Pieces of "Eight"
Winning Streaks
On the Go
Volcanoes
On the Bookshelf
200
LXXVIII
What is 78?
200
After going 7-3 arguing before the Supreme Court, this person reeled of an amazing 22 straight wins, including the unanimously decided Brown v. Board of Education, and would join the court himself in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert"
What is a camel?
200
Seen here are the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii, with this volcano lurking innocently in the background
What is Mount Vesuvius?
200
Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" imagines the young woman who inspired a masterpiece by this Dutch painter
Who is Johannes Vermeer?
400
I could have had this type of internal-combustion engine with 2 opposed banks of 4 cylinders
What is a V8?
400
This Midwesterner did have some down years in his 50+ year investing success story, but also some pretty good streaks, including a 9-year run where shares in his company increased in value by an average of 52% a year
Who is Warren Buffet?
400
Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter
What is a paddlewheel?
400
Beneath this U.S. National Park isn't just a volcano, but a supervolcano that has had 3 super eruptions and could blow again
What is Yellowstone?
400
Lisbeth Salander has a Chinese symbol inked on her hip and a wasp on her neck, as well as the design mentioned in the title of this novel
What is "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"?
600
A 134-pound boxer, or a guy who can't hold his booze
What is a lightweight?
600
In the 19th century, Mischief, Vigilant, and appropriately, Defender, kept this item in the hands of the U.S. for what eventually added up to 132 years and 24 defenses, including one led by Ted Turner.
What is the America's Cup?
600
Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland
What is a monorail?
600
In December 2019 a tourist expedition turned deadly when a volcano erupted on this country's White Island
What is New Zealand?
600
"The Final Days" was Woodward & Bernstein's sequel to this nonfiction bestseller
What is "All the President's Men"?
800
An ice-skating move, or a type of knot
What is a figure-eight?
800
28 publishers rejected the first book by this legal thriller master, but he had the last laugh by writing 28 consecutive no. 1 fiction best-sellers
Who is John Grisham?
800
Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour
What is luge?
800
Mount Erebus, the most southerly active volcano, is located on this Antarctic island that shares its name with an ice shelf
What is Ross?
800
He followed up "The Underground Railroad" with "The Nickel Boys"
Who is Colson Whitehead?
1000
Perhaps foreign objects if you weren't around to enjoy music in the 1970s, they're the items seen here
What is an eight-track tape?
1000
The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30
Who is Alexander the Great?
1000
In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater
What is the Triton?
1000
In 1883 an explosive eruption of this volcano in the Sunda Strait could be heard nearly 3,000 miles away
What is Krakatoa?
1000
Dubbed "The Queen of Suspense" for such novels as "You Belong To Me", this beloved author passed away in 2020 at age 92
Who is Mary Higgins Clark?