ALL KINDS OF DOORS
It can mean a high rate of personnel turnover, or an entryway like the elegant ones at New York City's Plaza Hotel
Revolving door
Geneva
Switzerland- The largest city is Zürich.
12, 24, 36, 48, ________
60. Each successive number increases by 12.
“Ain’t she sweet? See her …”
“… walking down the street. Well, I ask you very confidentially, ain’t she sweet?”
When this news broadcaster retired in 1970, he went back home to Montana. His partner, David Brinkley, went on to co-anchor the new NBC Nightly News show.
Chet Huntley
The entryway at this London address features a Georgian era glossed-black door with lion's head knocker and a 10
10 Downing Street
Cork
The Republic of Ireland- The largest city is Dublin
10, 20, 40, 80, ________
160. Each number is twice as much as the previous number.
“Come on and hear …”
“… come on and hear, Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Come on and hear, come on and hear, it’s the best band in the land.”
President Richard Nixon signed a law that banned this kind of advertising in the United States.
Advertising cigarettes on television
The 80 mile long Door Peninsula separates Wisconsin's Green Bay from the rest of this Great Lake
Lake Michigan
St. Petersburg
Russia- The largest city is Moscow
17, 71, 23, 32, 49, _______
94. Each second number is the reverse of the number before it.
“By the light …”
“… of the silvery moon, I want to spoon, to my honey I’ll croon love’s tune.”
“I Want You Back” became the first Billboard No. 1 Hot 100 hit single for this family musical group of five boys, ranging in age from 12 to 21.
The Jackson Five
This type of spider makes a hinged opening through which the unlucky descend to their doom
Kandahar
Afghanistan-The largest city is Kabul
17, 19, 23, 29, 31, ________
37. The numbers are consecutive prime numbers (numbers whose only factors are 1 and itself).
“He floats through the air with …”
“… the greatest of ease. The daring young man on the flying trapeze.”
During a Vietnam war protest against the US incursion into Cambodia, four students at this university were killed and nine wounded by Ohio National Guardsmen.
Kent State University
The door that leads inside of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City has this lofty name
The Holy Door
Lahore
Pakistan-The largest city is Karachi
12, 34, 56, 78, ________
910. Take away the commas and the numbers ascend: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc
“Another bride. Another groom. Another … ”
“… sunny honeymoon. Another season. Another reason. For making whoopee.”
Two 27-year-old rock and roll icons died in 1970. One, a Seattle-born guitar virtuoso, died of a drug overdose in a London hotel. The other, a young Texan famous for her gravelly-voice and soulful sound, died of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, CA. Can you name both?
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin