TRUE DAILY DOUBLES
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SCIENCE STUFF
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
MOVIE MUSICALS
ONE WORD ONLY, PLEASE
100
July 4, 1826:  These two former presidents face final jeopardy.
Jefferson and John Adams
100
This bishop who died in 460 AD is celebrated on March 17.
St. Patrick
100
It's the only calendar month that can go without a full moon.
February
100
Not surprisingly it's Nevada's state metal.
Silver
100
Ron Howard was a child when he sand about "The Wells Fargo Wagon" in this Robert Preston movie.
The Music Man
100
It's the one word answer to the classic joke, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"
Practice
200
October 1, 1880:  Thomas Edison opens his first lamp factory and this man becomes leader of the U.S. Marine Band.
John Philip Sousa
200
The 17th Amendment fixes the term length of these electees at 6 years.
Senators
200
Ventifacts are rocks that are shaped by sand driven by this force of nature.
Wind
200
While the peach is Georgia's state fruit, this is Georgia's state crop.
Peanuts
200
She did her own singing in "Funny Face" but she was dubbed in "My Fair Lady."
Audrey Hepburn
200
This 8-part marriage of music & animation was Walt Disney's second feature film with only a one-word title.
Fantasia
300
November 3, 1986:  Micronesia gets its independence from the U.S. and a magazine breaks the news of this scandal.
Iran-Contra
300
This popular Japanese verse form uses only 17 syllables.
Haiku
300
Prone to volancoes and earthquakes, the "Ring of Fire" borders this ocean.
Pacific Ocean
300
This blue-green stone is the state gem of Arizona and New Mexico.
Turquoise
300
This 1955 film about gamblers is tops on my list of Marlon Brando musicals.
Guys & Dolls
300
In the Harry Potter books, it's the one-word term for a human being without magical powers.
Muggle
400
December 5, 1955:  The Montgomery bus boycott begins and 2 unions merge to form this organization.
the AFL-CIO
400

DAILY DOUBLE!!

Cicadas/locusts
400
Hematite is an important ore of this metal.
Iron
400
Oh deer!  This is Alaska's state land mammal.
Moose
400
Jerry Orbach originated the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago" on Broadway, but this man got the part in the film.
Richard Gere
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Freedom
500
March 29, 1971:  A jury recommends death for Charles Manson and Lt. William Calley is convicted for his role in this event.
the My Lai incident
500
By the Geneva Accords of 1954, the 17th Parallel divided this Asian nation into northern and southern sections.
Vietnam
500
Unwelcome in basements, this radioactive element is the heaviest of the noble gases.
Radon
500
Florida's official one of these insects is the zebra longwing.
Butterfly
500
Vincente Minnelli directed Judy Garland in this Missouri-set musical in 1944 and married her the following year.
Meet Me In St. Louis
500
This was the single word the Hairy Old Man used to say at or near the beginning of every "Monty Python" episode.
"It's"
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