j-archive-1531-J-1991-04-08

POLAR ANIMALS

200

'This ursine likes to eat seals as well as fish'

a polar bear

400

'The emperor is the largest variety of this bird'

a penguin

600

'The bellow of this tusked sea animal can be heard from half a mile away'

a walrus

800

'This ox, one of the northernmost hoofed animals, is named for the odor it emits'

a musk ox

1000

'When these rodents drown during their migrations, it’s an accident, not suicide'

lemmings

LATIN PHRASES

200

'Latin for “before noon”, it’s what A.M. stands for'

antemeridian

400

'Spoken or sung at the end of Latin masses, Deo gratias means this'

thanks to God

600

'Seneca said “Ars longa, vita brevis", which means this'

art is long, life is short

800

'Someone who is primus inter pares is first among these people'

equals

1000

'The abbreviation q.v. which stands for quod vide, literally means this'

which see

MOVIE SONGS

200

'Cher sings “The Shoop Shoop Song” over this 1990 film’s closing credits'

Mermaids

400

'In 1968 Hugo Montenegro took this title tune to No. 2 on the pop charts:'

"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"

600

'“Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley, Ding, ding, ding, went the bell, Zing, zing, zing, went” these'

my heartstrings

800

'Pat Boone sang that this “is for the very young, Ev’ry star’s a wishing star that shines for you”'

"April Love"

1000

'Pop songstress who won an Oscar in 1989 for “Let The River Run” from “Working Girl”'

Carly Simon

DESIGN

200

'Charles Rennie Mackintosh of this country was 1 of the most innovative Art Nouveau architects'

Scotland

400

'Not surprisingly, the French town of Chantilly is known for this type of fabric'

lace

600

'The “slipper” type of this lustrous fabric can be used to make slippers or draperies'

satin

800

'Edward Kemeys designed the lions that guard the entrance to the Art Institute of this city'

Chicago

1000

'The back of a Salem rocker is usually lower than the back of this other rocker named for a Mass. city'

Boston

1891

200

'One of his patents that year was for a motion-picture projector, the kinetoscope'

Thomas Edison

400

'900,000 acres of land in this state were opened for settlement on Sept. 22 though some went sooner'

Oklahoma

600

'An attack on American sailors in Valparaiso brought the U.S. to the brink of war with this country'

Chile

800

'George Hale’s spectroheliograph made it possible to photograph this using one w.l. of light'

the sun

1000

'James Naismith invented basketball in this Massachusetts town in December'

Springfield