Eponyms
Weights and Measures
Countries with Only A's as Vowels
Private TV Detectives
Fancy Jobs
100
This toy we throw around was based on a tin pie plate made by and named for a Connecticut baker
Frisbee
100
Spelled one way, it's a unit of weight for precious stones; spelled another, it's a unit for measuring the purity of gold
Carat/Karat
100
It's also one of only 4 countries with a Q in its name
Qatar
100
The man, the moustache, the legend... this character, PI was a CBS mainstay from 1980 to 1988
Magnum PI
100
Mariner
Sailor
200
Leo Hirschfield named this oblong chewy candy after what he called his daughter Clara
Tootsie Roll
200
In Europe, a 200-lb man also weighs 90.7 of these units
Kilograms
200
From 1994 to 2015, the UN operated an international criminal tribunal for this country's genocide
Rwanda
200
2014 episdoes of this British import include "The Empty Hearse" and "The Sign of Three"
Sherlock
200
Milliner
Hat maker
300
In the 1950s, an Israeli army captain won a competition by creating this submachine gun named for him
Uzi
300
What unit is used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal?
Decibel
300
It's a multi-island nation off the Florida coast (we're ignoring the "The" !)
The Bahamas
300
In a "Wonderful World of Disney" episode, Maggie Lawson was hardy, boys, as this heroine
Nancy Drew
300
Collier
Coal Miner
400
This scarf worn as a tie is French for a Croatian; Croatians serving France wore them in the 30 years' war
Cravat
400
In the US, this measurement for fabric is usually 40 yards
Bolt
400
The 2 countries that touch both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Panama and Canada
400
In 1988 this actor was "Moonlighting" as PI David Addison on TV and Moonlighting as a NY cop on film
Bruce Willis
400
Warrener
Rabbit Keeper
500
This word for boastful swagger isn't from Italian but from a character in The Faerie Queene
Braggadocio
500
In Genesis, God tells Noah to make an ark of gopher wood that shall be the length of 300 of these ancient units
Cubits
500
The 9th largest nation in area, historically, its been part of different empires
Kazakhstan
500
In 2016, Samuel Barnett opened a "Holistic Detective Agency" as this eccentric character
Dirk Gently
500
Flueologist
Chimney Sweep