j-archive-3146-J-1998-04-13

ON THE AUCTION BLOCK

200

'In 1997 Chicago's Field Museum paid over $8 mil. for the largest & most complete skeleton of this dinosaur'

Tyrannosaurus Rex

400

'Let's give a hand to this singer whose sequined glove sold for $1,000 in 1992'

Michael Jackson

600

'This president's 1787 bottle of Chateau Lafite wine sold in 1985 for over $131,000'

Thomas Jefferson

800

'The gown she wore when she danced with John Travolta at the White House set a record at Christie's'

Princess Diana

1000

'In 1994 someone forked over a nest egg, $5.6 million for this jeweler's "Winter Egg"'

Faberge

JUDAISM

200

'Traditionally, for you to be Jewish, this relative has to be Jewish'

Mother

400

'Shabbat, from a Hebrew word for rest, begins on this day at sunset'

Friday

600

'The days between this holiday & Yom Kippur are called the 10 Days of Penitence'

Rosh Hashanah

800

'For some prayers to be read in the synagogue, a minyan, or this many men, must be present'

10

1000

'Worn during the prayer services, it is white, striped at the ends & its corners have fringes'

Tallit (shawl)

STUPID ANSWERS

200

'Seventeen magazine says if you can't afford to buy a Stairmaster & your house has these, use them'

Stairs

400

'Name of the hotel & office complex where the Watergate break-in occurred'

Watergate

600

'Jesse Jackson Jr. has a masters degree in this from the Chicago Theological Seminary'

Theology

800

'2 Civil War forts were built on this western island of the Florida Keys'

Key West

1000

'It's the cry of the chachalaca bird of South America'

Chachalaca

A"HA"

200

'Its nicknames include the "Paradise of the Pacific" & "The Pineapple State"'

Hawaii

400

'Well, Praise the Lord! It means "Praise the Lord"'

Hallelujah

600

'In 1640 Henry Dunster became this university's first president; he was also the entire faculty'

Harvard

800

'Type of men's store once owned by Harry Truman'

Haberdashery

1000

'This king's reign has been referred to as the Golden Age of Babylon'

Hammurabi

BOND THEME SONGS

200

'Welshman heard here:
(Thunderball)'

Tom Jones

400

'Group group heard heard here here:
(A View to a Kill)'

Duran Duran

600

'You can ask her father Frank who this singer is:
(You Only Live Twice)'

Nancy Sinatra

800

'The Bond singer heard here may have taken the "Morning Train" to the recording studio:
(For Your Eyes Only)'

Sheena Easton

1000

'This singer also sang the theme from "Diamonds are Forever":
(Goldfinger)'

Shirley Bassey