Show:
19th CENTURY AMERICA
INTELLIGENT FILMS
SKYWATCH
WORD TO THE CHEF
"C.B."
200
'On February 28, the first of the Forty-Niners to arrive by ship docked at this California port city'
San Francisco
200
'A 7-year-old chess prodigy is at the center of this 1993 film that mentions an American chess prodigy in its title'
Searching for Bobby Fischer
200
'From the ground you only see half of this colorful effect; from a plane it is often seen as a full circle'
Rainbow
200
'Tybo & Tilsit are types of these'
Cheeses
200
'The ex-Mrs. Billy Joel'
Christie Brinkley
400
'In 1895 Brooklyn ground to a halt when workers on these electric vehicles went on strike'
Trolleys
400
'Even the janitor at M.I.T. is a math genius in this 1997 Oscar-winning film'
Good Will Hunting
400
'The winds in this part of a hurricane may be less than 15 miles an hour'
Eye
400
'To make small squares of food is to dice; to make them a little larger is to do this, the shape of dice'
Cube
400
'"Hellraiser" horror novelist & director'
Clive Barker
600
'Savannah's antebellum Green-Meldrim House was built for a wealthy dealer in this "king"ly crop'
Cotton
600
'Chemistry whiz Julius Kelp devises a formula that transforms him into the suave Buddy Love in this 1963 comedy'
The Nutty Professor
600
'Known to farmers as "white plague", they travel to Earth at up to 100 miles per hour, damaging crops'
Hailstones
600
'This French term refers to food that has been strained & blended to a smooth consistency'
Puree
600
'Author full of hot "Eyre"'
Charlotte Bronte
800
'In 1856 South Carolina Rep. Brooks gave Massachusetts Sen. Sumner a notorious beating with this'
Cane
800
'A blinding light suddenly turns this actor into a genius in 1996's "Phenomenon"'
John Travolta
800
'This is the term for a large group of meteors, or of bees'
Swarm
800
'5-letter word for a male chicken that's been "fixed"'
Capon
800
''20s "It" girl'
Clara Bow
1000
'George Root inspired the Union forces with his song "The Battle Cry of" this'
Freedom
1000
'Woody Allen finds media guru Marshall McLuhan in a theater lobby in this 1977 film'
Annie Hall
1000
'Normally, the trade winds blow in this direction'
West
1000
'Roe is fish eggs; roebuck is this meat'
Deer/venison
1000
'Bonnie Parker's partner in crime'
Clyde Barrow