j-archive-3368-J-1999-04-07

BOXING TERMS

200

'New to the sport? Let me show you these; they're strung around the ring'

Ropes

400

'A punch delivered "below" it is a foul (and may cause you to lose it)'

The belt

600

'The most important bout on the card; Barbra Streisand sang about one in 1979'

Main event

800

'For the count, the standing boxer must retire to one of these'

Neutral corner

1000

'In 1982 Nevada made this count mandatory in case of a knockdown'

Standing eight count

PEOPLE IN HISTORY

200

'This first U.S. first lady, a fine equestrienne, once rode a horse up the stairs of her uncle's house'

Martha Washington

400

'India's 5th century playwright Kalidasa wrote his masterpiece, "Shakuntala", in this classical language'

Sanskrit

600

'He wasn't a "Mad King" yet when he was born in Nymphenburg Palace in 1845'

"Mad King" Ludwig of Bavaria

800

'The last King William to rule England had this number after his name'

IV

1000

'This Parisian who drew up the original plans for Washington, D.C. is buried at Arlington National Cemetery'

Pierre L\'Enfant

QUOTABLE DEFINITIONS

200

'Adlai Stevenson stated that this office was "one heartbeat from the presidency"'

Vice-presidency

400

'John Mason Brown's famous definition of this is "chewing gum for the eyes"'

Television

600

'Historian Bruce Catton called this sport "the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America"'

Baseball

800

'Author who defined a classic as "A book which people praise and don't read"'

Mark Twain

1000

'Shakespeare wrote it "is a pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures"; but that's just what he heard'

Rumor

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

200

'Argentina'

Spanish

400

'Monaco'

French

600

'Austria'

German

800

'Oman'

Arabic

1000

'Angola'

Portuguese

WILD CRITTERS

200

'In the winter this bear, Ursus maritimus, spends much of its time on ice floes & may bear its young on them'

Polar bear

400

'The ruby-throated species of this bird usually lays 2 tiny eggs about the size of navy beans'

Hummingbird

600

'Gorillas rarely walk upright; instead, they usually support their upper bodies by walking on these hand parts'

Knuckles/fingers

800

'This armored mammal is one of the few known animal hosts for the bacterium that causes leprosy in humans'

Armadillo

1000

'The largest type of this tailed amphibian in the U.S. is the hellbender, which may reach a length of 3 feet'

Salamander