AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
THE ELEMENTS
MOVIES
"G" WHIZ
NURSERY RHYME THINGS
IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM
Final Jeopardy
200
Get your kicks (& punches) learning Shotokan, a Japanese system of this martial art
karate
200
Liquid at room temperature, it has the same name as a planet
mercury
200
A pet parrot named Blu ends up in Brazil to find his mate in this film
Rio
200
Appropriately, the name of this first book of the Bible means "origin" or "beginning"
Genesis
200
The 3 little kittens cried when they lost these
their mittens
200
You folks in 1929--don't put all your money in the stock market, it's heading for this event that sounds like a car wreck
a crash
200
POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
Like NM & MN, the postal abbreviations of these 2 states are the reverse of one another
400
Make some pottery & shape the clay on this revolving device seen here
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a potter's wheel
400
Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2
helium
400
This cat from the "Shrek" movies got his own film
Puss In Boots
400
Yum! They're the candies seen here
gumdrops
400
Peter Piper picked a peck of these
pickled peppers
400
Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700
a dodo
400
Like NM & MN, the postal abbreviations of these 2 states are the reverse of one another
Alabama (AL) & Louisiana (LA)
600
This art of decorative handwriting is from the Greek for "beautiful writing"
calligraphy
600
All regularly minted U.S. coins today contain some of this element, symbol Cu
copper
600
Laugh your booty off with the band of misfits from this movie
(The) Pirates
600
Rumor has it that it's talk of a personal nature about another person--pass it around
gossip
600
Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these low stools
a tuffet
600
Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends
Julius Caesar
800
If you're learning to read music, you'll recognize this symbol, a stylized form of the letter "G"
treble clef
800
Daniel Rutherford discovered this gas that makes up most of the atmosphere & called it "noxious air"
nitrogen
800
In "Ramona & Beezus", Joey King was Ramona Quimby; she played her older sister Beezus
Selena Gomez
800
In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment
gladiators
800
It was stolen by Tom, Tom, the piper's son
a pig
800
It's 1989, so don't risk your life crossing this German city's wall to freedom; it's coming down in months
Berlin
1000
The USA's governing body for this sport has a girls' program called TOPs; skills include handstand & leg flexibility
gymnastics
1000
It's the element whose magnetic properties have been known & studied the longest
iron
1000
This 2012 reanimated dog movie is a longtime pet project of director Tim Burton
Frankenweenie
1000
It's a helpful list of terms & definitions at the back of some textbooks
a glossary
1000
These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair
pie
1000
Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you
the French Revolution