say)
poppycrock
1000
In this book Herod binds the apostle Peter in chains, but an angel appears & the chains fall away
Acts
1000
Someone who monitors attendance can also be called this "officer", making sure no one ditches
truancy