Famous People
Language
Words beginning with "Mac"
Ancient America
Science and Nature
100

He commanded the German "Afrika Korps" during World War Two.

Erwin Rommel

100

This is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

Alpha

100

This is William Shakespeare's briefest play.

MacBeth

100

The "Red Paint People" were paleolithic inhabitants of this state, now home of red lobsters.

Maine

100

These are the two planets between which you find the asteroid belt.

Mars and Jupiter.

200

He wrote "The Origin of Species." 

Charles Darwin

200

This is the universal language of the Catholic Church.

Latin

200

This is a large, heavy knife with a blade shaped like a broad sword, originally designed for cutting through vegetation.

Machete

200

Ten million years ago, you caouldn't get to the bottom of this 217-mile-long Arizona gorge; it didn't exist.

The Grand Canyon

200

This is the common name of an infinite spacetime warp.

A black hole.

300

Before Barry Bonds surpassed his Major League Baseball all-time home run record in 2007, this man held the record of 755 home runs since 1974.

Henry (Hank) Aaron

300

This is the vertical part of a stair step

Riser or Rise

300

This is a mountainous region in southeastern Europe.  It was also the home to Alexander the Great's father, Philip.

Macedon or Macedonia

300

It was only ten thousand years ago that the last of these retreated over North America, leaving the now "Great Lakes."

Glaciers

300

This is the common term for an organic catalyst.

An enzyme.

400

This Russian monk exerted great influence of the last Czar and Czarina of Russia.

Grigor Rasputin

400

This is the mallet used by a court judge.

Gavel

400

This is the word for a measure of great speed, usually achieved by airplanes.

Mach

400

All the encyclopedias once used by the "Jeopardy!" game show had the same painting of this ancient california cat whose genus is "Smilodon."

Saber-toothed tiger.

400

This is the material from which most micro-electronic chips -- or "microchips" are made from.  This material also is the name for a particular place in California where tech companies like Apple Inc. are concentrated

Silicon

500

He is the creator of the Muppets.

Jim Henson

500

THese are the two most widely spoken languages in South America.

Spanish and Portuguese.

500

His name stands for all that is cunning or two-faced in politics.  He also is the source of the cliche "The end justifies the means."

Machiavelli

500

They were only connected from 26,000 -- 8,000 B.C.E., which is why American human remains date back just 20,000 years.

Siberia (Russia) and Alaska

500

About 25% of the bones of your body are located in this part of your body.

The foot