j-archive-278-D-1985-10-02

AMERICAN HISTORY

200

'This 1803 acquisition doubled the size of the U.S.'

Louisiana Purchase

400

'Though he said he found dueling abhorent, he participated in one in 1804'

Alexander Hamilton

600

'In 1912, it became 48th & last contiguous state to join The Union'

Arizona

800

'1st to hold a nominating convention, this 3rd party ironically chose Mason Wm. Wirt to run for Pres.'

Anti-Masonic party

1000

'Upon leading 1894 march of unemployed on Washington, Jacob Coxey was arrested for this trivial of offenses'

stepping on the grass

THE LAW

200

'The 5th amendment guards against both self-incrimination & this segment of our show'

double jeopardy

400

'Matrimony by agreement of both parties, without a civil or religious ceremony'

common law

600

'The 14th amendment protects against being deprived "of life, liberty, or property, without" this'

due process of law

800

'Once applied to slaves, it's the general legal term for items of personal property'

chattel

1000

'Not a pardon, which lifts punishment, it differs by barring prosecution'

amnesty

SCIENCE

200

'One who'll give you blood or the kidney off his back'

donor

400

'Around for 400 million yrs., there are now more than 2,000 species of these pesty cricket cousins'

cockroaches

600

'Intact DNA was recently extracted from one of these ancient "royal relics"'

mummy

800

'Tracking these, coast guard rates them as bergy bits, growlers, small, medium, & large'

icebergs

1000

'3-letter suffix used to form chemical terms, esp. names of sugars & other carbohydrates'

-ose

CHINA

200

'Red China encourages families to have only this many children'

one

400

'For some 2,000 years, in order to enter gov't services, applicants had to know his sayings'

Confucius

600

'Teng Hsiao-P'ing tried to unsuccessfully to persuade him to return to Tibet'

Dalai Lama

800

'Jiang Qing's occupation before she married Mao Tse-tung'

actress

1000

'The 2nd 5-year plan, which forced farmers into giant communes, was also called this'

the Great Leap Forward

TELEVISION

200

'He played Superman in '50s series whose reruns are 2nd only to "I Love Lucy" in popularity'

George Reeve(s)

400

'This newspaper for which Lou Grant worked was in L.A., not Chicago'

The Tribune

600

'Police show which began as "Toma" became much better known with new star & this new name'

Baretta

800

'He's coming out of retirement to defend Della Street, his former secretary'

Perry Mason

1000

'To shed her good-girl "Waltons" image, she shed her clothes in the August 1985 Playboy'

Judy Norton-Taylor