NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
IRON
CURTAINS
THE RENAISSANCE
100

Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties

Mix

100

JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus

University of Michigan

100

It's also called the Drinker Respirator, after Philip Drinker, who invented it

Iron Lung

100

The appearance of a performer at the end of a show in response to applause

Curtain Call

100

In the beginning of the 17th C. the "." & the "x" were introduced as signs for this & both are still used today

Multiplication

200

Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you

Wink

200

Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow

Georgia Tech

200

The iron first used by man was probably taken from these that fell to Earth

Meteors/meteorites

200

1939 movie that included the line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...."

The Wizard of Oz

200

Philologists of the Renaissance most commonly studied these 2 classical languages

Greek & Latin

300

Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him

Buck

300

Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level

New Orleans

300

Spike-lined medieval torture device that had a deadly hug

Iron Maiden

300

Game show that asked "Would you like the box or what's behind the curtain Carol's pointing to?"

Let's Make A Deal

300

In 1414 the Council of Constance condemned Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for this "crime"

Heresy

400

E. Howard, or what he'd do stalking game

Hunt

400

McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North"

Montreal

400

Most iron ore is reduced to pig iron in this type of furnace

Blast Furnace

400

Song that begins "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain"

"My Way"

400

The word "renaissance" comes from the Old French "renaistre", meaning to be this

Reborn

500

TV "Avenger" Emma, or what she could do in a burlesque show

Peel

500

This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne

Purdue

500

By definition, steel is an alloy of iron & this element

Carbon

500

This popular detective died in the 1975 best seller "Curtain"

(Agatha Chrstie) 

Hercule Poirot

500

Field in which Brunelleschi & Palladio worked during the Renaissance

Architecture