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1980s Time Capsule
200

For a former industrial site to go from being a "brownfield" to this "field", pollution must be remediated & removed.

What is green?

200

Home to the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals.

What is Fort Adams State Park?

200

This Civil War general admired for his side-whiskers served as governor of Rhode Island from 1866-69.

Who is Ambrose Burnside?

200

Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon."

What is The Princess Bride?

200

Pop musicians joined together & recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in this country.

What is Ethiopia?

400

Breaking an area into districts each with different regulations is this 6-letter end-of-the-alphabet word.

What is zoning?

400

Home to the Newport Kite Festival, this state park is located on the southwestern tip of Aquidneck Island.

What is Brenton Point State Park?

400

Robert Gray discovered this river that forms much of the border between Washington & Oregon.

What is the Columbia?

400

Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would."

What is Casablanca?

400

In 1983 this Swiss company introduced its iconic new timepieces, which became a craze.

What is a swatch?

600

*****DAILY DOUBLE***** For Buffalo, N.Y., Frederick Law Olmsted planned these "ways" he described as "broad thoroughfares planted with trees."

What are parkways?

600

The beach scene is Wes Anderson's 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom was shot at this state park, known for its scuba diving.

What is Fort Wetherill State Park?

600

He painted the first 5 men to succeed Washington as president but is more famous for his 3 of George.

Who is Gilbert Stuart?
600

From a '90s animated film: "You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat & only your fleas will mourn you!"

What is Aladdin?

600

Not your typical sitcom, this TV show featuring a shoe salesman's less-than-perfect family life premiered in 1987.

What is Married... with Children?

800

A plan by Le Corbusier wanted to replace homes on the right bank of this river with towering skyscrapers.

What is the Seine?

800

Snake Den State Park, located along Route 6 in this town, spans 1,000 acres and is home to a working farm.

What is Johnston?

800

The play "Little Johnny Jones" introduced his "Give My Regards to Broadway." You can see him in Fox Point.

Who is George M. Cohan?

800

Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline: "To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people."

What is A Fish Called Wanda?

800

 In 1989 Tom Petty sang, "My sister got lucky, married" this kind of successful person, a word coined earlier in the decade.

What is a yuppie?

1000

A futuristic forest city is being built in this country, on its islands next to Singapore.

What is Malaysia?

1000

At Rocky Point State Park in 1877, this U.S. President made the first presidential phone call with Alexander Graham Bell. His first words were, "Please speak a little more slowly."

Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?

1000

*****DAILY DOUBLE*****Leonard Woodcock, who succeeded Walter Reuther as head of this union, was born in Providence.

What is the United Auto Workers?

1000

Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger."

What is The Favourite?

1000

This Democrat was governor of Massachusetts for most of the decade.

Who is Michael Dukakis?

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