PANTONE COLORS OF THE YEAR
SCIENCY STUFF
LET'S VISIT THE CITY
KING
RATHER ODD NUMBERS
5 FIRST DATES
100
This flower followed Fuchsia & preceded Quartz in the names of colors for 2001 & 2016
ROSE
100
This genus of bacteria causes not only the sore throat named for it but the skin condition impetigo
STREP
100
Palaces & museums line Unter den Linden, an avenue in this capital city
BERLIN
100
In the land of these people the one-eyed man is king
THE BLIND
100
It was at the insistence of Louis Wadsworth, an 1850s first baseman, that baseball games got this length
9 INNINGS
100
A prince & an actress they met on a 2016 blind date set up by Violet von Westenholz, daughter of a baron
PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MARKLE
200
The color of the year for 2000 was Cerulean Blue the subject of a famous rant by Meryl Streep in this 2006 hit film
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
200
Unique to each isotope it's the time it takes for 50% of a radioactive substance to disintegrate
A HALF-LIFE
200
The big attraction in this city's Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) is a bell tower that's 4 degrees from perpendicular
PISA
200
Prior to the Civil War, the South's economic staple was frequently referred to as king this
COTTON
200
Fast to dial & NOT an area code--those are the basic rationales for this 3-digit number introduced in 1968
9-1-1
200
John Krasinski took this actress to a shooting range
EMILY BLUNT
300
Want to get this color for 2009? Try mixing orange juice & champagne
MIMOSA
300
Alcohol dehydrogenase, one of these complex proteins, breaks down ethanol during digestion
AN ENZYME
300
Ramble through La Rambla & then maybe Joan Miró Park as you brush up on your Catalan in this city
BARCELONA
300
Oft repeated, this 6-word line from Leonardo DiCaprio was repeated by his director after an Oscar win
I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!
300
A standard dose of this medication was once 325 mg so a common preventive dose is 1/4 of that or 81 mg
ASPIRIN
300
The movie Southside with You chronicles the 1989 first date of this later to be famous couple
BARACK & MICHELLE OBAMA
400
The red-brown color for 2015 is the name of this fortified Sicilian wine often used in cooking
MARSALA
400
In radio broadcasting A.M. stands for this modulation
AMPLITUDE
400
Check out Cottlesloe Beach & have a g'day in this capital of Western Australia
PERTH
400
This kids' game involves climbing a mound of some sort & laying waste to all who try to dethrone you
KING OF THE HILL
400
At one point someone counted this many palm trees hence the name of the city where Joshua Tree National Park is headquartered
29 PALMS
400
This kung fu legend flipped future wife Linda over his shoulder onto the ground then asked, "Want to go to the Space Needle?"
BRUCE LEE
500
This greenish-blue December birthstone was the color for 2010
TURQUOISE
500
This directional math term is used to describe a person who carries a disease & transmits it to others
A VECTOR
500
Begun in 778 the Buddhist temple Kiyomizu-Dera is in this city & former capital of Japan
KYOTO
500
A 1546 English proverb says one of these may look on a king, basically meaning everyone has rights
A CAT
500
This long black robe worn by priests traditionally has 33 buttons for Christ's age & 5 on each sleeve for his wounds
A CASSOCK
500
Possible first date chat 1928--
Anne: Nice car.
Him: Oh thanks it's an Airman. The company named the model in my honor
(CHARLES) LINDBERGH