FERN BABY FERN
CHESS
OVER, UNDER, OR EXACTLY 100
THE GREATEST YEAR IN MOVIE HISTORY?
Final Jeopardy!
200
Ferns are plants that reproduce using spores, which means they don't grow flowers & they don't produce or spread these
seeds
200
Using this word is the chess version of a mic drop; it means escape for your opponent's king has become impossible
checkmate
200
Members of the U.S. Senate, at full capacity
exactly 100
200
1994?
"Pulp Fiction", "The Shawshank Redemption" & this comedy about 2 numbskulls who drive a mini-bike to Aspen
Dumb and Dumber
200
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Unable to lift the ball as a toddler, Jason Belmonte devised a 2-handed throw that made him an outcast, then a champ, in this sport
400
A little canary told us... decayed ferns from the Carboniferous Period helped create this fossil fuel; we still use it today
coal
400
This chess piece often looks like a horse but it's named after the chivalrous guy who might ride one
a knight
400
Total number of elements on the periodic table
over 100
400
1999?
"The Sixth Sense", "The Matrix" & this rom-com about a movie star who falls for a floppy-haired bookstore owner
Notting Hill
400
Unable to lift the ball as a toddler, Jason Belmonte devised a 2-handed throw that made him an outcast, then a champ, in this sport
bowling
600
This "F" word refers to the leaves of a fern, which are often featherlike in shape; it can apply to palm leaves, too
a frond
600
Often shortened to "GM", it's the highest title conferred on players by the International Chess Federation
grandmaster
600
Number of bathrooms in the White House
under 100
600
2007?
"There Will Be Blood", "No Country for Old Men" & this drama starring George Clooney as a law firm fixer
Michael Clayton
800
Some ferns are epiphytic, meaning they grow on plant surfaces like tree trunks; others are epipetric, meaning they grow on these
rocks
800
This Emmy-winning Netflix series about a chess prodigy took its name from one of the game's oldest & best-known openings
The Queen's Gambit
800
The record for most points scored by a single player in an NBA game, set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962
exactly 100
800
1939?
"Ninotchka", "Gone with the Wind" & this Jimmy Stewart classic about a young senator who takes on corruption
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1000
Because they're shaped like the scroll of a violin, the curled-up leaves of young ferns are called these, & you can eat them
fiddleheads
1000
Feeling bouncy? Try this special strategic move; it's the only time a player can move two pieces at once
a castle (castling)
1000
Number of people who have ever served as a U.S. Supreme Court justice
over 100
1000
1986?
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Aliens" & this coming-of-age drama about 4 boys who go looking for a dead body
Stand By Me