The Final Jeopardy! clue a few weeks ago was the following: On the Globe Moving west from Canada, the next 3 countries through which the Arctic Circle passes For the answer, click below: (show) USA (Alaska), Russia, Finland (hide) My challenge for you is this: There is a place in the United States where, if […]
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Supreme Names:
What has been the most common first name among Supreme Court Justices? (Click below for the answer.) (show) John. There have been 12 Johns (Blair, Campbell, Catron, Clarke, two Harlans, Jay, Marshall, McKinley, McLean, Rutledge, and Stevens); that’s more than 10% of the 109 Justices. Roberts would make 13. From February 15, 1790 through May […]
Intra-Court Clerkships:
John Roberts clerked for Justice Rehnquist in 1980-81. If he is confirmed, it appears the two men will serve on the Court together. Would this be the first time that two people, one of whom clerked for the other (on any court) served together on the Supreme Court? [The Times ran an interesting article about […]
Nested Words:
There is a well-known three word phrase/saying/slogan whose third word is contained entirely (using consecutive letters) within its second word and whose first word is contained entirely (and consecutively) within its third word. E.g., “Hose Choset chose” would work if it were a well-known phrase/saying/slogan. I’ve enabled comments and if it’s too difficult I’ll add […]
Today’s Times Crossword:
My puzzle challenge for you today comes in 76 parts and can be found in today’s New York Times (p. E4 in the New York edition). I wrote it to coincide with Bastille Day. Enjoy!
Initials:
Here’s a gimme: There is a person who has been in the news lately whose initials are the same as the initials of his/her job. Who is that person? (Click below for the answer.) (show) Alberto Gonzales (hide) If you can think of any other people who have this property (whether or not they’ve recently […]
Putting Accuracy in Jeopardy!
Last Wednesday’s Final Jeopardy! category was “People in Government.” The clue was (and this is verbatim): Now in his job over 17 years, he’s the longest-serving pres. appointee other than Supreme Court members (Alex Trebek read “pres.” as “presidential.”) To see the “correct” response, which one contestant successfully provided, click below: (show) Alan Greenspan (hide) […]
Justices’ Names:
Name three Supreme Court Justices, each of whose name satisfies the following condition: The Justice’s first name and middle name are the same names as another Justice’s first name and last name.