INCREDIBLE MACHINES
MATHEMATICS
POTPOURRI
FIRE PLACES
TRIPLE "A"
200

THIS FIRST PASSENGER-CARRYING SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT COULD CRUISE AT 1,354 MPH

WHAT IS THE CONCORDE?

200

A REMAINDER IS THE NUMBER LEFT OVER AFTER THIS MATHEMATICAL OPERATION IS PERFORMED

WHAT IS DIVISION?

200

RUNNING BACK JACKSON OR ACTRESS DEREK

WHAT IS BO?

200

586 B.C.: NEBUCHADNEZZAR BURNS THIS CITY'S FIRST TEMPLE

WHAT IS JERUSALEM?

200
WHEN IN A HEFNER-IAN MOOD, I WEAR THESE SILK NIGHTCLOTHES

WHAT ARE PAJAMAS?

400

IN 1997 ANTARES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM TO CORRECT SINGERS WITH IMPERFECT PITCH

WHAT IS AUTO-TUNE?

400
THE EXACT VALUE OF THIS, THE RATIO OF A CIRCLE'S CIRCUMFERENCE TO ITS DIAMETER, CAN'T BE WRITTEN DOWN

WHAT IS PI?

400

WHEN FUNCTIONING PROPERLY "ALL SYSTEMS ARE" THIS, MEANING READY

WHAT IS GO?

400

1871: THE "GREAT FIRE" OF THIS ILLINOIS CITY STARTS IN A BARN ON DE DOVEN STREET

WHAT IS CHICAGO?

400

THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS JUST INLAND FROM LA GUAIRA, A CARIBBEAN SEA PORT

WHAT IS CARACAS?

600

EXAMPLES OF THIS 3-LETTER DEVICE ARE DISH NETWORK'S HOPPER AND DIRECTV'S GENIE

WHAT IS A DVR?

600

IN TRIGONOMETRY SINE IS ABBREVIATED SIN & THIS IS ABBREVIATED COS

WHAT IS COSINE?

600

IT FLOWS 405 MILES TO THE ADRIATIC

WHAT IS THE PO?

600

1613: FIRE BURNS THIS CITY'S GLOBE THEATRE

WHAT IS LONDON?

600

YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF A LOOK WHEN DREAMY OR PREOCCUPIED

WHAT IS FARAWAY?

800

AFTER SEEING A VIDEO ABOUT REMOVING A STUCK WINE CORK, JORGE ODON INVENTED A MEDICAL DEVICE TO EASE THIS PROCESS

WHAT IS CHILDBIRTH?

800

THIS CAN BE THE THIRD POWER OF A NUMBER OR, IN GEOMETRY, A SOLID FIGURE WITH 6 SQUARE FACES

WHAT IS A CUBE?

800

IN A KIPLING WORK, IT COMES BETWEEN "JUST" & "STORIES"

WHAT IS SO?

800

CIRCA 50 B.C.: THIS EGYPTIAN CITY'S LIBRARY IS TORCHED (BY JULIUS CAESAR, SOME SAY)

WHAT IS ALEXANDRIA?

800

WOODY ALLEN PLAYED FIELDING MELLISH IN THIS "TASTY" 1971 FILM

WHAT IS "BANANAS"

1000

THE MODEL S FROM THIS CAR COMPANY NAMED FOR AN INVENTOR HAS 0 EMISSIONS & GOES FROM 0 TO 100 IN 4.2 SECONDS

WHAT IS TESLA?

1000

THIS TYPE OF "STRIP", A CONTINUOUS FLAT LOOP WITH 1 TWIST, HAS ONLY 1 SURFACE

WHAT IS A MOBIUS STRIP?

1000

THE INNERMOST OF JUPITER'S 4 GALILEAN MOONS

WHAT IS IO?

1000

1871: THE HOTEL DE VILLE IN THIS CITY IS BURNED DURING THE COMMUNE

WHAT IS PARIS?

1000

ON THE FEAST OF THE PENTECOST, THIS KNIGHT SAW A VISION OF THE HOLY GRAIL

WHAT IS GALAHAD?