j-archive-1532-J-1991-04-09

CELEBRITY INVENTIONS

200

'In 1969 a heartbeat alarm worn on the wrist was patented by Zeppo of this comedy team'

the Marx Brothers

400

'On her patent for a cigar-holder ring, she’s listed as Edith A. Kovacs'

Edie Adams

600

'This actress who starred in “Ecstasy” and “Algiers” helped invent a torpedo control system'

Heddy Lamarr

800

'No knucklehead, this ventriloquist designed an artificial heart but Jarvik’s was chosen over his'

Paul Winchell

1000

'Some 20 years after finishing his “U.S.A.” trilogy, he took out a patent on a soap-bubble gun'

John Dos Passos

THEATRICAL TERMS

200

'The performers in a play, or a framework for a fracture'

a cast

400

'Actors “wait in” this offstage area on either side of the proscenium before they fly onto the stage'

the wings

600

'If a skier were to do it he’d go to the hospital, while to an actor it just means “good luck”'

break a leg

800

'A cook’s accessory, or a stage’s extension'

an apron

1000

'A way of doing anything, or Strasberg’s way of acting'

method

COLUMBUS, OHIO

200

'The Standard Oil Company opened the U.S.A.’s first drive-in one of these in Columbus around 1913'

a gas station

400

'USA Today says this ice cream & tropical fruit dish was invented in 1904 at Foeller’s Drug Store'

a banana split

600

'Columbus was the first U.S. city planned & built to be one of these'

a state capital (a capital city accepted)

800

'School in Columbus that’s home to the world’s largest all-brass marching band'

Ohio State University

1000

'On October 12, 1992 Columbus plans to have a replica of this flagship sitting in its Scioto River'

the Santa Maria

SPORTS

200

'While the heights may change, these are the 2 types of diving boards'

the springboard & the platform

400

'Prior to par, this term was used for the score golfers should make, and was preceded by “Colonel”'

Bogie

600

'Four letter word for all the gear used for controlling a horse in harness racing'

tack

800

'Though she came in 50th in this marathon, November 4, 1990, Wanda Panfil of Poland still got $26,385 & a car'

the New York City Marathon

1000

'If you form a polo team to take on Prince Charles

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HISTORIC NAMES

200

'Radical socialist Y. Breshko-Breskovskaya is called “the grandmother of” this country’s “revolution”'

Russia

400

'Sir Francis Drake often raided islands in this New World sea where he was eventually buried in 1596'

the Caribbean

600

'This Portuguese prince fought against Tangier with his brother Ferdinand, who died in captivity there'

Prince Henry

800

'This first Christian emperor of Rome ordered the execution of his son Crispus in 326 A.D.'

Constantine

1000

'Queen Alexandra, consort of this turn of the cen. British king, was the daughter of Denmark’s Christian IX'

Edward VII