FOURSOMES

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Aug. 2, 1998

Nancy Nicholson Joline (Idea, example, and # 1 -4)

A 1960's musical foursome would be The Beatles. What about ..........

1. Monumental foursome in South Dakota

2. Louisa May Alcott foursome

3. Christmas song foursome

4. Lucky foursome

5. Biblical foursome

6. Baseball foursome

7. Automobile foursome

Answers:

1. Mount Rushmore

2. Little Women

3. Four calling birds

4. Four-leaf clover

5. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

6. Four-bagger (home run)

7. Four-wheel drive`

Certain numbers are so closely tied to certain words that we almost automatically pair them up. What quickly comes to mind when you see the numbers below?

1) 2

2) 3

3) 7

4) 10

5) 12
6) 13

7) 18

8) 21

9) 24

10) 31

11) 50

12) 76

13) 77

14) 101

15) 365
16) 1000

Possible Answers:

1) 2 to tango

2) 3 Musketeers/Strikes

3) 7 days a week/Dwarfs

4) 10 Commandments

5) 12 months a year

6) 13 Colonies
7) 18-hole golf course

8) 21 Blackjack

9) 24 hours a day

10) 31 Flavors

11) 50 States

12) 76 Trombones

13) 77 Sunset Strip

14) 101 Dalmations

15) 365 days a year

16) 1,000 Year Millennium