GEOLOGY
STARTS WITH "B"
TOYS & GAMES
WATER SPORTS
HISTORY
THE DESERT
100

The Star of India is this type of precious stone

a sapphire

100

Goodyear's gasbag

the blimp

100

Parker Bros, has made balls, boomerangs & ping pong paddles out of this soft material

Nerf (or foam rubber)

100

Cypress Gardens show done on water, not on snow

water skiing

100

Omar Khayyam's ancient Iran

Persia

100

Old-man, hedgehog & barrel

kinds of cacti

200

The mouth of the Mississippi or a Helen Reddy "Dawn"

a delta

200

Nickname of Gil Gerard's futuristic Capt. William Rogers

Buck

200

As scissors beats paper, so paper beats this

rock (or a stone)

200

Fishing from a moving boat

trolling

200

Ancient Yucatan tribe that had no schools but were excellent astronomer

the Mayans

200

This "lowest point" figured in Ronald Reagan's career

Death Valley

300

Pliny the Elder, Roman geologist, died while observing this volcano erupting

Vesuvius

300

To give by will

bequeath

300

Total number of dots on the highest standard domino

12

300

What an unlucky surfer has experienced

wipeout

funny quote from alex trebek

(Jay: What is, "Hehehehe, [*]?")
(Alex: ...and I don't know if we need the sound effects from you Jay, but, as long as you keep us entertained, that's great.)

300

In '38, the Munich Agreement allowed Germany to partition this country

Czechoslovakia

300

Greek for "fertile land", buildings are built around but not on these watering spots

oases

400

Earth's atmosphere layer which lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere

the stratosphere

400

uality of a Scot's brogue which makes the "R" r-r-r-oll

a burr

400

Thrown out by G.E. in 1949, this stretchy stuff became a national fad

Silly Putty

400

Competitor in this sport was the model for nude male torso atop L.A.'s Olympic gate

water polo

400

With the Angles & Jutes, they conquered 5th century England

the Saxons

400

Artist famous for her paintings of the deserts of the American southwest

Georgia O'Keeffe

500

Rainwash, wind action & differential weathering formed this S. Dakota area

the Badlands

500

Australian bay named for the many plants growing on its shores

Botany Bay

500

Said to be a be a weapon in the Philippines, Duncan made them toys for the U.S

a yo-yo

500

Name of yacht immortalized after winning the 100-Guinea Cup away from England in 1851

the America

500

Many of them left France when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes

the Huguenots

500

Coldest, most northern desert in the world

the Gobi