BATTLE CRIES
BODY LANGUAGE
HANNA-BARBERA CATS
SUPERSTITIONS
THE 1970s
200
'Despite Captain Lawrence's final orders, it's what the crew of the Chesapeake did on June 1, 1813'
Give up the ship
200
'A person who acts rashly & harms himself is said to "cut off" this "to spite his face"'
His nose
200
'Hanna-Barbera's first network show featured this cat with the dog Reddy'
Ruff
200
'Do this on a Monday, you do it "for danger"; bless you'
Sneeze
200
'From Calvin Klein & others this piece of denim apparel became "designer", i.e. tight & expensive'
Blue jeans
400
'American paratroopers were the first to use this man's name as a battle cry'
Geronimo
400
'It's the type of predictable automatic action some liberals are accused of having'
Knee jerk
400
'Close friends get to call him "T.C."'
Top Cat
400
'An 1831 book said as you pass under one of these you must spit through it, or spit 3 times afterwards'
Ladder
400
'Danny Zuko & Sandy Dumbrowski end up together in this musical that opened Valentine's Day, 1972'
Grease
600
'This warning appeared on a revolutionary-era flag with an ill-tempered rattlesnake'
Don\'t Tread On Me!
600
'This word may refer to part of your foot, the end of a loaf of bread, or a despicable cad'
Heel
600
'"Yogi Bear Show" lion who might "Exit Stage Left"'
Snagglepuss
600
'These grotesque stone figures acted as drain spouts as well as sentinels to frighten away evil spirits'
Gargoyles
600
'A toy skycycle named for this daredevil was introduced before his 1974 Snake River Canyon jump'
Evel Knievel
800
'Title of the song here:'
The Battle Cry Of Freedom
800
'This term for strenuous extra effort sounds like it means "Arm joint lubricant"'
Elbow Grease
800
'These were the 2 "meeces" Mr. Jinks hated to pieces'
Pixie & Dixie
800
'If you lose an eyelash, put it on your finger, do this, then blow it away'
Make a wish
800
'In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the first PM of this new Asian nation for which a concert was held in 1971'
Bangladesh
1000
'It's said this slogan came from a cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post on April 3, 1898'
"Remember The Maine"
1000
'When you inadvertently give someone else the advantage, you "play into" these'
Their hands
1000
'Her back-up group was The Pussycats'
Josie
1000
'The Carpenters sang about one of these "For luck and we're on our way"'
A kiss
1000
'A deadly disease was identified after an outbreak at this group's 1976 convention in Philadelphia'
American Legion
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