Weapons
Physics
19th Century
I'll Drink To That
Ghosts
100

“Weapon” Dorothy used to kill the Wicked Witch of the West.

What is water?

100

What we call the flow of electrons through wire, air, or even yourself.

What is electricity?

100

In 1869, professional players of this sport earned maximum of $1400 a year & didn’t strike.

What is baseball?

100

For wine, it never means the opposite of wet.

What is dry?

100

The 999 ghosts at the mansion in this Anaheim landmark tell visitors “There’s always room for one more”.

What is Disneyland?

200

21, or a thug’s bludgeon.

What is blackjack?

200

In light, 2 colors are said to be complementary if, when added together, they produce this color.

What is white?

200

Holiday begun 4/22/1875 because J.S. Morton thought Nebraskans should plant trees.

What is Arbor Day?

200

Tito’s, America’s best-selling brand of liquor, is this type.

What is vodka?

200

Creators of “Casper” say this film’s logo plagiarized 1 of their characters.

What is Ghostbusters?

300

Curare is added to this projectile to give it that little extra shot.

What is a blowgun dart?

300

Though it holds our planet together, it’s actually a much weaker force than electro-magnetism.

What is gravity?

300

Company set up by American Express in 1852 to speed up gold shipments from California.

What is Wells Fargo?

300

Brooklynite Jennie Churchhill, Winston’s mother, created this whiskey & vermouth cocktail.

What is a Manhattan?

300

Silver City, ID & Bodie, CA for example.

What are ghost towns?

400

The weapon which killed this “1st murder victim” was never revealed.

Who is Abel?

400

Invented in 1947 to improve electron microscope images, this science created a 3D picture.

What is holography?

400

Effective May 16th, 1870 the Central & Union Pacific RR’s said you could do it in 6 days, 20 hours.

What is go across the country?

400

Slivovitz is a brandy made from this fruit.

What is plum?

400

In the Superman TV series, editor Perry White frequently invoked this spirit.

What is great Caesar’s ghost?

500

Long, straight, 2-edged sword with a large cup hilt; some people have this type of wit.

What is a rapier?

500

Branch of physics dealing with motion, like the bumping of molecules in a gas.

What is kinetics?

500

For a promotional stunt in 1889, this newspaper publisher sent Nellie Bly around the world.

Who was Joseph Pulitzer?

500

The 18th Amendment only forbade the “manufacture, sale, & transportation of intoxicating liquors”- but not actually this.

What is consumption?

500

In Shakespeare’s play, ghost who sat in Macbeth’s place at the banquet table.

Who is Banquo?