j-archive-3975-J-2001-12-07

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

200

'In 2001 this aerospace giant grew sleepless in Seattle & decided to move its headquarters to Chicago'

Boeing

400

'It's the auto parts chain whose logo is seen here'

Pep Boys

600

'He's CEO of both Apple Computer & Pixar Animation Studios'

Steve Jobs

800

'This company has cleaned up with such products as its Dustbuster & yes, its Scumbuster'

Black & Decker

1000

'As America's top supplier of ATMs, the company known by these 3 initials has really cashed in'

NCR (formerly known as National Cash Register)

STATE TREES

200

'The nuts of its state tree, the Kukui, are strung together to make leis'

Hawaii

400

'Woof, woof! It's Virginia's state tree'

dogwood

600

'This state tree of Mississppi is famed for its fragrant flowers'

magnolia

800

'Georgia's state tree is the "live" type of this, not the dead one'

oak

1000

'Its state tree is the Sitka spruce'

Alaska

PARTY HOPPING

200

'In 1846 he was elected to Congress as an Illinois Whig; in 1856 he joined the antislavery Republican Party'

Abraham Lincoln

400

'In 1948 this SAG president campaigned for fellow Democrat Harry Truman; in 1962, he turned Republican'

Ronald Reagan

600

'In 2001 this Vermont senator made headlines when he left the Republican Party to become an independent'

Jim Jeffords

800

'The oldest person to serve in Congress, he's been a Democrat, a Republican & a States' Rights Democrat'

Strom Thurmond

1000

'Once a Democrat, this Colorado senator became a Republican in 1995'

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

HAPPY TO BE A "BUM"

200

'There are about 50 species of these pollinators in North America'

bumblebees

400

'Ubiquitous expressive medium seen here
(example being Honk if You Love Jeopardy!)'

bumper sticker

600

'Bad cattle or bad advice'

bum steer

800

'From the Middle Dutch for "little barrel", it's another way of saying yokel or hayseed'

bumpkin

1000

'Slang for an umbrella'

bumbershoot

OH, THE HUMANITIES!

200

'Ovid wrote on the "Art of" this: in the 12th century, Andreas Capellanus laid out the rules for the "courtly" type'

love

400

'Bach did most of his composing for this Protestant denomination'

Lutheran

600

'His "Book of Marvels" was about his 13th C. trip to the East with his father & uncle (who'd been there before)'

Marco Polo

800

'One of the contributors to Diderot's encyclopedia was this "Candide" man'

Voltaire

1000

'Considered the first Italian humanist, this 14th century author had his own sonnet form'

Petrarch