Pointing out Decimals
“U” is the only Vowel
With a Song in Your Brain
”Tip”
The Scales
200

In 1938 the AMA signed off on a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of a rather startling .15; today it's this

What is .08?

200

In the first chapter of "A Christmas Carol", this word is used 8 times; in the last chapter, not at all

What is Humbug?

200

This word for a song's main tune is from the Greek for "song"

What is melody?

200

You can stand this way, or do it to walk quietly past a bad situation

What is tip toe?

200

Talc is a 1 on the Mohs hardness scale; this mineral is a 10, the hardest

What is diamond?

400

Start counting zeroes: it's how you say one ten-thousandth, decimal-style

What is .0001?

400

In business it's the opposite of a deficit

What is surplus?

400

Originally a song meant to be danced to, today it means a song telling a romantic or sentimental story

What is a ballad?

400

Early use of this phrase about unseen trouble is said to refer to awareness of how the Titanic sank

What is tip of the iceberg?

400

An EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale means one of these with winds over 200 mph; get to safety now!

What is a tornado?

600

Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941

What is .400?

600

4-letter word for the heart of the matter, the central, critical point

What is crux?

600

To sing in a slow, soft voice, like Bing Crosby

What is to croon?

600

In Brit slang, to be honkers is to be swizzled, sloshed or this

What is tipsy?

600

On the Fitzpatrick skin-tone scale, light-skinned type 1s are at high risk of this skin cancer that kills 10,000 Americans a year

What is melanoma?

800

It's easy as pie to take pi to 2 decimal places (there's even a day for it) but take it to 3.these 5 digits

What is 3.14159?

800

"Up to" this means "in good shape", not ready for some tobacco

What is snuff?

800

The pleasing combination of simultaneously sounded notes, it was composer Arnold Schoenberg's last word

What is harmony?

800

A critical time before a big change, like in Gladwell's "The" this: "How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"

What is tipping point?

800

The Moon is nearly invisible at "L=0", the lowest level on the Danjon scale, measuring its brightness during this event

What is an eclipse?

1000

At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying

What is 2.3?

1000

It describes a hero who receives no praise, in music or otherwise

What is unsung?

1000

Publishing company Hal Leonard offers "the world's premier destination for digital" this loose-printed music; kind of an oxymoron

What is sheet music?

1000

In song, "It's a long way to" here, "It's a long way to go"

What is Tipperary?

1000

An expert on these natural dangers with a Japanese name, Fumihiko Imamura has a scale of their intensity partly named for him

What is a tsunami?