FAMILIAR PHRASES
MATH
YOU'RE HISTORY!
STARTS WITH A "J"
DRAFT PICKS
100

Also a magazine founded in 1923, it "is of the essence"

What is time?

100

Sixty-six plus thirty-two

What is 98?

100

Heads up! This 16th century British king had 6 wives & a Tudor garage

Who is King Henry VIII?

100

Many computer games use this lever

What is a joystick?

100

Its name tells you that it's "Genuine Draft beer"

What is Miller?

200

When you "bite the bullet" you do something unpleasant; when you "bite" this, you're dead

What is the dust?

200

One-hundred-forty-eight divided by four

What is 37?
200

This fighter for a woman's right to vote died in 1906, 14 years before the 19th Amendment made her dream a reality

Who is Susan B. Anthony?

200

To cross the street illegally

What is jaywalk?

200

2 brothers launched this lager in 1887; it's Australian for beer, mate

What is Foster's?

300

It's what they say about rain in the fourth month of the year & its effect on growth in the fifth

What is April showers bring May flowers?

300

Seventy-three minus fourteen

What is 59?

300

In 45 B.C. this Roman's army defeated the 2 sons of Pompey; it would be his final battle

Who is Julius Caesar?

300

It's combat between 2 knights on horseback using lances

What is jousting?

300

The founder of this stout was brilliant, getting a 9,000-year lease to a brewery at St. James' Gate in Dublin

What is Guinness?

400

It's a writer or musician's last work, or the chant of a certain water bird

What is a swan song?

400

Seventeen times six

What is 102?

400

Hold the phone! said Elisha Gray & Thomas Edison, who both sued this Scottish-born inventor (& lost)

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

400

It can be a shade of green or a green mineral used in jewelry & carvings

What is jade?

400

This pale ale that's brewed in the Northern California city of Chico is named for a nearby mountain range

What is Sierra Nevada?

500

Herbert Spencer coined this 4-word phrase to describe Darwin's theory of natural selection

What is survival of the fittest?

500

Twenty-three plus eight minus sixteen

What is 15?

500

This future U.S. president graduated from West Point in 1915, 61st in a class of 164

Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?

500

You could say this cow is far from home; its breed is named for this island--about 3,000 miles to the east

 

What is Jersey?

500

A Belgian brewery created this beer for Christmas 1926 but started it year-round when it proved popular

What is Stella Artois?