Name the Decade
Dialing for Dialects
One Buck or Less
Olympic Oddities
Alternate Meanings
100

Disneyland opens & the peace symbol is created

What is the 1950s?

100

Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language

What is German?
100

On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1

What is the USA Today?

100

Milorad Cavic almost upset this man's perfect 2008 Olympics, losing to him by one hundredth of a second

Who is Michael Phelps?

100

4-letter word for a vantage point or a belief

What is a view?

200

The Empire State Building opens & the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast causes a panic

What is the 1930s?

200

Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka

What is Chinese?

200

The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!

What is a postcard?

200

In 1908 in this city U.S. flag-bearer Ralph Rose caused controversy by not lowering the flag when passing the king

What is London?

200

4-letter word for the iron fitting on the hoof of a horse or a card-dealing box in a casino

What is a shoe?

300

Klaus Barbie is sentenced to life in prison & DNA is first used to convict a criminal

What is the 1980s?

300

Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India

What is Sanskrit?

300

In 2002 Eminem signed this rapper to a 7-figure deal, obviously worth a lot more than his name implies

Who is 50 Cent?

300

A 1976 entrant in the "modern" this was kicked out for wiring his epee to score points without touching his foe

What is the pentathlon?

300

A piece of wood from a tree, or to puncture with something pointed

What is stick?

400

The first flight takes place at Kitty Hawk & baseball's first World Series is played

What is the 1900s?

400

While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language

What is Arabic?

400

99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain

What is IKEA?

400

In the 2004 opening ceremonies a sole member of this team opened the parade of nations; the rest of his team closed it

What is Greece?

400

Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year

What is class?

500

The first modern crossword puzzle is published & Oreo cookies are introduced

What is the 1910s?

500

Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this

What is Ancient Greek?

500

A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online

What is Alberto?

500

It was the anatomical oddity of U.S. gymnast George Eyser, who won a gold medal on the parallel bars in 1904

What is, he was missing a leg?

500

A thief, or the bent part of an arm

What is a crook?