j-archive-3199-D-1998-06-25

THE SOUND OF "MUSIC"

200

'10 kids, 9 seats, 1 piano & you're ready to play this'

Musical chairs

400

'To stand up to the results of your actions, or to stand like an orchestra conductor'

Face the music

600

'A 1787 Mozart serenade, or a 1973 Sondheim show'

"A Little Night Music"

800

'These first 3 words of a famous quote are useful when you need "to soothe a savage breast"'

Music hath charms

1000

'According to Pythagoras, it was harmonious, made by the planets & inaudible on Earth'

Music of the Spheres

SOUTH PACIFIC

200

'Recent fad inspired by the land divers of Pentecost Island, who use it as a rite of passage for young boys'

Bungee jumping

400

'Vailima, this author's mansion in western Samoa, has now been "Kidnapped" by the country's head of state'

Robert Louis Stevenson

600

'You can order carved wooden models of the HMS Bounty from this island's web site'

Pitcairn Island

800

'The Cook Islands use the currency of this island nation as well as its own, including a $2 triangular coin'

New Zealand

1000

'The south Pacific's last remaining kingdom, its name means "South" in many Polynesian languages'

Tonga

FLOWER

200

'There's no need to keep mum about it, mum is short for this flower'

Chrysanthemum

400

'The opium variety of this flower yields a powerful narcotic, & non-narcotic seeds used in baking'

Poppy

600

'Blue Moon & Dainty Bess are hybrid tea varieties of this flower'

Rose

800

'The story on these flowers, seen here, is that they open for only a few hours each day:'

Morning Glory

1000

'Butterflies are especially fond of these flowers whose name sounds like you just can't wait for them to grow'

Impatiens

DRUM SONG

200

'Ex-E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg leads the house band for this current "Late Show" host'

Conan O"Brien

400

'This heavy metal band bears the last name of drummer Alex as well as his brother Eddie'

Van Halen

600

'"Rumours" have it this band that sang "Go Your Own Way" was named for its drummer'

Fleetwood Mac

800

'This jazz legend who died in 1987 waged epic drum battles with Gene Krupa'

Buddy Rich

1000

'Since the breakup of his band, heard here, this drummer has become a noted film composer:'

Stewart Copeland

OKLAHOMA

200

'Oklahoma's is the scissor-tailed flycatcher'

State bird

400

'In 1909 John Mitchell reportedly organized the first American troop of these boys, in Pawhuska'

Boy Scouts

600

'At the turn of the century, the area was divided into 2 territories: Oklahoma & this'

Indian Territory

800

'Oklahoma once competed annually with Georgia to see who could make the biggest pie out of these nuts'

Pecans

1000

'Like Florida's capital, this 2nd-largest Oklahoma city got its name from the Creek for "old town"'

Tulsa