j-archive-4494-J-2004-03-04

WITHOUT MY PARTNER

200

'He composed the operetta "The Rose of Persia" to a libretto by Basil Hood, not Gilbert'

Sullivan

400

'A few years after Rolls died in a plane crash, he started making airplane engines'

(Frederick) Royce

600

'This first man listed in the "Film Encyclopedia" voiced cartoons after his partner's death'

(Bud) Abbott

800

'He didn't need Marx to publish the 1880 work "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"'

Engels

1000

'He led a creative revolution in advertising after the retirement of partner John Orr Young'

Raymond Rubicam (of Young & Rubicam)

FLAGS

200

'The term "Star-Spangled Banner" was first used for the U.S. flag during this war'

the War of 1812

400

'Israel's flag features 2 dark blue stripes on a white background & this symbol'

the Star of David

600

'In 1198 this British king adopted a flag with 3 lions'

Richard the Lionhearted

800

'Early in the 2nd millennium, ships from this city began flying the flag of Saint Mark, its patron'

Venice

1000

'Maryland's state flag features the coats of arms of 2 families related to Lord Baltimore: the Crosslands & this family'

the Calverts

WANNA BET?

200

'In Texas Hold 'Em, if the flop doesn't fit your hand, the experts say do this'

fold

400

'In the '50s, Edward Thorp fed millions of hands of this game into a computer which figured out how to win at it'

blackjack

600

'In this game a don't pass bet is a wager against the shooter'

craps

800

'When betting on one of these, a consistently low Beyer speed figure should be a red flag'

racehorse

1000

'In this fancy-schmancy card game, it's just who gets closest to a total of 9 who wins'

baccarat

CELEBRITIES' ORIGINAL NAMES

200

'Actor Nicholas Coppola'

Nicolas Cage

400

'West Winger Ramon Estevez'

Martin Sheen

600

'"Seinfeld" co-star Jay Greenspan'

Jason Alexander

800

'Wrestler turned politician James Janos'

Jesse Ventura

1000

'Wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson'

The Rock

SCIENCE & NATURE

200

'The deepest diver among these birds is the emperor species of this, which may dive to 900 feet in the Antarctic waters'

penguin

400

'A grub is this soft, thick stage of metamorphosis of flies, wasps & beetles'

larva

600

'It's the fossilized resin from pine trees'

amber

800

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) This bovine name is given to the process whereby huge chunks of ice break off glaciers, giving birth to icebergs'

calving

1000

'This cloudy atmosphere containing the nucleus of a comet may reach a diameter of 1 million miles'

coma