VIRGINIA
ANCIENT LEGENDS
INVENTIONS
NUMBER PLEASE
STARTS WITH "V"
100

You go there to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Arlington National Cemetery

100

King of Phrygia who received the golden touch from Bacchus

Midas

100

Cyrus McCormick invention that made farmers' lives less "grim"

a reaper

100

Number of equal sides in an isosceles triangle

2

100

From Spanish for "let's go", used when a cowboy hits the trail in a hurry

vamoose

200

Now a restored tourist attraction, this city became Colonial Virginia's capital in 1699

Williamsburg

200

Daedalus & Icarus escaped from prison this way

by flying

200

Type of camera invented by Edwin Land

the Polaroid (instant camera)

200

Total "swans a-swimming" in the familiar Christmas carol

seven

200

In "The Honeymooners", what Ed Norton said when he saw a racy "Esquire" magazine

va va voom!

300

It's 1 of America's best-loved square dances

the Virginia reel

300

As Venus was to the Romans, she was to the Greeks

Aphrodite

300

Russian-American Vladimir Zworykin invented the iconoscope & kinescope, both used in this

television

300

In track & field, it's known as a metric mile

the 1500-meter race

300

A female fox or a Russ Meyer film about a "fox"

vixen

400

Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd's brother was this polar explorer

Admiral Byrd

400

The principal river of the nether world

the river Styx

400

Elias Howe won the sewing machine patent rights in a dispute with him

Singer

400

The number of hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

500

400

More than a baron, but less than an earl

Viscount

500

In 1862, "Stonewall" Jackson fought his way through this beautiful Virginia valley

Shenandoah (Valley)

500

Shaw named a play for this woman-hating sculptor who came to love the statue he created

Pygmalion

500

Except for patents on design only, they expire after this much time

17 years

500

187 mL. of champagne

split

500

Tradition says after she wiped the face of Jesus, he left his imprint on her veil

Veronica