AMERICAN LITERATURE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY*
AUSTRALIA*
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
NONPOTENT POTABLES*
Happy New Year!
DD+FJ
400
Part 3 of this novel by Ray Bradbury is called "Burning Bright"
Fahrenheit 451
400
Kodak stopped producing instant film & cameras due to infringement on this company's patents.
Polaroid
400
In Aussie English, it's called a "jumbuck", & we're not pulling the wool over your eyes.
Sheep
400
"The Little Princess" of early Hollywood, she was turned down for a part in the "Our Gang" series before she was a star.
Shirley Temple
400
CO2 in H2O
carbonated water
400
It won't be crowded this year, its the festive New York City location where the ball has dropped for more than 100 years.
Times Square
400
This chocolate company has become the largest food conglomerate in the world.
Nestle
800
The narrator & protagonist of "The Catcher in the Rye" also appeared in other stories by J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield
800
By 1879 this man controlled about 95% of the oil refining capacity of the U.S.
John D. Rockefeller
800
More than 1,200 miles long, this top tourist attraction can't be seen from the shore of the mainland.
Great Barrier Reef
800
The daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, she's been called "the First Lady of Cinema"
Katherine Hepburn
800
A New York company makes a line of flavored tea that shares its name with this Western state.
Arizona
800
Over 40% of these fail by February - defined as a "a firm decision to do or not to do something"
Resolutions
800
The now famous report on his first screen test said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances."
Fred Astaire
1200
With "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72", he went gonzo over the presidential election.
Hunter S. Thompson
1200
DAILY DINGER! #1
DAILY DINGER! #1
1200
The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive.
Tasmanian Devil
1200
1956's "Dance With Me Henry" was this comedy duo's last film together.
Abbott & Costello
1200
Consumption of this beverage peaked around 1950 when the average American downed 600 glasses a yr.
Milk
1200
More than 2,000 pounds of this material is typically dropped in Times Square to bring in the new year.
Confetti
1600
In a 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs tale, Civil War vet John Carter is magically transported here.
Mars
1600
A 1986 U.S.-Japan agreement set prices on these parts to avoid undercutting U.S. producers.
(computer) chips (semiconductors)
1600
Australia's 3 major political parties are the National, Liberal & this, a party that is most recognizable in the United Kingdom.
Labor
1600
The big 5 companies of the studio era were Paramount, RKO, Fox, MGM & this Burbank-based company.
Warner Bros.
1600
After the Civil War, this dentist learned to pasteurize grape juice, which he then sold.
(Thomas B.) Welch
1600
Since the early 1990's this aircraft, often referred to as a Stealth Bomber, has provided a flyover for the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl.
B-2 Bomber
2000
The narrator of this Poe story says, "The disease had sharpened my senses... Above all was the sense of hearing acute"
The Tell-Tale Heart
2000
Originally a syringe & scalpel company, this brand changed focus when one of its knives was used in a pinch to fix a print ad.
X-ACTO
2000
The 2 Australian states that are named for a royal personage.
Victoria & Queensland
2000
DAILY DINGER! #2
DAILY DINGER! #2
2000
The ingredient which makes root beer foamy is the sap of this desert tree.
Yucca Tree
2000
This Caribbean country gained their independence on Jan. 1, 1803 after being ruled by the Spanish and French.
Haiti
2000
FINAL JEOPARDY: LANDMARKS
Irish-born architect J. Hoban designed this building in 1792 & finished rebuilding it 25 years later.