Rocks and Minerals
2 Verbs in One
Surnames
Chillax
Inventors and Inventions
200
H2O below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, it's considered a mineral if it's formed naturally
Ice
200
To travel by taking rides from passing cars
To Hitchhike
200
We hope Jennifer & Mario know that this common Hispanic name derives from the Latin word for "wolf"
Lopez
200
It's your day off, go ahead & be one of these "spuds" & catch up on your favorite shows
Couch Potato
200
Imperial court official Tsai Lun produced the first rolls of this in China around 105 A.D.
Paper
400
Lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, contains this elemental metal
Iron
400
Akin to saute, you do this to veggies in a wok
stir-fry
400
The most common Irish surnames are Murphy & this, also a shade of green
Kelly
400
Chillax with your partner & enjoy a couple's one of these, maybe the Swedish type; it's just what you knead
Massage
400
Louis Daguerre got photography started & William Fox Talbot helped by making & printing photos using reverse images called these
Negatives
600
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of this 4-letter substance, particles of soil smaller than .002 millimeter
Clay
600
To get behind the wheel of a new car you are thinking of buying and taking it for a spin
testdrive
600
This presidential name is the second-most common last name in the United States
Johnson
600
Forget cooking--you can order food from this rhyming service that delivers food
Grubhub
600
n 1901 this physicist & inventor sent the first radio message across the Atlantic, from England to Canada
Marconi
800
To make quartz you need oxygen & this element--& lots of crystallization
Silicon
800
To use a foot and a pdeal to get a motorcycle going
Kick start
800
A common Jewish surname, it's German for "black"
Schwarz
800
Enjoy a glass of the tawny type of this fortified wine
Port
800
In 1898 Maria Beasley patented a device for preventing trains from doing this
Derailing
1000
Crystals fall into seven systems based on the arrangement of the axes they form; the three axes are equal length & all perpendicular in this symmetric one also known as cubic
Isometric
1000
To windmill, headspin or elbow hop like a b-boy
breakdance
1000
A popular surname in the Philippines, it's the birthplace of an Italian Dominican theologian & saint
Aquino
1000
Chillax to some classical music like this German composer's "Canon in D"; it's not just for weddings
Pachelbel
1000
This inventor created 300 uses for peanuts and 118 uses for sweet potatoes
George Washington Carver