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STAND BY YOUR MANNEQUIN
FROM THE LATIN
AROUND THE GYM
TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
PENGUIN CLASSICS
200
'This 18th century queen reportedly used mannequins to send home the latest fashions to her native Austria'
Marie Antoinette
200
'Aesop was known for these, from the Latin for "story" or "tale"'
fables
200
'Work your legs, arms & upper back on a machine simulating this, an Olympic sport since 1900'
rowing
200
'Bangkok is the leading port on this gulf, an inlet of the South China Sea'
Gulf of Thailand
200
'The first classic, issued in 1946, was this Homer tale of heading home'
"The Odyssey"
400
'The mannequin seen here is used in the teaching of this procedure'
CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
400
'Of the 3 virtues mentioned in the King James Version of I Corinthians 13;13, the 2 that are from Latin'
faith & charity
400
'A gym rat may eat a Powerbar to load up on energy, 75% of it coming from these'
carbohydrates
400
'This European country's most populous province is Katowice in the south'
Poland
400
'The cover seen here is from the new edition of this classic 1605 novel'
"Don Quixote"
600
'Unfortunately for window dressers, many early mannequins were made of this & didn't last in the heat of summer'
wax
600
'Pronounced one way, this word from the Latin for "to make smaller" means "tiny"; another way, it's a unit of time'
minute
600
'In 2002 strength equipment maker Nautilus acquired this cardio brand that has you stepping lively'
Stairmaster
600
'This south Pacific nation has over 800 islands & islets, but Viti Levu & Vanua Levu provide more than 85% of its area'
Fiji
600
'The cover seen here is from a Penguin Classic of this 1726 novel'
"Gulliver\'s Travels"
800
'In a magazine called The Show Window, this Oz creator dispensed advice on mannequins & creative display'
L. Frank Baum
800
'From the Latin for "seed", it's one particle of sand or a seed of corn or rice, for example'
grain
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew working out in the gym) The name of this type of bike comes from the Latin for "to lie down"'
recumbent
800
'It precedes "kush", which means "killer", in the name of a central Asian mountain range'
Hindu
800
'New to Penguin Classics is this 1953 play, a parable about McCarthy's witch hunts'
"The Crucible"
1000
'A wooden torso mannequin was found near a clothing chest when this man opened King Tut's tomb in 1922'
Howard Carter
1000
'From the Latin for "hiss", it describes sounds like the first letter of sigh, speck & the correct response'
sibyl
1000
'Named for its inventor, this trendy, new "method" of body conditioning actually dates back to the 1920s'
Pilates
1000
'This area that was created in 1960 & has oil companies licking their chops is dominated by the Brooks Range'
ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
1000
'Penguin Classics has sold 300,000 copies of this ancient Sanskrit poem whose title means "song of the lord"'
the Bhagavad Gita