j-archive-3225-D-1998-09-18

THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO

200

'Known as "corrida de toros", this sport is one of the most popular in Mexico'

Bullfighting

400

'From the Arabic Wadi Al-Hijarah, it's Mexico's second-largest city'

Guadalajara

600

'A Yale-educated economist, he's the president of Mexico'

Ernesto Zedillo

800

'2 of the 3 countries that border Mexico'

Belize, Guatemala & United States

1000

'Once a legendary symbol of the Aztecs, this bird is on the Mexican flag'

Eagle

SHALL WE DANCE?

200

'The cancan was popularized in this city's dance halls in the 1830s'

Paris

400

'Famous "forbidden dance" featured in 2 1990 films'

Lambada

600

'This famous line dance features a step-step-step-kick rhythm'

Conga

800

'The foxtrot is done in 4/4 time & the waltz is done in this time'

3/4

1000

'From words meaning "song", "dance" & "skill", it's a theatrical form of dance in Japan'

Kabuki

CATCHING SOME "Z"'S

200

'This German for whom a rigid airship is named was an observer with the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War'

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

400

'A fanatic, or one who belonged to a 1st century Jewish sect that resisted Roman rule'

Zealot

600

'"Out of the night when the full moon is bright comes the horseman known as" this'

Zorro

800

'At about 2,200 miles in length, it's the longest African river emptying into the Indian Ocean'

Zambezi

1000

'From the German for "twice baked", it's a sweetened bread that's baked, cut into slices & toasted'

Zwieback

LOGIC

200

'Contrasted with deduction, it's the type of reasoning that moves from particulars & generalities'

Induction

400

'A shape in a Venn diagram, or an adjective for an argument whose conclusion assumes its premises'

Circular argument

600

'This Nobel Prize winning British lord tried to show that all mathematics is a type of logic'

Bertrand Russell

800

'"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc", "After it, so because of it", is one of these errors in reasoning'

Philosophical fallacy

1000

'The "theory" of membership in these, also called classes, is part of mathematics as well as logic'

Sets

LEONARD NIMOY FILMS

200

'Because Nimoy directed the third & fourth "Star Trek" films, this actor got to direct the fifth'

William Shatner

400

'Nimoy plays host to an alien in this 1978 remake of a 1956 sci-fi classic'

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

600

'This 1987 film directed by Nimoy was based on the French film "Trois Hommes Et Un Couffin"'

"Three Men And A Baby"

800

'The giant mutant ants in this 1954 film make it easy to overlook Nimoy's tiny role at the teletype'

"Them!"

1000

'Nimoy directed this Oscar winner in the title role of 1988's "The Good Mother"'

Diane Keaton