j-archive-3025-D-1997-10-24

SCIENCE QUIZ

200

'Dracula can never see a facula, a large bright patch on this heavenly body'

Sun

400

'To the nearest 100, the number of different elements we know about'

100

600

'Home appliance invented in 1858 by Hamilton Smith, it was a tub with a crank-turned spindle'

Washing machine

800

'In 1881 Darwin published a book on these, something fishermen were waiting for with "baited" breath'

Worms

1000

'It has no head, usually has 5 arms & feeds on oysters'

Starfish

FOLKLORE

200

'In a French tale, a man climbs one of these to heaven; Jack climbs one & meets a giant'

Beanstalk

400

'The wise people of England's mythical town of Gotham pretended to be these people honored on April 1'

Fools

600

'Proverbial lore says, "Feed a cold and" do this, although we're not sure what it means'

Starve a fever

800

'Scholar Jan Brunvand calls tales of fatal Pop Rocks candy & hook-handed molesters this kind of "legend"'

Urban legend

1000

'Artificial creature of Jewish lore seen here: [video clue]'

Golem

ANIMAL GROUPS

200

'As Roger Miller pointed out, "You can't roller skate" in this group of buffalo'

Herd

400

'It's a group of finches, or just one hanging from a bracelet'

Charm

600

'A group of these birds is a mustering; we guess they muster up courage for some deliveries'

Storks

800

'Ask your nanny & she'll tell you a group of these is a trip'

Goats

1000

'We're not splitting these, we're collecting them into a group -- a husk'

Hares

MEGA MERGERS

200

'In 1996 this "Pacific" railroad peacefully took over Southern Pacific Rail'

Union Pacific

400

'This insurance company said "Glad I met ya" to U.S. Healthcare & purchased it in 1996'

Aetna

600

'In 1996 Sandoz & Ciba-Geigy, giant drug companies based in this country, announced they'd merge'

Switzerland

800

'First Chicago NBD was formed by a merger of banks in Chicago & this Michigan city'

Detroit

1000

'In February 1997 this brokerage that issues the Discover Card agreed to merge with Morgan Stanley'

Dean Witter

AFRICAN COUNTRIES

200

'In May 1997, after a 32-year rule, strongman Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from the country he had named this'

Zaire

400

'In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control'

Libya

600

'Hassan II has been the king of this country since 1961'

Morocco

800

'Asmara is the capital & largest city of this country that was formerly part of Ethiopia'

Eritrea

1000

'This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous'

Nigeria