ASTRONOMY
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
4-LETTER WORDS
@$&!
200
'In 1672 Giovanni Cassini determined the distance from the Earth to this, creating a new measuring unit, the Au'
the sun
200
'This magazine’s website says it’s “more than a magazine to Black America… it’s a way of life”'
Ebony
200
'Guernsey'
England
200
'If your birthday is on September 24, you’re on this of the sign of Libra'
the cusp
200
'The $ may have originated as PS, an abbreviation for this other monetary unit'
the peso
400
'In 1679 Danish astronomer Ole Romer was the first to figure out the speed of this'
light
400
'In 2004 this magazine’s website featured a remote camera to watch the migrating sandhill cranes in Nebraska'
National Geographic
400
'Baffin Island'
Canada
400
'4-letter Italian term for the boss of a crime syndicate'
a capo
400
'The artist Chryssa is noted for her light art &s done in tubes of this gas'
neon
600
'Term for the astronomical event that heralds the beginning of summer'
the solstice
600
'The USA’s 2 top-selling magazines are Reader’s Digest & TV Guide; this “Better” magazine comes in third'
Better Homes and Gardens
600
'Corfu'
Greece
600
'It’s in dictionaries as the sound a small object makes dropping into water, sometimes without a splash'
plop
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates at a chalkboard.) For the way it curls, Germans call our @ sign the Affinschwanz or this part of a monkey'
the tail
800
'To an astronomer UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation'
Ursa Major
800
'In March 2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger became executive editor of the magazine called Muscle & this'
Fitness
800
'The Canary Islands'
Spain
800
'This problem that sounds like what a coyote does at night could threaten a golfer’s career'
the yips
800
'The name of this company, whose symbol is seen here, consists of 3-letters plus an &'
AT&T
1000
'A large crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas is named for the British astronomer who discovered the moon in 1789'
William Herschel
1000
'This largest newspaper chain owns the Des Moines Register & about 100 other papers'
Gannett
1000
'Bimini'
Bahamas
1000
'The dying cowboy in “Streets of Laredo” wants 6 pretty girls to bear this'
his pall
1000
$100