HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
BANKING "A" "B" "C"s
2001
A SPACE ODYSSEY
400
The Tin Lizzie was a nickname for this revolutionary car made from 1908 to 1927

What is the Model T?

400
Mrs. Obama's chimes

What is Michelle's bells

400
"B"

an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan

What is a balloon?

400

Apple introduced this mp3 player that could store 1,000 songs

What is IPod?

400

At its closest point, this innermost planet is still about 29 million miles away from the sun 

What is Mercury?

800

In 1962, John Glenn commanded Freiendship 7 in a historic flight that was part of this program

What is the Mercury Program?

800

Mrs. Kennedy's military slacks

What is Jackie's khakis

800

"A"

this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid

What is accrued?

800
Closed 11 years earlier for a major straightening job, this European landmark reopened to tourists

What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

800

This planet's largest moon Triton is the only large moon in the solar system to orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation

What is Neptune?

1200

Gold Beach was the middle of the 5 landing spots during this June 6, 1944 event

What is D-Day (the Invasion of Normandy)?

1200

Mrs. Madison's streetcars

What is Dolley's Trolleys

1200

"C.C."

the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership

What are Closing Costs?

1200

Daughter of the first president, Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first woman to lead this country?

What is Indonesia?

1200

Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star

What is variable?

1600

Sebastian Cabot gave this body of water between Uruguay & Argentina its silvery name in the early 16th century

What is the Rio de la Plata?

1600

The second Mrs. Bush's soft felt hats with creased crowns

What is Laura's fedoras?

1600
"A"

this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead"

What is amortize?

1600

Responsible for years of war & bloodsheed, this former president of Yugoslavia & of Serbia was arrested & taken away

Who is Slobodan Milošević 

1600

The final mission of this first U.S. space station, 1973 to 1974, included photographing & observing the comet Kohutek

What is Skylab?

2000

Otto von Bismarck's manner of rule led to him getting this nickname that includes an element & a title

What is the Iron Chancellor

2000

Mrs. Truman's locks of hair

What is Bess's tresses

2000
"B.B."

securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate

What are bearer bonds?

2000

This Trinidad-born author of "A House for Mr. Biswas" won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Who is V.S. Naipaul

2000

Named for the Greek Goddess of strife, this dwarf planet, a 21st c. discovery, is comparable in size to Pluto

What is Eris?