Gems
Starts with
"N"
Tennis
Classical Music
Language
100

Known for minerals as well as potatoes, it's nicknamed the Gem State

Idaho

100

5 cents would get you into these early movie theaters

nickelodeons

100

An approach shot is any shot that enables the player to do this

approach the net

100

Gershwin's "An American in Paris" uses 2 of these automotive "instruments"

automobile horns

100

Dose who tawk like dis all de time prob'ly come from dis boro of New Yawk City

Brooklyn

200

The Mogok area of Burma produces the world's finest specimens of these red stones

rubies

200

The people most closely related to the deceased

the next of kin

200

John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, & Rod Laver are all from this country

Australia

200

Contemporaries said his music was too hard to play, though his lullaby is "child's play"

Brahms

200

The capitals are of Roman origin, but the small ones were designed by Alcuin in the 8th century

letters

300

The word gem comes from Latin "gemma", meaning this stage of a flower

a bud

300

This type of child receives coal in their stocking at Christmas

Naughty

300

Formed in 1974 but forced to disband in 1978 was this inter-city league, the WTT

World Team Tennis

300

It is acknowledged as "the premier instrument of the symphonic orchestra"

a violin

300

Portuguese, Romansh, French, Italian, & Spanish all belong to this "love"ly language group

romance language

400

Opal & turquoise are found mostly in parts of world where there is little of this

water (rainfall, moisture)

400

To take a sip or clip off the tip

nip

400

In 1979, at age 16, she was youngest woman ever to win the U.S. Open

Tracy Austin

400

Shorter than Dudley Moore, this composer of "Bolero" was only about 5 feet tall

Maurice Ravel

400

At medieval European universities all classes were conducted in this language

Latin

500

Often weighing thousands of carats, this birthstone for November is valued by quality, not size

the topaz

500

The profession of Cherry Ames

nurse

500

Title of person who sits in the chair & officiates at a tennis match

the umpire

500

In "The Well-Tempered Clavier", he wrote pieces in all the major & minor keys

(Johann Sebastian) Bach

500

The science of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics

linguistics