TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS
Someone counted 25,216 of these on a swan
Feathers
The legendary emperor Shen Nung has sometimes been "stuck" with the invention of this healing practice
Acupuncture
In its Chapter 11 "Phileas Fogg secures a curious means of conveyance at a fabulous price"
Around the World in Eighty Days
Knock wood that these destructive "white ants" don't eat you out of house & home
Termites
Will Smith
1990-96
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
New Delhi
In a children's game, Rob Krueger won $5,000 CDN in October 2003 when his "Paper" covered this move by his opponent
Rock
About 400 B.C. the Persians began knitting these & some of the patterns are still popular today
Carpets
Chapter 11 of this book begins, "At the appointed time I returned to Miss Havisham's"
Great Expectations
Prehistoric relatives of this insect seen here had wingspans of over 2 feet
Dragonfly
Amber Tamblyn
2003-
Joan of Arcadia
The Sigmund Freud Museum (complete with his consulting room)
Vienna
Orange County, Florida has banned its employees from wearing more than 3 pairs of these (& no tongue studs)
Earrings
About 600 B.C. this poet of Lesbos put on quite a show; while reciting her poetry she'd strum a lyre
Sappho
"The Plot Thickens" is the title of Chapter 11 of this fact-based 1844 tale by Alexander Dumas
The Three Musketeers
Since entering the U.S. from Mexico in the 1890s, it's cost the cotton industry billions upon billions of dollars
The Boll Weevil
Jane Seymour
1993-98
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
The Imperial War Museum
London
**DAILY DOUBLE**
In December 2003 Joe Horn was fined $30,000 by the NFL for using one of these after making a touchdown
Cell phone
Work began circa 2000 B.C. on the Palace at Knossos on this island; centuries later it was still going — oy, contractors
Crete
**DAILY DOUBLE**
"During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again", begins Chapter 11 of this 1906 work
The Jungle
In Florida giant cockroaches go by this name, after the type of tree they sometimes inhabit
Palmetto Bugs
Buddy Ebsen
1973-1980
Barnaby Jones
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow
It took 5 days in 2003 for India to beat Australia in its first test match victory in Australia in this sport in 22 years
Cricket
In the 12th century B.C. these people of Mexico were carving out colossal heads like the one seen here
The Olmecs
"Charles had more respect for Adam after he knew about the prison", begins this Steinbeck work's Chapter 11
East of Eden
The 13-year & 17-year locusts aren't really locusts but these
Cicadas
Lee Majors
1981-86
The Fall Guy
The Coptic Museum
Cairo