NAME IN COMMON
A YEAR ENDING IN 9
THE FIRST WINNER
ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS
(Alex: The correct response will be words made from the letters in "onomatopoetic".)
(Alex: The correct response will be words made from the letters in "onomatopoetic".)
ALSO A FIRST NAME
100
A national anthem writer & an area on a basketball court
What is the Key?
100
Farrah Fawcett passed away & pilot Sully Sullenberger made a miracle landing on the Hudson
What is 2009?
100
In 1930 this competition kicked off as Uruguay triumphed 4-2 over Argentina
What is the World Cup?
100
Pigeon pen
What is a Coop?
100
It's a statement of how much you owe
What is Bill?
200
A Bach concerto & a Berlin gate
What is a Brandenburg?
200
The U.S. Constitution went into effect & the new Congress met for the first time
What is 1789?
200
Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost coached Michigan to a 49-0 win over Stanford in the first of these games in 1902
What is the Rose Bowl?
200
A witch's brew
What is a Potion?
200
In a familiar phrase the spoils belong to this guy
What is Victor?
300
A presidential birthplace in Arkansas & a really big diamond
What is a Hope?
300
Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule
What is 1989?
300
In 1903 Maurice Garin was its first winner in 94 hours, 33 minutes, 14 seconds
300
There's no knocking this gasoline rating number
What is Octane?
300
When this 3-letter word follows "down", the phrase means "know perfectly"; before "down", it's a synonym for frisk
What is Pat?
400
A London palace & a New York kennel club
What is Westminster?
400
A year before the Pilgrims even landed, a Thanksgiving of sorts was held by newly arrived settlers to Virginia
400
J.J. McDermott barely broke 3 hours getting from Ashland to the Back Bay as its first winner in 1897
What is the Boston Marathon?
400
The back of the neck
What is Nape?
400
It's the type of haircut seen here
What is a Bob?
500
Leander's girlfriend & a very large type of sandwich
What is a Hero?
500
The Second Boer War began & Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published
What is 1899?
500
On May 17, 1875 Aristides took it in 2 minutes, 37 seconds
What is the Kentucky Derby?
500
Cook apples in sugar until tender to make this crustless dessert served in a glass dish
What is a Compote?
500
If you lower someone's high opinion of himself, you take him down one of these, a wooden fastener
What is a Peg?