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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IN 1308 EDWARD II ORDAINED THAT THIS MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH WAS TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 3 GRAINS OF BARLEY | INCH |
| A KEEL OF THIS FUEL IS 21.2 TONS, THE APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF THE FUEL CARRIED ON BARGES ON THE RIVER TYNE IN 17TH-C. ENGLAND | COAL |
| NOW USED IN HORSE RACING, ITS NAME IS OLD ENGLISH FOR "THE LENGTH OF A FURROW" | FURLONG |
| THE PREFIX MEGA- MEANS ONE MILLION; THIS PREFIX MEANS ONE BILLION | GIGA |
| WHEN BUYING FIREWOOD, IT MIGHT HELP TO KNOW THAT A FULL ONE OF THESE MEASURES 4' HIGH BY 4' WIDE BY 8' LONG | CORD |
| IT CAN BE A SMALL PIECE OF GOLD OR A BITE-SIZED PIECE OF BATTER-FRIED CHICKEN | NUGGET |
| IT CAN BE AN EXTREMELY SMALL AMOUNT OF A CHEMICAL COMPONENT; SOME "VANISH WITHOUT" ONE | TRACE |
| IT CAN BE A BARELY PERCEPTIBLE AMOUNT; IT'S ALSO A CLUE OR A TIP FROM THE DUTCH FOR "LUMP" | CLUMP |
| GLADSTONE POETICALLY SAID, "ALL THE WORLD OVER, I WILL BACK" THESE "AGAINST THE CLASSES" | MASSES |
| TERM FOR 1/36 OF A YARD | INCH |
| THIS METRIC UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 1.057 LIQUID QUARTS | LITER |
| COMPUTER HARD DRIVES ARE USUALLY MEASURED IN GBs, WHICH ARE THESE | GIGABYTES |
| TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS, 4 OF THESE MADE A PALM | FINGERS |
| STEINSWAYS LEAVE THE FACTORY CAREFULLY TUNED TO STANDARD PITCH, WHERE A IS 440 OF THESE UNITS, BUT HUMIDITY AND OTHER FACTORS MAKE REGULAR TUNINGS NECESSARY | HERTZ |
| A FARMER COULD TELL YOU THAT THIS MEASUREMENT OF LAND IS EQUAL TO 43,560 SQUARE FEET | ACRE |
| 25 SHEETS OF PAPER IS KNOWN AS A ... | QUIRE |
| 20 QUIRES OF PAPAER, OR 500 SHEETS, IS KNOWN AS A ... | REAM |
| SIZES OF THESE RANGE FROM 1 TO 26 AND TYPES INCLUDE MILLINERS, SHARPS, AND TAPESTRY | NEEDLES |
| THIS U.K. MEASURE OF 14 U.S. POUNDS HAS ALSO BEEN USED FOR 16 POUNDS OF CHEESE | STONE |
| TO CORRECT MEDIEVAL ABUSES IN TRADE, THIS 1215 DOCUMENT STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENTS FOR WINE AND GRAIN... | MAGNA CARTA |
| IT'S 9.46 TRILLION KILOMETERS, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW KILOMETERS | LIGHT YEAR |
| FOUNDED IN 1875, THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES IS HEADQUARTERED IN SEVRES NEAR THIS CAPITAL | PARIS |
| CIRCLES, THERMOMETERS, AND COLLEGE GRADS ARE MARKED BY THE NUMBER OF THESE THEY HAVE | DEGREES |
| ON MAGNUM OF CHAMPAGNE EQUALS THIS MANY STANDARD BOTTLES | 2 |
| ONE WEIGHT STILL USED FROM THE OLD APOTHECARIES' SYSTEM IS THIS OUNCE | TROY |
| ON THIS SCALE, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HUMAN BODY IS NORMALLY 37 DEGREES | CELSIUS |
| IT'S SAID THAT A LIGHT WHISPER IS 10 OF THESE UNITS | DECIBELS |
| THIS CONTAINER MADE OF STAVES IS A STANDARD DRY MEASURE FOR MOST PRODUCE BUT IS SMALLER FOR CRANBERRIES | BARREL |
| 1.5 OUNCES IS EQUAL TO A JIGGER OR ONE OF THESE UNITS...BUT BARTENDER, A LITTLE EXTRA IS ALWAYS OK | SHOT |
| A BUSHEL AND A PECK IS THIS MANY PECKS | 5 |
| UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1907, THIS CHEMIST HEADED THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BUREAU IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA | MENDELEEV |
| AS A VERB, IT MEANS TO SQUEEZE; AS A NOUN, A SMALL QUANTITY, LIKE SALT | PINCH |
| A BUNCH OF HONEYBEES ON THE MOVE | SWARM |
| TWO OF THE SMALLEST BARTENDER MEASURES ARE THESE 2 THAT RHYME...ONE FOR A PURE FLAVORING LIKE TABASCO AND ONE FOR LIQUID LIKE SODA | DASH & SPLASH |
| THIS SYNONYM FOR "KILLED" ALSO MEANS A LARGE QUANTITY | SLEW |
| THIS FRENCH WORD FOR A SLIGHT TRACE, AS OF A PARTICULAR FLAVOR, MEANS "SUSPICION" | SOUPCON |
| ORIGINALLY, IT WAS THE AREA THAT COULD BE PLOWED BY A TEAM OF OXEN IN A MORNING WITHOUT TIRING THEM | ACRE |
| A UNIT OF COMMERCE, IT'S 42 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL | BARREL |
| THE GREEK LETTER OMEGA IS THE SYMBOL FOR THIS UNIT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE | OHM |
| 2 FATHOMS, THE MINIMUM SAFE CLEARANCE FOR STEAMBOATS, INSPIRED THIS 19TH-C. PEN NAME | MARK TWAIN |
| THIS COUNTRY ONCE USED A CAPE FOOT, WHICH WAS .314858 METERS | SOUTH AFRICA |
| THE WEIGHT SYSTEM USED FOR GEMS AND PRECIOUS METALS; 1.215 OF ITS POUNDS EQUALS ONE AVOIRDUPOIS POUND | TROY |
| UNTIL STANDARDIZATION IN 1825, THERE WERE 3 DIFFERENT BRITISH UNITS CALLED THIS TO MEASURE THE VOLUME OF WINE, ALE, AND CORN | GALLON |
| IN JULY 1959, THE U.S. AND THE U.K. FINALLY AGREED THAT AN INCH WAS EQUIVALENT TO 2.54 OF THESE | CENTIMETERS |
| SANDPAPER IS GRADED ACCORDING TO THIS, THE NUMBER OF PARTICLES PER SQUARE INCH | GRIT |
| AROUND 1714 HE SET THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER AT 32 DEGREES AND THE BOILING POINT AT 212 | FAHRENHEIT |
| IT'S EQUAL TO 1.15 STATUTE MILES PER HOUR | KNOT |
| THE TEMPERATURE ON THIS SCALE IS 273.15 DEGREES LOWER THAN THE TEMPERATURE ON THE KELVIN SCALE | CELSIUS |
| A BUNCH OF BANANAS IS CALLED A HAND; AN INDIVIDUAL BANANA IS APPROPRIATELY CALLED THIS | FINGER |
| IN 1593 THIS ENGLISH QUEEN CHANGED THE LENGTH OF A MILE FROM 5,000 FEET TO THE CURRENT 5,280 FEET | ELIZABETH I |
| A "LONG" ONE OF THESE IS 2,240 POUNDS | TON |
| IN COMMON PRACTICE ELECTRICAL POWER IS BILLED IN TERMS OF THIS HYPHENATED TERM, EQUAL TO 3.6 MILLION JOULES | KILOWATT-HOUR |
| THE AMOUNT OF THIS PER LITER DETERMINES IF CHAMPAGNE IS BRUT, SEC, OR DOUX | SUGAR |
| A CALENDAR MONTH IS AN ARBITRARY NUMBER; A SYNODIC MONTH OR A SIDEREAL MONTH IS BASED ON THE MOVEMENT OF THIS | MOON |
| THIS MEASURE OF WATER DEPTH WAS ORIGINALLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR FINGERTIPS WITH YOUR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED | FATHOM |
| A SEED OF THIS TREE THAT GIVES US A CHOCOLATE SUBSTITUTE IS THE ORIGINAL "CARAT" | CAROB |
| 150 MHz IS IN THIS BAND THAT FALLS BETWEEN HF AND UHF | VHF |
| THIS METRIC UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 1.056 QUARTS | LITER |
| THE SYMBOL FOR THIS UNIT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IS THE GREEK LETTER OMEGA | OHM |
| SUBTRACT AN "E" FROM 1,760 YARDS AND YOU GET THIS MEASUREMENT FOR ONE-THOUSANDTH OF AN INCH | MIL |
| THE NAME OF THIS SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES COMES FROM THE OLD FRENCH FOR "GOODS OF WEIGHT" | AVOIRDUPOIS |
| THE GREEK LETTER LAMBDA, WHICH STOOD FOR 30, WAS ADOPTED BY THE ROMANS AS THIS VALUE | 50 (L) |
| TO GET THE PAPER SIZE KNOWN AS AN OCTAVO, YOU FOLD THE PAPER THIS MANY TIMES, CREATING 8 PARTS | 3 TIMES |
| TO FIGURE OUT YOUR LATITUDE YOU NEED THE EXACT TIME AND THIS INSTRUMENT THAT REPLACED THE OCTANT | SEXTANT |
| IT'S THE TERM FOR 1 BILLIONTH OF A SECOND | NANOSECOND |
| IT'S THE SET OF CARDS DEALT TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN A ROUND OF A CARD GAME | HAND |
| A PORTION OF A JOURNEY | LEG |
| IT'S THE TERM FOR 1 FULL TRIP AROUND THE TRACK | LAP |
| TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS 4 OF THESE MADE A PALM | FINGERS |
| IT'S A LINEAR MEASURE IN THE U.S., OR THE BASIC UNIT OF VERSE | FOOT |
| PULL UP TO LE GARAGE AND YOU'LL GET YOUR ESSENCE, "GAS", IN THESE UNITS | LITRES |
| HEAVIER THAN A FOIL, BUT LIGHTER THAN A SABRE, THIS FENCING WEAPON WEIGHS 770 GRAMS | EPEE' |
| AN "EFFECT" OF WATER SPIRALING DOWN A DRAIN AND A FORCE ACTING ON PROJECTILES ARE NAMED FOR THIS FRENCHMAN | CORIOLIS |
| THE BECQUEREL IS A UNIT OF RADIATION THAT HAS REPLACED THIS, THE NAME OF HENRI BECQUEREL'S CO-NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS | THE CURIE |
| A KIP IS A DEADWEIGHT LOAD EQUIVALENT TO THIS MANY POUNDS, HALF A SHORT TON | 1,000 |
| DON'T WINE, A JEROBOAM IS JUST 2 OF THESE YOU MIGHT FIND IN YOUR WINE CELLER | MAGNUMS |
| A CENTISTERE IS THIS FRACTION OF A STERE, A MEASURE OF STACKED WOOD | HUNDRETH |
| IT CAN BE A UNIT OF CIRCULAR MEASURE EQUAL TO 60 DEGREES, OR AN INSTRUMENT USED BY NAVIGATORS TO MEASURE ANGLES | SEXTANT |
| NUMBER OF TEASPOONS IN A TABLESPOON | 3 |
| A SURVEYOR'S CHAIN HAS 100 OF THESE | LINKS |
| A MAN WEIGHING 210 POUNDS IS SAID IN GREAT BRITAIN TO WEIGH 15 OF THESE | STONE |
| THIS LIQUOR MEASUREMENT IS EQUIVALENT TO 1.6 PINTS, OR ABOUT 25 SHOTS | FIFTH |
| NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET IN A SQUARE YARD | 9 |
| THE FIRST RELIABLE MERCURY-IN-GLASS THERMOMETERS USED THIS TEMPERATURE SCALE | FAHRENHEIT |
| GENERALLY, A DOUBLE ONE OF THESE SHOULD HAVE OVER 300 COILS, A KINGSIZE ONE OVER 450 | MATTRESSES |
| THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION CODE SAYS THE 4 LETTERS ON THIS SIGN MUST BE AT LEAST 6" TALL | EXIT |
| IN OLD ENGLAND, A SACK WAS A UNIT OF WEIGHT FOR THIS FIBER COVERING 364 POUNDS; SO 3 SACKS FULL WEIGHED 1,092 POUNDS | WOOL |
| IT'S BEEN APPLIED TO A 747 JET, A BARNUM ELEPHANT, AND EGGS | JUMBO |
| FOR COOKS, IT'S THE AMOUNT OF, SAY, SALT, THAT CAN BE HELD BETWEEN THE THUMB & FOREFINGER | PINCH |
| A KID WHO'S HARD TO CONTROL IS DESCRIBED AS "A REAL" ONE OF THESE APPROXIMATE MEASURES | HANDFUL |
| CLUSTERS OF SHORT HAIR OR GRASS GROWING CLOSE TOGETHER, PERHAPS IN A MEDFORD, MASS. UNIVERSITY | TUFT |
| AMOUNT OF WINE POET EDWARD FITZGERALD WANTED IN THE WILDERNESS WITH A LOAF AND THOU | JUG |
| IN THE U.S., ONE OF THESE UNITS IS EQUAL TO 3.785 LITERS | GALLON |
| THE LOWEST POSSIBLE TEMPERATURE IS DESIGNATED BY ZERO K, OR BY THIS PHRASES | ABSOLUTE ZERO |
| RUN THIS METRIC DISTANCE AND IT'S THE SAME AS 6.214 MILES | 10K |
| THIS UNIT OF RADIATION IS NAMED FOR THE PHYSICIST WHO DISCOVERED X-RAYS | ROENTGEN |
| IT'S EQUAL TO 35.24 LITERS | BUSHEL |
| THIS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IS EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 3,281 FEET | KILOMETER |
| IF YOU TRAVELED 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, YOU'D GO 60,000 OF THESE UNITS | MILES |
| WHAT WE YANKS WOULD CALL A TRILLION, THE BRITS WOULD CALL THIS | BILLION |
| IN 1832 THE U.S. TREASURY SET IT TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE 27TH & 63RD INCH MARKS ON AN 82" BRASS BAR | YARD |
| BROADLOOM USUALLY MEANS THESE FLOOR COVERINGS ARE 12' WIDE | CARPETS |
| WITH AM, THE AMPLITUDE OF THE CARRIER WAVE IS MODULATED; WITH FM, IT'S THIS THAT'S MODULATED | FREQUENCY |
| ORIGINALLY FRENCH, AN ARPENT, WHICH IS ABOUT AN ACRE, IS MAINLY USED IN THESE 2 PLACES: A STATE AND A PROVINCE | LOUISIANA & QUEBEC |
| PEOPLE TALK OF A HANK OF HAIR, BUT A HANK IS A MEASUREMENT OF THIS, EQUAL TO 7 SKEINS | YARN/WOOL |
| AN EXPLOSION RATED A MEGATON IS EQUAL TO THIS MANY TONS OF TNT | MILLION |
| A UNIT OF CLOTH MEASURE EQUAL TO 2 1/4 INCHES, OR A CARPENTER'S ITEM WHOSE SIZE IS MEASURED IN PENNIES | NAIL |
| SAID ONE WAY, IT'S A FRENCH-POLISH PIANIST; SAID ANOTHER WAY, IT'S A SCOTTISH MEASURE EQUAL TO 1 QUART | CHOPIN |
| IN SPAIN A BRAZA WAS EQUAL TO THE REACH OF THESE OUTSTRETCHED | ARMS |
| A JUDITH KRANTZ TITLE WHICH ALSO COULD BE UNITS OF APOTHECARY WEIGHT, EQUAL TO 20 GRAINS EACH | SCRUPLES |
| LETTER USED WITH A NUMBER TO DENOTE "POWER", AS IN THE MAGNIFICATION POWER OF BINOCULARS | X |
| WHEN AT SEA, USE THIS MEASUREMENT EQUAL TO ABOUT 6,O76 FEET | NAUTICAL MILE |
| IT'S TRUE, ABRASIVES LIKE SANDPAPER ARE GRADED AND SOLD BY THE SIZE OF THIS ON THEM | GRIT |
| THERE ARE 100 ARES IN ONE OF THESE METRIC UNITS OF LAND AREA MEASURE | HECTARE |
| NORMAN, ENGINEER & NORWEGIAN ARE NAMES FOR SIZES OF THESE, A TON OF WHICH MAY HIT YOU AT ANY TIME | BRICKS |
| IT'S HOW MUCH O' NUTHIN' PORGY HAD | PLENTY |
| ROBERT FROST HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WOODS; "I HAVE" THIS FAR "TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP", HE WROTE | MILES |
| THIS UNIT USED FOR MEASURING DIAMONDS ORIGINALLY EQUALLED THE WEIGHT OF 1 CAROB SEED | CARAT |
| IN THE MILITARY, 1300 HOURS IS EQUIVALENT TO THIS TIME OF DAY | 1 P.M. |
| THIS MEASUREMENT OF CLOTH IS EQUAL TO 40 YARDS | BOLTS |
| THE NUMBER OF YARDS OF FABRIC IN A BOLT | 40 YARDS |
| YOU'D NEED THIS NUMBER OF CORRECT TEST ANSWERS TO SCORE A PERFECT "SCORE" | 20 |
| THERE ARE 2 PINTS IN A QUART, OR THIS MANY OUNCES | 32 |
| IT'S THE NUMBER OF OUNCES IN 1 GALLON | 128 |
| THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN A SCORE | 20 |
| IT CAN BE 1/4 OF A SCHOOL YEAR OR 1/4 OF A DOLLAR | QUARTER |
| IN 5-CARD POKER THERE ARE 624 POSSIBLE 4-OF-A-KIND HANDS, AND THIS MANY POSSIBLE ROYAL FLUSHES | 4 |
| AT SEA LEVEL AND 32 DEGREES F., IT'S 1,088 FEET PER SECOND | THE SPEED OF SOUND |
| AT 20 DEGREES C., THIS MUCH WATER WEIGHS 8.33 POUNDS | GALLON |
| TAKE OFF FOR A FORTNIGHT AND YOU'LL BE GONE THIS MANY DAYS | 14 |
| TO CONVERT GALLONS TO THESE UNITS, MULTIPLY BY 3.785 | LITERS |
| A SQUARE FOOT CONTAINS THIS MANY SQUARE INCHES | 144 |
| IT'S EQUAL TO 1/8 OF A MILE | FURLONG |
| A CUP OF LIQUID CONTAINS THIS MANY TABLESPOONS | 16 |
| ON THE BEAUFORT SCALE, IT'S THE NEXT STEP UP FROM A TROPICAL STORM | HURRICANE |
| THE EPA DETERMINES WHETHER DRINKING WATER CONTAINS MORE LEAD THAN 15 PPB, PPB STANDING FOR THIS | PARTS PER BILLION |
| THIS SMALL MEASUREMENT USED BY BARTENDERS EQUALS ABOUT 1 1/2 OUNCES | SHOT (JIGGER) |
| TO DETERMINE THIS FOR A CIRCLE, MULTIPLY THE DIAMETER BY PI | CIRCUMFERENCE |
| ABBREVIATED G OR GB IN COMPUTERESE, IT'S EQUAL TO 1,024 MB | GIGABYTE |
| THE DIAMTER OF THIS PART OF THE EYE AND ITS SHRINKAGE IN BRIGHT LIGHT ARE MEASURED IN MILLIMETERS | PUPIL |
| THE STANDARD INDEX CARD SIZES IN AMERICA ARE 5"X 8", 4"X 6", AND THIS | 3"X 5" |
| WHAT THE BRITISH CALL A BILLION, WE CALL THIS | TRILLION |
| THE LONGEST MONTHS ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR HAVE THIS MANY DAYS | 30 |
| IN GOLF A STANDARD ONE OF THESE IS 2 1/8" LONG AND HOLDS UP TO A 1.62 OUNCE BALL | TEE |
| RUNNING TIME IN SILENT FILMS WAS MEASURED IN THESE, EACH ABOUT 10 MINUTES LONG | REELS |
| IN THE METRIC SYSTEM, dkL STANDS FOR THIS UNIT | DEKALITER |
| SIZE NUMBERS FOR THESE RUN FROM 1 TO THE 20S | NEEDLES |
| FOLLOWING "ASSAY", THIS 3-LETTER WORD IS A UNIT OF MASS: FOLLOWING "FREIGHT", IT'S A UNIT OF CAPACITY | TON |
| THIS MEASURE HAS BEEN DEFINED AS THE COMBINED LENGTHS OF 12 POPPYSEEDS | INCH |
| THIS SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT IS ABBREVIATED avdp. | AVOIRDUPOIS |
| GOLD OF THIS MANY KARATS IS 3/4 PURE | 18 KT |
| THIS UNIT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE 1/40,000,000 OF THE EARTH'S CIRCUMFERENCE | METER |
| IN 1967 THIS UNIT OF TIME WAS DEFINED AS 9,192,770 CYCLES OF RADIATION OF A CESIUM-133 ATOM | SECOND |
| SON, KOKU, AND SHAKU HAVE BEEN USED AS UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN THIS COUNTRY | JAPAN |
| FOR MOST LIQUIDS, IT'S EQUAL TO 31.5 GALLONS | BARREL |
| THE ABBREVIATION FOR THIS UNIT IS FROM THE LATIN WORD LIBRA, MEANING "SCALES" | POUND |
| NUMBER OF PECKS IN A BUSHEL AND A PECK | 5 |
| NAMED FOR A FRENCH PHYSICIST, IT'S A MEASUREMENT OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT'S RATE OF FLOW | AMPERE |
| THIS 1215 DOCUMENT INCLUDED STANDARDS FOR MEASURING WINE AND GRAIN | MAGNA CARTA |
| -273.16 DEGREES CENTIGRADE | ABSOLUTE ZERO |
| 4 OF THESE UNITS, ABBREVIATED gi, ARE EQUIVALENT TO 1 PINT | GILLS |
| THE NAME OF THIS MEASURE, EQUAL TO .9144 METERS, COMES FROM THE OLD ENGLISH FOR "TWIG" | YARD |
| IN TYPOGRAPHY, IT'S 1/72 OF AN INCH | POINT |
| A QUIRE, OR 25 SHEETS, OF PAPER IS 1/20 OF THIS MEASURE | REAM |
| THIS IS DEFINED AS THE POWER NEEDED TO LIFT 550 POUNDS ONE FOOT IN 1 SECOND | HORSEPOWER |
| THERE ARE THIS MANY TROY OUNCES IN A TROY POUND | 12 |
| A METRIC TON CONTAINS 1 MILLION OF THESE METRIC UNITS | GRAMS |
| 1 HECTARE, THE METRIC UNIT OF AREA, IS EQUAL TO 2.471 OF THESE | ACRE |
| THIS COTTON MEASURE IS 500 LBS IN THE U.S. AND ONLY 176 LBS. IN CHINA | BALE |
| MEASURING LONGITUDE AT THE EQUATOR, 1 OF THESE EQUALS 69.17 MILES | A DEGREE |
| 6 MILES SQUARE IS EXACTLY EQUAL TO THIS MANY SQUARE MILES | 36 SQUARE MILES |
| THIS UNIT NAMED FOR A SWEDISH SCIENTIST IS USED TO DESIGNATE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT | ANGSTROM |
| 4 PEARL GRAINS EQUAL 1 OF THESE UNITS ALSO USED FOR DIAMONDS | CARATS |
| IF YOU'RE A HALF-PINT, YOU'RE EQUAL TO THIS MANY CUPS | 1 |
| THIS INTERNATIONAL UNIT EQUALS 6,076.11549 FEET | NAUTICAL MILE |
| IN CLOTH MEASURE, THIS IS DIVIDED INTO 4 QUARTERS, NOT 3 FEET | YARD |
| TO FIND THIS, MULTIPLY THE DIAMETER BY Pi | CIRCUMFERENCE |
| THERE ARE 1 MILLION OF THESE IN A KILOGRAM | MILLIGRAMS |
| THE "SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES" IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THIS | METRIC SYSTEM |
| ABBREVIATED lea., IT'S A DISTANCE EQUAL TO ABOUT 3 STATUTE MILES | LEAGUE |
| SPELLED WITH A "U", IT'S A MEASURE EQUAL TO 252 GALLONS; WITH AND "O", 2,000 POUNDS | TUN/TON |
| NAMES OF VARIOUS CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES LARGER THAN A MAGNUM ARE TAKEN FROM THIS BOOK | BIBLE |
| IN THE METRIC SYSTEM, AN "M" STANDS FOR THE PREFIX "MEGA-" AND AN "m" STANDS FOR THIS PREFIX | MILLI- |
| WEIGHT SYSTEM USED IN PHARMACY IN WHICH 1 POUND EQUALS 12 OUNCES | APOTHECARY WEIGHT |
| AS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE, THE TOTAL VOLUME OF THIS WAS 450,000 CUBIC CUBITS | NOAH'S ARK |
| A UNIT OF LENGTH MEASURING 6', OR A VERB MEANING TO COMPREHEND | FATHOM |
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