MUSIC CLASS
"OUND" ABOUT
DOWN SOUTH
STORY SPOILERS
POLITICIANS
200
'On sheet music, this sign identifies the second line of the staff as the G above middle C'
a treble clef
200
'5,760 grains in troy weight or 7,000 grains in avoirdupois weight'
a pound
200
'For authentic Cajun & Creole dishes, head down south to this "Bayou State"'
Louisiana
200
'Harry is chosen for & competes in the Triwizard Tournament. He fights Voldemort. "Moody" tries to kill Harry'
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
200
'Before he was NYC mayor, he was the U.S. attorney who prosecuted the mafia in the "pizza connection" case'
Rudy Giuliani
400
'The name of this section of an orchestra in which instruments are struck comes from the Latin for "a beating"'
percussion
400
'Where a baseball pitcher stands'
the mound
400
'The 1862 Civil War battle of these 2 ironclads ended when one had to withdraw because of the tides'
the Monitor and the Merrimack
400
'Jess likes to run. Jess & Leslie build a fantasyland filled with creatures. Leslie drowns. Jess crowns his sis'
Bridge to Terabithia
400
'We hope Silvestre Reyes can keep secrets--he chairs the House Permanent Select Committee on this'
Intelligence
600
'In 1890 this composer wrote a rousing number called "The High School Cadets", heard here'
(John Philip) Sousa
600
'8-letter word meaning to encircle or enclose on all sides'
surround
600
'Opryland, once a popular theme park in this city, was demolished to make way for a shopping mall'
Nashville
600
'Ponyboy vs. the Socs. Johnny kills a Soc. A church catches on fire, kids are saved. Johnny dies, Dally is shot'
The Outsiders
600
'This senator was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review'
Barack Obama
800
'Rachmaninoff wrote one "on a Theme of Paganini"; Gershwin wrote on "in Blue"'
a rhapsody
800
'Subterranean'
underground
800
'In 2004 this hyphenated North Carolina city was named one of the most livable cities in America'
Winston-Salem
800
'Sherlock Holmes discovers a cane, then a family curse. Howling is heard. The culprit drowns on the moors'
The Hound of the Baskervilles
800
'In 2004 this North Carolinian was almost the vice president-elect'
John Edwards
1000
'You may have studied these Chopin pieces whose name is French for "studies"'
études
1000
'In chemistry, a substance consisting of 2 or more elements'
a compound
1000
'Home to a famous naval hospital, this unincorporated Maryland city was named for a church'
Bethesda
1000
'Trojans flee Troy. Dido & Aeneas hook up. He goes, she stabs herself. The Trojans reach Italy. Fighting ensues'
the Aeneid
1000
'This former Massachusetts governor was CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City'
Mitt Romney