j-archive-5982-J-2010-09-21

WOMEN ON THE MAP

200

'This provincial capital on Vancouver Island is famous for its Butchart Gardens'

Victoria

400

'New Jersey's 4 largest cities in population are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson & her'

Elizabeth

600

'It's the capital of South Australia & alphabetically first among the country's major cities'

Adelaide

800

'The city of Enid in this state is believed to be named for a character in "Idylls of the King"'

Oklahoma

1000

'Named for a Danish queen, it's the capital of the U. S. Virgin Islands'

Charlotte Amalie

ZAC(H/K) ATTACK

200

'Zachary Quinto showed us the logic as this character in 2009's "Star Trek"'

Spock

400

'Zach Johnson donned the green jacket as the 2007 winner of this sporting event'

The Masters

600

'He was the voice of Chicken Little in a 2005 film, but he's better known for his role in "Scrubs"'

Zach Braff

800

'He'll forever be remembered as Troy Bolton, the captain of his high school's basketball team who can sing'

Zac Efron

1000

'Zack de la Rocha tapped into his anger as the vocalist in this group featuring guitarist Tom Morello'

Rage Against the Machine

THAT HURTS!

200

'In 1954 Becton, Dickinson & Company created the first mass-produced disposable these items for vaccines'

syringes

400

'Angelina Jolie's lips are sometimes described as this hyphenated term, as if she'd been attacked by a flying insect'

bee-stung

600

'Before "group" it means a sect separate from a larger body; by itself it refers to a small shard of wood or bone'

splinter

800

'At the website for this product, you can get an M18L with a laser sight that shoots 2 barbs deploying 50,000 volts'

Taser

1000

'Clearing land by cutting trees down and then setting fire to them is called this "& burn"'

slash

I KNOW "UR"

200

'Adjective meaning calling for prompt action'

urgent

400

'Bearlike'

ursine

600

'It's a heavy grayish element'

uranium

800

'Shorthand for an Internet address'

URL

1000

'A chemical compound of the group NH-CO-O; you're probably familiar with the "poly" form'

urethane

BUT WHAT AM EYE?

200

'It's the eye part highlighted here. Oh, look, all our camera operators are dying to buzz in!'

the lens

400

'The sclera covers about 5/6 of the eyeball & this, about 1/6; don't get it scratched!'

the cornea

600

'This makes up the innermost layer of the wall of the eyeball & has 120 million rods & 6 million cones'

the retina

800

'The more melanin & the closer it is to the surface, the darker the color of this 4-letter eye part'

the iris

1000

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the eye on the monitor.) Tears are constantly produced from glands above the eye, pass across the eyeball & flow out through these two ducts that open at the inner corner of each eye'

lacrimal ducts