RIVALRY
UNDERSTANDING MONEY
WRITER'S CHEAT SHEET
SCIENCE
WHAT'S COOKING?
B MINUS
Final Jeopardy!
200
This 6-letter spending plan is based on your expected income--the government version is a lot messier
a budget
200
The structure of a novel's story & the way events unfold; sometimes it "thickens"
the plot
200
On a bar magnet, the magnetic field is strongest at the two ends, which are called these, just like the opposite ends of the Earth
poles
200
It's a pot of the New England style of this chunky seafood soup, made with fresh littlenecks
clam chowder
200
A "B" falls off the extreme edge, leaving this skating-friendly venue
a rink
200
1980s MOVIES
Ebert: This film "works as science fiction, it's sometimes as scary as a monster movie & at the end...not a dry eye in the house"
400
Wil Wheaton wasn't above lying about his grandma being dead just to win a card game vs. Sheldon Cooper on this sitcom
The Big Bang Theory
400
Spain no longer uses this unit of currency, but Chile & Cuba still do
the peso
400
"Give me the answer!" is an example of this grammatical mood
imperative
400
It's the more familiar name for light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation
laser
400
We're making capelli d'angelo, which is Italian for this extremely fine pasta
angel hair
400
"B" says goodbye to a dark color & now you have this, meaning "deficiency"
"B" says goodbye to a dark color & now you have this, meaning "deficiency"
400
Ebert: This film "works as science fiction, it's sometimes as scary as a monster movie & at the end...not a dry eye in the house"
E.T.
600
Aaron Boone's playoff home run in 2003 sent the Red Sox home & this historic rival team to the World Series
the Yankees
600
Equifax & Experian are companies that calculate this "score", a measure of your ability to pay your bills
credit score
600
A-B-A-B is an example of this, which sounds like a devious plan
rhyme scheme
600
Right now the inflated balloon has potential energy; when I let it go, the potential energy turns into this, the mechanical energy of motion
kinetic energy
600
Get 'em while they're hot--these Mexican treats for dessert
churros
600
When the "B" is combed out of a hair plait, this sudden attack remains
raid
800
You will always remember today as the day that you named this captain who took down Barbossa with a single shot in 2003
Jack Sparrow
800
A 6-horse stagecoach is the symbol of this giant bank
Wells Fargo
800
New York Times guidelines say with a long quote, it's "usually wise to" do this, restate it in different words
paraphrase
800
This element that can turn a swimmer's hair green takes its name from the Greek for "greenish yellow"
chlorine
800
We're going Greek with burgers topped with tzatziki sauce & this crumbly 4-letter Greek cheese
feta
800
A hasty, tactless word loses a "B" & becomes this skin eruption
rash
1000
On "Elementary" Natalie Dormer had this classic last name as Jamie, a woman who kept even Sherlock Holmes guessing
Moriarty
1000
Yay! Your folks made millions selling that house! Not as yay! They must pay the tax called these "gains"
capital gains
1000
Not a city in N.Y., this 10-letter figure of speech is using a part to represent a whole, as in "hired hands"
synecdoche
1000
While it's still deep within the Earth, before it becomes lava, molten rock is called this
magma
1000
It's Hungarian goulash flavored with this red Hungarian seasoning, of course
paprika
1000
Pilfering the "B" from a strong Irish accent makes you this kind of scoundrel
a rogue