j-archive-5700-D-2009-05-22

THE DOLPHINS

200

'The dolphin kick is used in competition in this sport'

swimming

400

'The tucuxi, an under-4-foot dolphin, has been found swimming more than 1,500 miles up this river'

the Amazon

600

'Seen here, this variety of dolphin takes its name from a distinctive facial feature'

the bottlenose

800

'This research society has published the Dolphin Log for kids & the Calypso Log for adults'

the Cousteau Society

1000

'In the 400s B.C. this Greek historian told the story of the rescue of the poet Arion by a dolphin'

Herodotus

THE GIANTS

200

'"Hands of Victory", giant crossed swords made from melted guns used in the war against Iran, dominate this city's skyline'

Baghdad

400

'A giant ocean cataract, a type of this under the Denmark Strait, carries 5 million cubic meters of water per second'

a waterfall

600

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Completely landlocked & fed by rivers like the Zhem, the Ural & the Volga, this large sea is actually a lake'

the Caspian

800

'If you're visiting the rocky promontory called the Giant's Causeway, you're traveling on this island'

Ireland

1000

'To see Mario Irarrazabal's giant "Hand of the Desert" statue, visit the Atacama Desert in this country'

Chile

THE SUPER BOWL

200

'A 1979 third-round draft pick by the 49ers, this QB was Super Bowl MVP 3 times'

Joe Montana

400

'That's right, Watson--this Steeler's catch in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIII won him the MVP'

(Santonio) Holmes

600

'This city on the Great Lakes is the only NFL city that has never hosted nor appeared in a Super Bowl'

Cleveland

800

'The 1980 Raiders were first to win a Super Bowl after making the playoffs as this, a non-division winner'

a wildcard

1000

'In 1988 he became the first African-American quarterback to start & win a Super Bowl'

Doug Williams

THE "BUC"s

200

'It's grain ground into flour, o-tay?'

buckwheat

400

'Perhaps to keep this president from being lonely, the King of Siam offered him a herd of elephants'

(James) Buchanan

600

'An open 4-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a flexible seat'

a buckboard

800

'Whenever Johnny & I wrestle, he climbs up to the top one of these corner-of-the-ring supports & bodyslams me'

a turnbuckle

1000

'This monarch has a troubling dream in the Bible's Book of Daniel'

Nebuchadnezzar

THE JETS

200

'The "Q" in QSST, a proposed 12-passenger luxury jet, stands for "quiet", as it wouldn't produce this 2-word sound'

a sonic boom

400

'Introduced in the 1980s, it's the Boeing jet whose digits add up to 20'

the 767

600

'In the Korean War U.S. F-86 Sabre jets participated in dogfights with these Soviet fighter planes'

MiGs

800

'The A380 from this France-based co. was designed to carry up to 840 passengers; how long does deplaning take?'

Airbus

1000

'Each turbojet on the Northrop F-5E generates 3,500 pounds of thrust; these "kick in" to boost thrust to 5,000 pounds'

afterburners