SCIENCE TRIVIA
FOLK MUSIC
DOLLS
STARTS WITH "A"
U.S. HISTORY
100

It takes about 100 drops of water to fill this cooking measure

a teaspoon

100

Song title answered by "Young girls pick them ev'ry one"

"Where Have All The Flowers Gone"

100

This inventor put a mini-phonograph in a doll to make it sing, but it didn't sell

Thomas Edison

100

Term for earliest known inhabitants of a country, like Australian tribesmen

Aborigine

100

President who signed Social Security Act in 1935

Franklin Roosevelt

200

Unlike regular ice when removed from the freezer, dry ice cannot do this, only evaporate

melt

200

Famed for his mastery of the 12-string guitar, Huddie Ledbetter was better known by this name

Lead Belly

200

Popular prize on circus midways, artist Rose O'Neill modeled it on her baby brother

Kewpie doll

200

Not the perpetrator of a crime, but someone who helped, or a scarf, for example

accessory

200

The oldest existing major political party

the Democrats

300

Term for the "attractive" quality found in lodestone from magnesia in Asia Minor

magnetism

300

"We had lots of kids & trouble & pain but, oh Lord, we'd do it again" because she had these

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"

300

In 1851, this company introduced the 1st American-patented vulcanized rubber doll

Goodyear

300

Fruit of the genus "malus", or the fruit of Steve Wozniak's imagination

the apple

300

In 1876, an amendment prohibiting this was 1st introduced in congress

alcohol

400

A whip makes a cracking noise because the tip moves faster than this

the speed of sound

400

The song continues "We are not afraid"


"We Shall Overcome"

400

1968 Charlton Heston film where a human doll proved man came first

Planet of the Apes

400

Enlarged ones make you snore

adenoids

400

In 1959, Gov. Earl Long of this state was committed to a mental institution

Louisiana

500

Sterling silver is not pure silver but an alloy of silver and this metal

copper

500

Because this early '60s TV show banned Pete Seeger & The Weavers, other folk singers boycotted it

Hootenanny

500

Included in this Hasbro action figure line is "Zartan", who has a multiple personality disorder

the G.I. Joe series

500

Of 4 U.S states beginning with "A", the last alphabetically

Arkansas

500

After Span./Amer. War, uniforms became olive drab since this color proved too good a target

blue