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Call The Police
Children's Books
Famous Pairs
Silent B
Familiar Expressions
100
Also an after-school penalty, it's the holding of a suspect in custody to await charges or trial
What is detention
100
She also wrote "Little Town on the Prairie"
Who is laura Ingalls Wilder
100
Built & flew the first practical airplane
Who are the Wright Brothers
100
Horticulturists use trellises to train their flowers & vines to do this
What is climb
100
Teddy Roosevelt used the expression "speak softly and" do this
What is carry a big stick
200
Dactyloscopy is a forensic method of studying these to establish identification
What is fingerprints
200
What a good daughter! She dedicated "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." to her mother
Who is Judy Blume
200
In Roman mythology, the king & queen of the gods
Who are Jupiter and Juno
200
Birds ate Hansel & Gretel's trail of these, so they weren't able to find their way home
What are crumbs
200
The saying "If anything can go wrong it will" is known as his "law"
What is Murphy
300
It's a legal document empowering the police to look through a premises for evidence of illegal activity
What is a search warrant
300
Rejected by 26 publishers, this beloved classic by Madeleine L'Engle is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012
What is A Wrinkle in Time
300
Title Trojan lovers in a Shakespeare play
Who are Troilus and Cressida?
300
It can be money owed, or an offense requiring forgiveness
What is debt
300
his title of a self-help book & a film with Drew Barrymore means forget the guy, he isn't interested
What is He's Just Not that Into You
400
Abbreviated FRS, this system is an advanced computerized method for identifying suspects
What is facial recognition system
400
Chris Van Allsburg won a Caldecott Medal for this modern classic about a Christmas train
What is The Polar Express
400
Business partners whose circus was purchased by the Ringling Brothers in 1907
Who are Barnum and Bailey?
400
Distrust or uncertainty
What is doubt
400
It's popularly said that "the opera isn't over till" this person sings
What is the fat lady
500
The NYPD calls its stations these; the 17th one is headquartered on East 51st
What is precinct?
500
In Chapter VIII of this favorite, our heroes take a trip through the deadly poppy field
What is The Wizard of Oz?
500
Founded a sporting goods & apparel store in 1892 that today focuses on casual wear
Who are Abercrombie & Finch?
500
So slight as to be difficult to detect
What is doubt
500
It was John Donne who coined the phrase "No man is" this "entire of itself"
What is an island