THE 1880s
TOWERS
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
WATERS OF THE BODY
FUN WITH ROMAN NUMERALS
200
'President Hayes said in March 1880 that one of these across the Isthmus of Panama would be under U.S. control'
a canal
200
'In 1971 the Shah put up the Shahyad Towers in this city; the tower has been renamed'
Tehran
200
'Her title is Baroness of Kesteven'
Margaret Thatcher
200
'Literally meaning "a breathing through", it's the polite word for fluid produced to keep the body cool'
perspiration
200
'If Churchill were making a Roman numeral, it would be this number'
5 (V)
400
'This parent of the Bell System was incorporated in 1885'
AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph)
400
'They took L.A. tile setter Simon Rodia over 30 years to create'
Watts Towers
400
'Horses owned by the Earl of Rosebery won this Epsom race 3 times, twice while he was prime minister'
the Epsom Darby
400
'The condition keratoconjuctivitis sicca is associated with reduction in the flow of these'
tears
400
'The initials of the type of medical equipment being set up here gave us this number'
4 (IV)
600
'In 1881 the Normal and Industrial Institute was founded in this Alabama city'
Tuskegee
600
'At 1,815 feet, it gives Toronto some of the clearest TV reception in North America'
the CN Tower
600
'Lloyd George's constituency was Caernarvonshire in this part of the United Kingdom'
Wales
600
'The membranous labyrinth floats in fluid in the "inner" part of this organ'
the ear
600
'The abbreviation of the item seen here gives us the Roman numeral for this number'
400 (CD)
800
'Even after admitting he had sired an illegitimate child, he was still elected president in 1884'
Grover Cleveland
800
'This Chicago media company's Gothic tower doesn't quite put the Sears Tower in the shade'
the Tribune Company
800
'One of 11 children, this 26th prime minister could have formed a police force out of his family'
Robert Peel
800
'The pale liquid portion of your blood, it's about 90% water'
plasma
800
'If the letters seen here were upper case, they would add up to this amount

mm'
2000 (MM)
1000
'This Russian composed the "Russian Easter Overture" & "Scheherazade" in 1888'
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1000
'The White Tower, a remnant of Ottoman rule, is a highlight of this second-largest Greek city'
Thessalonika
1000
'His famous "declaration" was issued in November 1917, years after he was prime minister'
Arthur Balfour
1000
'The venom from a snakebite gets into the bloodstream via this fluid-carrying system'
the lymphatic system
1000
'If a size abbreviation seen here were Roman numerals, it would represent this number'
40 (XL)