ROCKS AND MINERALS
A MILLION BUCKS A'INT WHAT IT USE TO BE
HIGH SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS
BY THE NUMBERS
C BEFORE E AFTER I
100

Howlite dyed blue to imitate this ancient stone is sold as turquenite


TURQUOISE 

100

With a million bucks you could have seen 20 million movies at one of these early 1900s theaters as the name told you


A NICKELODEON 

100

Posed a series of oral or written questions


QUIZZED 

100

Useful in information theory a binary numbering system uses only these 2 digits


1 AND 0

100

Proverbially ____ makes perfect


PRACTICE

200

Chert & this related rock that fractures into pointy pieces provided tools & weapons 2 million years ago


FLINT 

200

In the first sale of a diamond for a mil in 1969 the parent co. of this French jeweler outbid Richard Burton then sold it to him


 CARTIER 

200

For 23 points it's the day on which the sun crosses the celestial equator


EQUINOX

200

Someone with extra acreage between eyebrows & hairline may be punningly called this


A FIVE-HEAD 

200

A 200th anniversary


BICENTENNIAL

300

Peekskill N.Y. was once a center for mining this abrasive rock used on a board to file nails


EMERY

300

In 1957 a million bucks would have paid for a helluva baseball team; this man No. 24 for the Giants made $50000


WILLIE MAYS 

300

This synonym for a pancake earns you 26 points


FLAPJACK

300

U.S. Army units include this size each with more than 15000 soldiers; the 1st Armored is one of them


A DIVISION

300

Pain-controlling care facility for the terminally ill


HOSPICE 

400

In the late 1800s this material that naturally splits into thin sheets was very popular for roofs in the northeast


SLATE 

400

In 1938 this first Superman comic cost a dime; now a million bucks will get you a third of one copy


ACTION COMICS 

400

It's worth 23 it's from Yiddish meaning dirt or filth & you'e got a little on your shoe


SCHMUTZ  

400

An intoxicated person is this many sheets to the wind


THREE

400

It's a narrow opening in a cliff


A CREVICE 

500

The first diamonds to be mined came from this country especially from the ancient city of Golconda


INDIA 

500

Probably the USA's only millionaire in 1799 was Elias Derby who sent the 1st ship from New Eng. to Guangzhou then called this


CANTON 

500

The Z gets you off to a good start in this 25-point study of the chemistry of fermentation


ZYMURGY

500

The probability of throwing any number on a standard die is 1 in this many


6

500

Decorative molding along the top of a wall or building


CORNICE