RAILROADING
(5,5)
LEFTOVERS
SAINTS' DAYS
HISTORIC EUROPEANS
200
'Casey Jones & Choo-Choo Charlie were famous ones'
Engineers
200
'AM-FM morning alarm'
Alarm clock/clock radio
200
'The allicin in cloves of this may help lower your blood cholesterol level'
Garlic
200
'On April 23 dragons tend to tell him, "You slay me, you really slay me"'
Saint George
200
'In 64 A.D. when Rome burned, this emperor was fiddling around at his house in Antioch'
Nero
400
'"Shunting" is when a train switches these'
Tracks
400
'In the mid-14th century, it was the plague on you'
Black death
400
'Victorians believed the bigger & heavier this organ was, the smarter you were; Thackeray's was 3 lbs. 10 oz.'
Brain
400
'Joseph of Arimathea shares this day with Patrick'
March 17
400
'On Jan. 28, 814 this "Most serene majesty, crowned by God, emperor great and pacific" died in Aachen'
Charlemagne
600
'Railroad term that's also slang for the following:
(roll of 2 6's in dice)'
Boxcars
600
'North Pole toymaker'
Santa Claus
600
'The biga, triga & quadriga were chariots that used 2, 3 & 4 of these, respectively'
Horses
600
'It's no mystery Christie & Sayers celebrated these 2 saints on February 5 & 6'
Agatha & Dorothy
600
'Many historians consider his death at Bosworth Field to be the end of the Wars of the Roses'
Richard III
800
'The boarding area for passengers at a station; women have "shoes" for it'
Platform
800
'Catch one of these quick naps & you can "count" on being refreshed'
Forty winks
800
'This Hindu priestly caste oversaw the slaughter of cattle until the animals were declared sacred'
Brahmans
800
'She waltzes in with a March 14 date, mate'
Saint Matilda
800
'In 1699 this czar forced his noblemen to shave off their beards & adopt Western dress'
Peter the Great
1000
'A bed on a Pullman for a Roman emperor might be a "Caesarean" one'
Berth
1000
'A person's temperature & pulse & respiration rates'
Vital signs
1000
'This insurance company was named in the 19th century after a live volcano'
Aetna
1000
'December 1 is the day for this saint who was "Elsewhere" on TV'
Saint Eligius
1000
'This Fascist leader was named for 3 revolutionaries, one of whom was Mexican president Benito Juarez'
Benito Mussolini
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