j-archive-5687-J-2009-05-05

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

200

'Yes, there really is a name for the fear of this number--it's triskaidekaphobia'

13

400

'It's the country someone with sinophobia would be least apt to visit'

China

600

'Sadly, with panphobia, you're afraid of this, & this, & this & this...'

everything

800

'If you're a tachophobe, you won't be feeling the need for this'

speed

1000

'Papyrophobia is the fear of this--touching it, seeing it, being cut by it'

paper

SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE

200

'A merchant's 1919 bequest for music education resulted in this NYC academy's graduate school'

the Juilliard School

400

'This religious leader bought a building from the Univ. of Deseret, founded a school & named it for himself'

Brigham Young

600

'N.C.'s Trinity College changed its name to this after a tobacco family that gave the school millions'

Duke

800

'It's no surprise that a New Hampshire university is named for this 14th president'

Franklin Pierce

1000

'James Bayley founded this N.J. university & named it for his aunt, the first American-born saint'

Seton Hall

YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

200

'Our drinking game: if someone on C-SPAN says, "Madam Speaker", take a sip of Darjeeling this'

tea

400

'Around 11:00 P.M., we break out the card game "authors"; do you have any of this man seen here?'

Mark Twain

600

'The karaoke machine is loaded weth arias, like this composer's "Celeste Aida"'

Verdi

800

'We get wild with the Greek crowd when our friend Christos stuffs these leaves'

grape leaves

1000

'After too much Jolt, we call MIT's Alan Guth & argue about his inflation model, which modifies this cosmic theory'

the Big Bang theory

HOMOPHONES

200

'Showers, or leather straps that control a horse'

rains/reins

400

'A horse's harness, or pertaining to a wedding'

bridle/bridal

600

'To acquire through merit, or a large decorative vase'

earn/urn

800

'A plant of the parsley family, or a unit to measure the fineness of gold'

carrot/karat

1000

'Transparently thin, or to cut wool'

sheer/shear

ARCHAEOLOGY

200

'In 1996 Franck Goddio discovered her palace underwater in the harbor of Alexandria'

Cleopatra

400

'Rano Raraku, a quarry on this South Pacific island, produced about 900 moai, or statues, some over 30' tall'

Easter Island

600

'In 1865 John Lubbock became the first to use this term referring to the "Old Stone Age"'

paleolithic

800

'The Clovis people, who date back 13,000 years, were named for the town in this state where artifacts were first found'

New Mexico

1000

'Carved in 196 B.C., its text was written by priests to honor Ptolemy V'

the Rosetta Stone