j-archive-3458-D-1999-09-22

HAIKU TO JAPAN

200

'Pickled condiment/
also a former Spice Girl/
topper of sushi'

Ginger

400

'Found in old carvings/
not seeing, hearing, speaking/
these animals pose'

Monkeys

600

'World War II fighter/
nothing equaled its value/
Air Force "less than" one'

Japanese Zero

800

'Top soy sauce maker/
Coke, Ragu, Lea & Perrins/
it distributes too'

Kikkoman

1000

'Using no weapons/
only arm strikes, thrusts & kicks/
karate means this'

"Empty Hand"

THEY SAID THAT?

200

'FCC chairman Mark Fowler called it "just another appliance...a toaster with pictures"'

Television

400

'She told Vanity Fair in 1991 "I didn't... vote against my father but I couldn't vote for him"'

Patti Davis

600

'He told Boswell, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money"'

Dr. Samuel Johnson

800

'Gen. Curtis Lemay wanted to tell the North Vietnamese to draw back or "We'll bomb them back" to this'

The Stone Age

1000

'Former governor Al Smith is credited with remarking in 1936, "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still" this'

Baloney

PROTESTANTISM

200

'Many of the Protestant denominations got their start during this 16th Century movement'

The Reformation

400

'Brooke Shields may say nothing comes between her & this early Protestant born in Noyon, France in 1509'

John Calvin

600

'This Anabaptist offshoot related to the Amish was named for its leader, a Mr. Simons'

Mennonites (Menno Simons)

800

'This movement whose roots go back to Kansas in 1901 took its name from a day disciples spoke in tongues'

Pentecostal

1000

'This edict in effect from 1598 to 1685 allowed the Huguenots in France the freedom of worship'

Edict of Nantes

CONNERY...SEAN CONNERY

200

'Sean was born in this capital city in 1930'

Edinburgh, Scotland

400

'It was Sean's first James Bond film'

Dr. No

600

'Like Bond, Sean spent time in this military branch in his youth'

Navy

800

'Sean won his Oscar for his work on this 1987 Kevin Costner film'

The Untouchables

1000

'This 1964 film was the only time Sean worked with Alfred Hitchcock'

Marnie

BUG ME!

200

'2 anatomical features common to all insects are 6 mouth parts & 6 of these appendages'

Legs

400

'The females of these insects lay their eggs only in water'

Mosquitos

600

'Bees feed on both nectar & this granular dust-like substance necessary for germination'

Pollen

800

'The 3 basic body parts of an insect are the head, abdomen & this part'

Thorax

1000

'Insects are members of this largest animal kingdom phylum that also includes spiders & crustaceans'

Arthropods