FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY
MODERN FANTASY LIT
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GOOD AFTERNOON!
BANDS ACROSS THE DECADES
A TOUCH OF GREY
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Last name of William Howard, the 27th president, & his brother Charles Phelps, owner of the Chicago Cubs
Taft
200
Monza Murcatto, thrown from a great height & left for dead, later gets revenge in Joe Abercrombie's "Best Served" this
Cold
200
The Pleistocene glacial epoch is also known as the great this
ice age
200
From the French for "morning", it somehow became a term for a show's afternoon performance... let's take one in!
a Manitee
200
The Wilson brothers, Mike Love & Al Jardine, surfin' over '60s high notes
The Beach Boys
200
Macropus giganteus, the eastern grey type of this marsupial, can cover 30 feet in a single bound
a kangaroo
400
The company founded by this publisher & politician still includes Men's Health, A&E & our own affiliate KSBW Monterey-Salinas
Hearst
400
In a book by Gail Carson Levine, obedience is the curse of this title girl, "Enchanted"; she also pines for Prince Charmont
Ella
400
The CDC describes it as "a temporary sleep problem that usually occurs when you travel across more than three time zones"
jet lag
400
Most African cats are nocturnal hunters, but these fastest ones can be "spotted" on the prowl in the late afternoon
cheetahs
400
"Don't Lie"--will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo & Fergie totally hip-hopped through the 2000s
Black Eyed Peas
400
Won by the Toronto Argonauts in 2022, this championship trophy of the Canadian Football League was first awarded in 1909
the Grey Cup
600
Margery Durant, who set out to popularize airplane travel in 1931, was the daughter of the founder of this Big 3 car company
General Motors
600
S.A. Chakraborty's "City of Brass" has Nahri team up with Dara, one of these mystical creatures whose name starts with a silent "D"
A djinn
600
A killer for hire, like TV's Barry Berkman
hit man
600
n "Anchorman" Will Ferrell sang "Afternoon Delight"; in 2022 Will & Ryan Reynolds sang "Good Afternoon" in this Dickens of a film
Spirited (triple stumper)
600
Here come Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart again, falling on your heads like an '80s memory
the Eurythmics
600
This mustachioed fictional detective relied on his "little grey cells" to solve mysteries
Poirot
800
A week after this rich guy IV perished on the Titanic, an inquiry into the disaster began in a hotel with his name on it
(John Jacob) Astor
800
In P. Djèlí Clark's "Ring Shout", klansmen summon demons during a viewing of this 1915 D.W. Griffith film
The Birth of a Nation
800
Beastly term for someone who religiously works out at, let's say, Planet Fitness
gym rat
800
This drama that aired on PBS inspired an official "Afternoon Tea" cookbook with recipes & etiquette tips
Downton Abbey
800
Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, giving robot-ic performances in the 2010s
Daft Punk
800
Known for Old West novels, Zane Grey died in 1939, the year he published an "Epic of a Single Strand of Wire" about this company
Western Union (triple stumper)
1000
This old Boston family produced poet Robert & Harvard president A. Lawrence
Lowell (triple stumper)
1000
This "Remains of the Day" author wrote fantasy with "The Buried Giant", set years after the death of King Arthur
Ishiguro
1000
This Scottish outlaw spent time in Newgate Prison but was pardoned before he was to be sent to Barbados
Rob Roy
1000
Really covering all the bases, this painter gave us "Morning Sun", "Cape Cod Afternoon" & "Nighthawks"
Hopper
1000
Last name, nickname, last name of Ricky, Michael, Ronnie, the R&B trio who dripped "Poison" in the '90s
Bell Biv DeVoe
1000
The daughter of the Duke of Suffolk, she was only 15 when she ascended the throne
Lady Jane Grey