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PROVERBS

200

'Unfortunately, this "travels fast"'

Bad news

400

'It's the best time to "make hay"'

While the sun shines

600

'It's a good thing "you can't make" this "out of a sow's ear", who'd want to?'

A silk purse

800

'"Men make houses" but "Women make" these'

A home

1000

'It's been called "The greatest thief, for it steals half one's life"'

Sleep

MATH CLASS

200

'If you got a trapezoid for Christmas, you got a figure with this many sides & a crummy gift'

4

400

'The non-right internal angles of a right triangle add up to this total number of degrees'

90

600

'The diameter of one of these 3-dimensional figures is twice the radius'

Sphere

800

'From the Latin "to agree", it describes 2 figures that coincide when superimposed'

Congruent

1000

'It's any system of geometry not based on the system in "Elements", a book from around 300 B.C.'

Non-Euclidean

RETIRED JERSEYS

200

'New York Yankees No. 3'

Babe Ruth

400

'San Francisco 49ers No. 16'

Joe Montana

600

'Chicago Bears No. 34'

Walter Payton

800

'Detroit Red Wings No. 9'

Gordie Howe

1000

'Anaheim Angels No. 30,
Texas Rangers No. 34,
Houston Astros No. 34'

Nolan Ryan

HERBS & SPICE GIRLS

200

'She rocked the spice world when she left the Spice Girls in May 1998'

Ginger Spice

400

'"Spanish Flea", the theme song of "The Dating Game", was a hit for this bandleader'

Herb Alpert

600

'Spice Girl Mel B. gets this nickname from her pierced tongue, wild hair & wilder lifestyle'

"Scary Spice"

800

'It's the appropriate Spice name of Emma Bunton, youngest of the Spice Girls'

"Baby Spice"

1000

'This photographer directed music videos for Madonna & Michael Jackson'

Herb Ritts

CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS

200

'Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it'

Mistletoe

400

'It rivals the turkey as the preferred bird at English Christmas feasts'

Goose

600

'Christmas is now quite popular in this Asian country where the Christmas greeting is "Meri Kurisumasu!"'

Japan

800

'This other name for a nativity scene comes from Old French for "manger" or "crib"'

Creche

1000

'A treasured history tradition in New York City is ice-skating beneath the giant Christmas tree in this plaza'

Rockefeller Plaza