Memorize these and recognize 30.3% of all Weights & Measures clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an acre | 12 | 43,560 square feet = one of these |
| 2 | an inch | 11 | In 1308 Edward II ordained that this measurement of length was to be the equivalent of 3 grains of barley |
| 3 | a cubit | 11 | Noah must have read the World Almanac to know that 21.8 inches equals one of this type of ancient measure |
| 4 | a barrel | 9 | ( Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of an oil pumpjack in Oklahoma City.) The pumpjack has to pump 42 gallons of oil out of the ground to equal ... |
| 5 | a ton | 8 | A metric one of these is equal to around 2,204 pounds |
| 6 | a ream | 7 | Also a verb, writers know it's 500 sheets of paper |
| 7 | a meter | 7 | This unit was originally intended to be 1/40,000,000 of the Earth's circumference |
| 8 | a fathom | 7 | A full this measure of depth is 72 inches, so 5 of them would be 30 feet |
| 9 | a carat | 7 | This unit of weight for a gemstone is exactly 200 milligrams |
| 10 | Celsius | 6 | This Swede initially had 0 degrees as the boiling point of water & 100 degrees for the melting point of snow on his temperature scale |
| 11 | troy | 6 | 1 of 2 systems of weight in which 12 ounces equal one pound |
| 12 | a pinch | 6 | Smaller than a dash, it's the amount of salt that can be held between the thumb & the forefinger |
| 13 | a nautical mile | 6 | Ahoy! it's equal to 6,076.11549 feet |
| 14 | a furlong | 6 | This length used in horse racing is equal to 220 yards, or 1/8 of a mile |
| 15 | a bushel | 6 | For wheat this measure is equal to 27 kilograms |
| 16 | degrees | 5 | The scale on the bottom of a sextant is in these units |
| 17 | decibels | 5 | The CDC says shouting in your ear registers at 110 of these & may cause hearing loss in less than 2 minutes |
| 18 | avoirdupois | 5 | The name of this traditional system of weight comes from Old French for "goods of weight"—how clever! |
| 19 | a quart | 5 | For dry measurements, it's one eighth of a peck; for liquid, it's.946 liters |
| 20 | a horsepower | 5 | It's the power needed to raise 33,000 pounds 1 foot in 1 minute |
| 21 | a hectare | 5 | There are 100 ares in one of these metric units of land area measure |
| 22 | a yard | 5 | It's the beverage container seen here that measures up: [video clue] |
| 23 | a liter | 5 | A gallon is equal to 3.785 of these liquid metric units |
| 24 | a league | 5 | 3 survey miles or a group of bowling teams |
| 25 | acres | 4 | To a surveyor, one township equals 36 sections; one section equals 640 these |
| 26 | a mile | 4 | 8 furlongs equals 1 _____ |
| 27 | a magnum | 4 | 2 bottles of champagne equals 1 _____ |
| 28 | a cord | 4 | This measure of wood is equal to 128 cubic feet |
| 29 | a kilogram | 4 | The only unit of weight still defined by a physical object, a platinum bar, is this 1, equal to 2.2 pounds |
| 30 | a jigger | 4 | Small glasses behind the bar include the shot & this one used to measure out an ounce & a half |
| 31 | a foot | 4 | With regard to height, 3 hands equals 1 of these |
| 32 | a bolt | 4 | Fabric comes in this 4-letter unit, which can range anywhere from 10 to 100 yards |
| 33 | a decibel | 4 | Unit measuring intensity of sound, named for inventor of the phone |
| 34 | paper | 3 | Quires & reams are used to measure this |
| 35 | miles | 3 | Robert Frost had to get out of the woods; "I have" this far "to go before I sleep", he wrote |
| 36 | liters | 3 | A mnemonic to approximately translate from these liquid units to gallons, "multiply by 2 & divide by 9" |
| 37 | kelvin | 3 | When referring to this temperature unit abbreviated K, just use the name of the unit, no "degrees" |
| 38 | a stone | 3 | This British unit of weight is equal to 14 pounds |
| 39 | a pound | 3 | A hundredweight in the U.S. is 100 of these |
| 40 | a lot | 3 | Miscellaneous articles sold as a unit at an auction at Sotheby's |
| 41 | a link | 3 | In a surveyor's chain, it's a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches; on the web, it's an object connected via hypertext |
| 42 | a finger | 3 | This "handy" measure of booze is a pour of about 3/4 of an inch |
| 43 | 45 | 3 | 1/8 of a circle = this many degrees |
| 44 | 12 | 3 | A billion in America has 9 zeroes; a billion in England has this many |
| 45 | troy ounce | 3 | 1 of 2 units of measure whose names are from the Latin "uncia", meaning "twelfth part" |
| 46 | an angstrom | 3 | This unit, whose symbol is seen here, is used in measuring wavelengths of light |
| 47 | a patch | 3 | A small field of strawberries or pumpkins |
| 48 | a parsec | 3 | Used to measure distances in space, this unit greater than a light year is equal to around 206,000 astronomical units |
| 49 | a kilowatt-hour | 3 | One kWh, this unit of energy, equals 3.6 million joules |
| 50 | a gallon | 3 | In the U.S., one of these units is equal to 3.785 liters, so fill'er up |
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