j-archive-5581-J-2008-12-08

RED STATES

200

'Like Grosse Pointe, Redford is a suburb of the largest city in this state'

Michigan

400

'Red is one of the many colors in the palette of this state's "Painted Desert"'

Arizona

600

'Redwood City, Redding & Redlands are all cities in this state'

California

800

'If you're visiting Glacier National Park in this state, be sure to check out Red Mountain & Red Eagle Mountain'

Montana

1000

'2 of the 3 states whose borders are partially formed by the Red River of the South'

Texas & Oklahoma (& Arkansas)

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

200

'The first Olympic Games were established to honor this "king of the gods"'

Zeus

400

'The Winter Games are always held, all or in part, in this month'

February

600

'Sprinter Merlene Ottey, an 8-time Olympic medalist, represented this Caribbean nation in competition'

Jamaica

800

'Hugo Wieslander was in the record books as 1912 decathlon champ until 1982, when this man was reinstated'

Jim Thorpe

1000

'Her winning streak with Kerri Walsh hit 108 en route to Olympic gold but "Dancing with the Stars" proved an Achilles heel'

Misty May Treanor

MIDDLE NAMES

200

'Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia:
Edward'

(Robert E.) Lee

400

'An MGM studio founder & executive: Burt'

Louis Mayer

600

'A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox'

(James K.) Polk

800

'Had a real standard when it came to oil:
Davison'

(John D.) Rockefeller

1000

'A civilly disobedient leader:
Karamchand'

(Mohandas K.) Gandhi

PLANTS

200

'In 2006 the city of L.A. Iimited its planting of this tall tree because it's disease-prone, non-native & gives little shade'

the palm

400

'This plant family native to America originally had leaves, but they evolved into spines'

the cactus

600

'Archaeologists have found that varieties of this grain, like Emmer & Einkorn, were grown in the 7th millennium B.C.'

wheat

800

'Whether Anaheim or Poblano, these are technically fruits because they develop from the ovary of a flower'

a chili pepper

1000

'This tree's name comes from the Hindi word for "trader" because people displayed their wares in its shade'

the banyan tree

A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10

200

'American Express Card numbers start with 3; MasterCard numbers, with this digit'

5

400

'Ballplayers in a battery'

2 (pitcher & catcher)

600

'Number of times a person today can be elected president of Mexico'

once

800

'When writing, many Europeans cross it; most Americans don't'

7

1000

'In the 1930s Harlan F. Stone & Owen J. Roberts were 2 of the group called this many "old men"'

9