By the Numbers
Hope-Pourri
Around the House
Easternmost Nation
Musical Theater
100

A song performed by to singers

What is duet?

100
This most famous precious gem in the world is on display at the Smithsonian Institution

What is Hope Diamond?

100

Professional who draws up plans for a house

Who is architect (or draftsman)?

100

Algeria, Iran, or China

What is China?

100

A postulant leaves the convent temporarily to become a governess for the Von Trapp family in the Austrian Alps. Instead of returning to the convent, she marries her boss in this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical.

What is The Sound of Music?

200

In 1973, this fast-food chain added the "Quarter Pounder" to its menu

What is McDonald's?

200

Originally, this piece of furniture was used by unmarried women to store clothing and linens for her married life.

What is hope chest?

200

Call someone in this profession when your sink has a leak

What is plumbing?
200

Brazil, Ecuador, or Peru

What is Brazil?

200

She played the original Mrs. Dolly Levi on Broadway at the St. James Theater.

Who is Carol Channing?

300

A cycle with only one wheel

What is unicycle?

300

Children's oath: Cross my heart and [three missing words]

What is hope to die

300

This occupies the same building as the U.S. House of Representatives

What is U.S. Senate?

300

Portugal, Spain, and France

What is France?

300

In this musical, Tevye sings "If I Were a Rich Man."

What is Fiddler on the Roof?

400

Weather reports often include this type of air pressure as a number

What is barometric?

400

This comedian was Jack Benny's contemporary and often worked with Bing Crosby

Who is Bob Hope?

400

Slab and crawl space are two types of this

What is foundation?

400

Greenland, Iceland, or United Kingdom

What is United Kingdom?

400

In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, household pets with human characteristics take the place of humans as characters

What is Cats?

500
Another word for trinity, also starting with a T, and meaning "a group of three." Also, a musical term meaning a chord of three tones

What is triad?

500

This U.S. president used the campaign slogan "Hope and Change" in his 2007 campaign

Who is Barack Obama?

500

This is the title given to the presiding officer in the U.S. House of Representatives

What is Speaker of the House?

500

Canada, the 48 contiguous United States, or Mexico

What is Canada?

500

This Broadway musical came after the film and is set in London. The storyline is woven around the life of the Banks family, their nanny, and the nanny’s friend Bert, a chimney sweep

What is Mary Poppins?