j-archive-1653-J-1991-11-06

TECHNOLOGY

200

'In July 1991 IBM & this rival announced a technology alliance'

Apple

400

'Drawings discovered in 1967 showed this artist invented the chain drive around 1492'

Leonardo da Vinci

600

'In 1960 Theodore Maiman used this gem in his laser'

Ruby

800

'Bell invented it in 1876; David Hughes gave it this name in 1878, & don't lean into it when you reply'

Microphone

1000

'Christiaan Huygens got into the swing of things in 1656 by adding this to the clock'

Pendulum

ARCHAEOLOGY

200

'Completed circa 143, the Romans' Antonine Wall ran from the Firth of Forth to the Clyde in this country'

Scotland

400

'The remains of this city's walls Kathleen Kenyon found in the 1950s weren't the ones that fell before Joshua'

Jericho

600

'The term Chalcolithic Age refers to the transition time between the use of this & copper'

Stone

800

'Found in the tomb of Fu Hao, a consort of Wu Ding, were 7,000 cowrie shells, used at the time as this'

Money

1000

'A systematic excavation of this 1607 British settlement was done between 1935 & 1957'

Jamestown

TENNIS

200

'A game tied at 40-40 is called this'

Deuce

400

'She has won more prize money than any tennis player in history, man or woman'

Martina Navratilova

600

'Bjorn Borg & Stefan Edberg helped this country reach the Davis Cup finals 7 times in the 1980s'

Sweden

800

'The annual All-England Championships are held in this London suburb'

Wimbledon

1000

'In the Astrodome in 1973, Billie Jean King beat this senior male player in a "Battle of the Sexes"'

Bobby Riggs

MOUNTAINS

200

'The Nepalese call it Sagarmatha'

Mount Everest

400

'Cotopaxi, the world's highest active volcano, rises just south of Quito, Ecuador in these mountains'

Andes

600

'This tallest Greek mountain is situated on the border between Thessaly & Macedonia'

Mount Olympus

800

'Until Alaska became a state, this mountain was the U.S.A.'s tallest'

Mount Whitney

1000

'This range extends from Lassen Peak in California to the Fraser River in British Columbia'

Cascades

ORGANIZATIONS

200

'Records on the breeding of over 21 million dogs are kept by this U.S. organization'

American Kennel Club

400

'In 1871 Ambrose Burnside became the first president of this group that promotes firearm safety'

National Rifle Association

600

'Founded in 1770, the Hasty Pudding Club is famed for its theatricals at this university'

Harvard

800

'In 1985 its ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk by French agents in New Zealand'

Greenpeace

1000

'This group sponsored both presidential debates between Walter Mondale & Ronald Reagan in 1984'

League of Women Voters