Season 36 (2501-3000) Flashcards
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Someone deeply respected due to their serious nature has a lot of this 8- letter Latin term
gravitas
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Meaning an emergency force, “posse” this
comitatus
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Heathcliff & Edgar Linton
Wuthering Heights
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Yuri, Uncle Kolya, Lara
Doctor Zhivago
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: By Zadie Smith: Samad Iqbal & family, Archie Jones & family, the Chalfen family
White Teeth
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Nat; Joseph Travis, his master; Judge Cobb
The Confessions of Nat Turner
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Mildred Rogers & the clubfooted Philip Carey
Of Human Bondage
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Elvis: “We’re caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, because I love you too much, baby… we can’t go on to-gether, with” these
suspicious minds
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: "No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I’ll tell you once more, before I get off the floor”, this E.L.O. title
"Don’t Bring Me Down"
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Walk the Moon: “Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said you’re holding back, she said” do this
shut up and dance with me
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: This group: “My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps, my lovely lady lumps"
The Black Eyed Peas
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Tom Jones: “His fight goes on & on & on, but he thinks that the fight is worth it all, so he strikes like” this
Thunderball
U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS: In 2018 Forbes said this “Belt’s Demographic Delight is” this other “Belt’s Demographic Dilemma"
the Sun Belt & the Rust Belt
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: If you are forced out of the company, a golden this clause will make sure you are well taken care of
parachute
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: For a good military “retreat”, book an executive one at this service academy’s Thayer Hotel in the Hudson Valley
West Point
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: It’s the anatomical nickname for executive search consultants
headhunters
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: The Toyota Century is the limousine of choice for the person with this title (a new one took over in 2019)
emperor of Japan
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: This brand became synonymous with a private jet after it debuted in 1963–Bombardier makes them now
Learjets
MED. ABBREV.: AKI refers to “acute” this organ “injury”, which means you’re having trouble removing waste
kidney
MED. ABBREV.: Sometimes done along with a hysterectomy, a BSO is a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, a removal of these
ovaries
MED. ABBREV.: Doc gets out the little rubber hammer to test your DTR, or “deep” this “reflex"
tendon
MED. ABBREV.: A CBC, or “complete” this, gets hemoglobin & platelet stats
a complete blood count
MED. ABBREV.: There’s no “Q” in this adjective for a shot given into the fatty tissue under the skin, but SQ is the abbreviation for it
subcutaneous
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2019 is the Year of this array of elements, as it’s the 150th anniversary
the Periodic Table
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2009, the International Year of Astronomy, celebrated 400 years of this invention
the telescope
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2013 was the Year of this staple Andean crop, which the U.N. hopes can help eradicate world hunger
Quinoa
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2002 was the Year of this form of green travel, the visiting of natural habitats in a way that minimizes environmental impact
Ecotourism
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 1982 was the Year of Sanctions against this country that was suspended from the General Assembly in 1974 & readmitted in 1994
South Africa
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: The tallest of the working breeds, it’s Pennsylvania’s state dog; William Penn is said to have owned one
a Great Dane
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Its state tree is the sugar maple, though it has a mighty pine at the center of its state seal
Vermont
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Laugh maniacally as you realize the common one of these is Minnesota’s state bird
a loon
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Don Woods, the first weatherman on KTUL, created Gusty, the official cartoon character of this tornado-prone state
Oklahoma
BESTSELLING BOOKS: In “Reckless”, Chrissie Hynde recounts her early years as the lead singer of this band
The Pretenders
BESTSELLING BOOKS: This 7th book in the Harry Potter series sold 8.3 million copies on its first day of release
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
BESTSELLING BOOKS: This thriller was right on track with its tale of Rachel Watson, who witnesses something shocking on her commute
The Girl on the Train
THE “O_ED": Ran against in an election
opposed
THE “O_ED": Treated a person as if she were a thing, angering feminists
objectified
THE “O_ED": Took place
occurred
THE “O_ED": Arranged systematically, or got workers to join a union
organized
THE “O_ED": Indicated which instruments should play which notes
orchestrated
THE MOVIES: Forky joins Woody & the gang for the fourth outing in this animated series
Toy Story
THE MOVIES: I always tear up at the line “A toast to my big brother, George. The richest man in town!” in this Jimmy Stewart film
It’s a Wonderful Life
THE MOVIES: A line from this Tarantino film: “We ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business"
Inglourious Basterds
THE MOVIES: Hugh Jackman played this senator caught with Donna Rice during his 1988 presidential campaign in “The Front Runner"
Gary Hart
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: In the Eastern Pacific, the tropic runs just north of this, AKA Isla de Pascua
Easter Island
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: In an Argentine valley a huge one of these ancient timepieces marks the tropic’s latitude
a sundial
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: If you’re following the tropic westward, just south of Tonga Monday becomes Tuesday as you do this
crossing the International Date Line
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: 4 countries lie completely south of the tropic, New Zealand, eSwatini, Lesotho & this one in South America
Uruguay
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1811: “Sense and Sensibility"
(Jane) Austen
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1920: “The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
Agatha Christie
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 2005: “Twilight"
(Stephenie) Meyer
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1940: “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
(Carson) McCullers
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1988: “The Bean Trees"
Barbara Kingsolver
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This library pioneer shortened his first name from Melville to Melvil
Dewey
FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1858 this man patented a new type of reusable jar with a screw-cap lid & partnered with glassblowers to produce them
(John Landis) Mason
FAMOUS AMERICANS: During the Blitz, Edward R. Murrow borrowed this 5- word phrase from Londoners who weren’t sure they’d survive the evening
Good night and good luck.
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This New York Times crossword editor graduated from Indiana with a degree in enigmatology (the study of puzzles)
Will Shortz
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This author known for her gender-disparity test wrote the graphic novel memoir “Fun Home"
(Alison) Bechdel
SOCIOLOGY: Marked by things like expensive cars or homes, this type of “symbol” of social rank comes from the Latin for “to stand"
a status symbol
SOCIOLOGY: It’s the term for the conversion of a society from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing
*industrialization (**an industrial revolution)
SOCIOLOGY: In the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, this ability of humans shapes how we view reality
our ability to speak
SOCIOLOGY: William Sumner, a pioneer in sociology, advocated social this -ism, where the poorly adapted die out
Darwinism
WORD-POURRI: Quebracho, one of the hardest woods, is from Spanish for “breaker” of this tool
an ax
WORD-POURRI: Traditionally, Brits have used this 4-letter term for any grain; as a result, they use the term maize for the yellow vegetable
corn
WORD-POURRI: This word for a sycophant comes from medicine shows where assistants would pretend to eat amphibians & then be cured
a toady
WORD-POURRI: This word found in the name of a “Grand” dam refers to a deep ravine
Coulee
WORD-POURRI: The word “fink” used for strikebreakers might come from this detective agency often used in that capacity
Pinkerton
ITALIAN INVENTORS: In a 1644 letter he wrote, “We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air”, which is what his invention measures
(Evangelista) Torricelli
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: One of the most prolific authors of all time, Barbara Cartland wrote more than 600 books in this genre
romance
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: John Steinbeck wanted his name taken off “Lifeboat” after seeing the film version directed by this Brit
Hitchcock
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: The German army sent him to the Western Front & in 1929 he published a novel about it
(Erich Maria) Remarque
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: Echoing the title character of a book by his great uncle, he assumed the surname Melmoth after leaving prison in 1897
Oscar Wilde
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Corvus corax is the scientific name of this crow cousin
a raven
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: 5-letter magazine founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson
Ebony
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Ancient Egyptians used this 4-letter cosmetic to line the eyes
kohl
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: The RAF’s Gloster Meteor, for example
a jet
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Residue of coal tar distillation used to pave roads & waterproof roofs
pitch
THE NEW NEWS: Investigative news is now separate from listicles & quizzes as this site split into 2 divisions in 2016
BuzzFeed
THE NEW NEWS: An online “project” with stories about criminal justice is named for this civil rights & Supreme Court icon
Thurgood Marshall
THE NEW NEWS: The “Pro”s at this independent, nonprofit online newsroom have won several Pulitzers for their work
ProPublica
THE NEW NEWS: You can anonymously leak info to the Intl. Consortium of Investigative Journalists via this 3-letter secure browser
Tor
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: It’s inserted into the crankcase to check a car’s oil level
a dipstick
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: It’s the term for weight placed low in a ship to make it more stable & seaworthy
ballast
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: A horse rented out for riding is known as this, also a slang term for a taxi driver
hack
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: This 7-letter activity is the K in the WKA, an association excited about going 100 mph, 1 inch off the ground
karting
BRITISH HISTORY: Only 2 British PMs have been born outside the British Isles: Andrew Bonar Law (Canada) & this 2019 arrival (NYC)
Boris Johnson
BRITISH HISTORY: In 1981 the bells were ringing for Prince Charles & Diana Spencer, married in this cathedral
St. Paul’s
BRITISH HISTORY: British colonies granted independence following WWII included India in 1947 & this nearby island in 1948
Sri Lanka
BRITISH HISTORY: On Sept. 30, 1888 Elizabeth Stride & Catherine Eddowes both ran afoul of this terrible man in London
Jack the Ripper
MOVIE MONSTERS: In this 1941 monster movie, Lon Chaney Jr. is transformed into the hirsute title character
The Wolf Man
MOVIE MONSTERS: This Oscar-winning director’s 21st century monster movies include “Pacific Rim” & “Pan’s Labyrinth"
(Guillermo) del Toro
MOVIE MONSTERS: In “The Conjuring” film franchise, a vintage doll with this title name serves as a conduit for evil
Annabelle
MOVIE MONSTERS: "The Thing”, about a shapeshifting alien menace crash-landing on Earth, takes place in this desolate region
Antarctica
HOUSE PAINTING: His “Christina’s World” depicts a woman with polio straining toward a farmhouse
(Andrew) Wyeth
HOUSE PAINTING: The house in the rear of this Brit’s painting “A Bigger Splash” features, of course, a swimming pool
(David) Hockney
HOUSE PAINTING: He eschewed more familiar urban scenes as in his “Nighthawks” to paint “Vermont Sugar House” in 1938
Edward Hopper
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: Straight up now tell me, you’re up for this case of smacking your Chevy into that Subaru & just taking off
a hit and run
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: This lawyer’s star rose while repping Stormy Daniels but fell after he was accused of trying to extort millions from Nike in 2019
Michael Avenatti
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: At the Scopes Trial, this politician said he’d seen nothing to accept the word of scientists against the inspired word of God
William Jennings Bryan
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: The Justice Dept. IDs violations of this 1890 act; timed, uniform price hikes by competitors are a sign of collusion
the Sherman Antitrust Act
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: This 3-word Latin phrase means “the thing speaks for itself” but lawyers always seem to keep talking anyway
res ipsa loquitur
PHYSICS: At earth’s surface the acceleration produced by this force is about 32 feet per second per second
gravity
PHYSICS: About 75% of all chemical elements are in this class of substances, all good conductors because of an abundance of free electrons
metals
PHYSICS: Measured in Hertz, it’s the term for the number of complete waves passing a certain point in a unit of time
frequency
PHYSICS: Water seems to defy gravity in this “action”: the molecules’ adhesion to the walls of a tube is stronger than their cohesion
capillary action
PHYSICS: A 1976 paper has one of the first mentions of this “model” that accounts for 3 of the universe’s 4 fundamental forces
The Standard Model
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Celia Keenan-Bolger won a 2019 Tony as this daughter in “To Kill a Mockingbird"
Scout Finch
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers & Nathan Lane all won Tonys for playing Pseudolus in this “Funny” musical set in Rome
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Ali Stroker was the first wheelchair-using winner, playing Ado Annie in a 2019 revival of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Oklahoma!
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Juanita Hall won at the fourth Tonys as Bloody Mary in this WWII-set musical
South Pacific
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Mr. Henry Fonda won a Tony as a lieutenant dealing with the boredom of a navy cargo ship in this play
Mister Roberts
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: The highest point on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Kicking Horse Pass is on the border of Alberta & this province to the west
British Columbia
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: In the heart of the “Silicon Forest”, Beaverton is a suburb of this western U.S. metropolis
Portland
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: This river is the largest tributary of the Columbia, which it joins near Pasco, Washington
the Snake
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: About 40 miles west of Regina, you’ll find this Saskatchewan city that sounds like a deer facial bone
Moose Jaw
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Using the ocean itself to describe the crossing from Portugal to Haiti
transatlantic
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Mirowski & Mower developed the implantable one of these medical devices–clear!
a defibrillator
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Thinking about the past, or an exhibit spanning the career of one artist
a retrospective
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Ascribe human traits to that cute puppy
anthropomorphize
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: "V” aware it’s the job of one who makes flags
vexillographer
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant
Jeremiah
THE NIFTY ’50s: A toast to Coors, which started making its cans with this metal in 1959
aluminum
THE NIFTY ’50s: Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets the credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio
rock and roll
THE NIFTY ’50s: In 1958 the United States entered the space race with the launch of this satellite that shares its name with a Ford SUV
Explorer
THE NIFTY ’50s: Eating out became easier with the introduction of this first multipurpose charge card in 1950
Diners Club
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: These imposing peaks have a name meaning “abode of snow"
the Himalayas
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: Rising to almost 13,000 feet, the Pontic Mountains of Northern Turkey bend along the southern shore of this body of water
the Black Sea
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: Mount Apo is the highest peak in this Asian nation & its name means “grandfather” in Tagalog
the Philippines
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: These continent-separating mountains stretch 1,550 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan
the Urals
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Bunders, hectares, jeribs
area
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Knots, Mach number
speed
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: The Rankine scale, the Réaumur scale
temperature
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Grams per cubic meter
density
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Barrels, fifths, pecks
volume
SNAILS: The eyes of most land snails are found atop the pairs of long stalks called these, like the limbs of a cephalopod
tentacles
SNAILS: Snails are eaten in many countries, including as this Provençal-named delicacy in French cuisine
escargot
SNAILS: Snails make up part of the more than 45,000 species in this class of animals that has a name meaning “stomach foot"
gastropods
SNAILS: Be careful around the aquatic cone snail; it produces these “nerve poisons” that can be venomous to humans
neurotoxins
SNAILS: Tasmania produces around 25% of the world’s wild caught supply of this large edible sea snail, mainly the black lip variety
abalone
SITCOMS: Randall Park stars in this sitcom about a family of Asian immigrants in the United States
Fresh Off the Boat
SITCOMS: On this 1990s sitcom a well-to-do Southern California family took in a streetwise relative from Philadelphia
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
SITCOMS: This series is a spin-off of “The Big Bang Theory” & also a prequel to it
Young Sheldon
SITCOMS: As grouchy, narrow-minded Calvin, Cedric the Entertainer heads up this show set in a black area of Los Angeles
The Neighborhood
SITCOMS: Eddie Haskell could tell you that in a popular 1950s sitcom, these were the 2 sons in the Cleaver family
Wally and Beaver
ALL “STAR”s: The right side of a sailing ship
starboard
ALL “STAR”s: Judy Greer’s memoir is “I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: My Life as” this type of actor
a Co-Star
ALL “STAR”s: An Olympian who starts running less than a tenth of a second after the gun is guilty of this violation
a false start
ALL “STAR”s: One word meaning not wearing any clothes, in Nottingham
starkers
ALL “STAR”s: Jesus tells a parable about this seed of condiment fame
a mustard seed
FEMALE FIRSTS: In July 1923 Italian actress Eleanora Duse became the first woman to grace the cover of this U.S. magazine (issue No. 22)
Time
FEMALE FIRSTS: Kathryn Bigelow became Oscar’s first female Best Director for this film with only one named female character
The Hurt Locker
FEMALE FIRSTS: 250 years after Magellan’s expedition, Jeanne Baret became the first woman to do this
circumnavigate the Earth
FEMALE FIRSTS: In 1919 this “Lady”, the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, was the first woman to sit in the British Parliament
(Lady) Astor
FEMALE FIRSTS: The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, riding into the heavens on the 6th launch in this Soviet space program
Vostok
JIM CLASS: On Father’s Day in 1964, Jim Bunning (father of 9), tossed one of these for the Phillies; nobody reached base!
a perfect game
JIM CLASS: Jim Lovell was aboard Apollo 8, the 1st manned craft to make this circuit; aboard Apollo 13, Jim made the same trip–unplanned
rounding the Moon
JIM CLASS: He’d assumed Mexican citizenship years before, but his exploits as a colonel in the Texas army in 1836 made him famous
(Jim) Bowie
JIM CLASS: This Marine Corps general was the first Defense Secretary in the Trump administration
Mattis
JIM CLASS: This former District Attorney of New Orleans was played by Kevin Costner in “JFK"
(Jim) Garrison
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: This Arthur Miller character makes his way “on a smile and a shoeshine"
Willy Loman
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: In this Jason Miller drama, members of a high school basketball team celebrate the 20th anniversary of their state title
That Championship Season
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: In 1933 his play “Ah, Wilderness!” opened in New York with George M. Cohan as one of the leads
Eugene O’Neill
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: Junk dealer Harry Brock hires a tutor to give his mistress Billie Dawn some culture & class in this play
Born Yesterday
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: AMC zombie spin-off about the last thing Wild Bill was dealt, an antiseptic cleansing agent
Fear the Walking Dead man’s hand sanitizer
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: 2011 NYC protest movement composed of the Jets or Sharks & Mao’s elite quartet
Occupy Wall Street Gang of Four
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: "Rug-cutting” 1984 Bruce Springsteen tune about Sophie Turner’s title X-Men character who plays NBA hoops in Arizona
"Dancing In The Dark” Phoenix Suns
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: The singer who voiced the Ape King in “The Jungle Book” was a leading female opera soloist & the “Queen of Disco"
Louis Prima Donna Summer
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator whose flooded Asian crop field won an Oscar for writing “Network"
Tim Rice Paddy Chayefsky
"R”CHITECTURE: They’re the beams supporting a sloping roof; having them exposed can give a funky industrial look
rafters
"R”CHITECTURE: Edward Durell Stone was the architect of this theater at Rockefeller Center with the fabulous interior by Donald Deskey
Radio City Music Hall
"R”CHITECTURE: This drawing of a proposed building can be much more detailed than a blueprint, including little people & trees
a rendering
"R”CHITECTURE: As a style, it was early 19th century British; as a building, it’s the Atlanta Hyatt that began the hotel atrium era
Regency
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1958: “Seven Hills of ____"
Rome
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1964: “The Umbrellas of ____"
Cherbourg
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 2007: “The ____ Limited"
Darjeeling
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1989: “Jesus of ____” (not in the Holy Land)
Montreal
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1959: “____, My Love” or “Mon Amour”, if you prefer
Hiroshima
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty
Japan & Russia
RHYME TIME: Hippies advocated this nonviolent strategy to promote peace & love
flower power
RHYME TIME: This type of shirt bares the midriff
a crop top
RHYME TIME: Let’s go tropical with this Polynesian-style cocktail made with rum, Curacao & fruit juices
a mai tai
RHYME TIME: It calls itself “the nation’s leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace"
Grubhub
RHYME TIME: "Jeopardy! “ categories include Potpourri & this 10-letter synonym for “potpourri"
Hodgepodge
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: Dates shared by Sagittarius & Capricorn in this month are the Cusp of Prophecy, so if born then, you know what next year holds
December
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: My birthday of July 22 is on the cusp of Cancer & this beastly sign–it means I have good memory, I seem to recall
Leo
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: The cusp of Cancer & this sign is known as the Cusp of Magic &, after all, the best magic tricks are done with twins
Gemini
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: November has the Cusp of Revolution; this woman who revolutionized tennis with “The Battle of the sexes” was born on Nov. 22
Billie Jean King
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: These 2 signs meet in September during the Cusp of Beauty
Virgo & Libra
BIOPICS: Joaquin Phoenix played this “Man in Black” in “Walk the Line"
Johnny Cash
BIOPICS: Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his 1978 portrayal of this Texas singer
Buddy Holly
BIOPICS: "La Vie en Rose” took a look at the not always rosy life of this French chanteuse
(Édith) Piaf
BIOPICS: Babe Ruth played himself in this 1942 biopic of Lou Gehrig
Pride of the Yankees
WE SAY JUMP: Jump-starting 101: positive (red cable) to positive, negative (this color cable) to ground on the dead car
black
WE SAY JUMP: An allusion to old circus acts, “to jump through” these is to do exasperatingly hard tasks to reach a goal
hoops
WE SAY JUMP: Though no longer a kid, in 1999 Ashrita Furman bounced up the 1,899 steps of Toronto’s CN Tower on this
a pogo stick
WE SAY JUMP: Satan tempted Jesus to jump off this Judean king’s temple in Jerusalem
Herod (the Great)
HOW HIGH: A full grown Robert Wadlow, the world’s tallest man: about 1 inch under this many feet
9 feet
HOW HIGH: 4,101’ & steeper than vertical: Mount Thor, which noted maphead Ken Jennings calls the world’s tallest this (step back from the edge)
a cliff
HOW HIGH: The Nurek Earth-Fill this structure: 984 feet above the Vakhsh River
a dam
HOW HIGH: This stopping point for Everest’s southern face; 17,600 feet
base camp (the Khumbu glacier)
