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SWEET HOME ALABAMA
200
Charles Darwin became famous when he let people read his diary--of his voyage aboard this craft
the Beagle
200
In 1844 a Vermont newspaper described these soothing chairs as "wooden narcotics"
rocking chairs
200
One of her last transmissions was "Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet"
Amelia Earheart
200
Happening once in one trip around the sun
yearly
200
Jim Bowie & William Travis passed into history at this location on March 6, 1836
the Alamo
200
This novel about an Alabama rape trial won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird
400
1632's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" got him in trouble with the Catholic church
Galileo
400
Appropriately, Howard Hawks did use this type of folding armchair, with his name on the back & everything
a director's chair
400
The FBI did not believe the old Giants stadium to be the final resting place of this union man, unseen since July 30, 1975
Jimmy Hoffa
400
Leslie Patricelli teaches kids about opposites with the board book "Yummy" this adjective
yucky
400
The ranching heritage of old Texas is on view at George Ranch Historical Park, just 30 miles from the bustle of this biggest city in the state
Houston
400
The plot of the book "Crazy in Alabama" includes a woman auditioning for this 1960s sitcom about country folks who come to California
The Beverly Hillbillies
600
Written around 350 B.C., this Greek's work "Physics" held sway over science for 2,000 years
Aristotle
600
This leather armchair bears the name of the type of the men's organizations that used them
a club chair
600
This "Twelve Years a Slave" editor left public view in 1857 but may have been working for the Underground Railroad
Solomon Northrup
600
It's memorably used by "cowboy" Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"
yippee-ki-yay
600
This U.S. president received his college degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Lyndon Baines Johnson
600
DAILY DOUBLE
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Mobile's Winston Groom wrote this 1986 novel about a man with childlike wisdom
Forrest Gump
800
Richard Dawkins changed evolutionary biology with "The Selfish" this
gene
800
Ben Franklin designed a chair with a built-in stepladder to be used in this room of his house
the library
800
In 1587 she became the first English child born in America but soon, she & her colony were lost
Virginia Dare
800
Undesirable "off-flavors" in brewing beer include grassy, skunky, & this adjective
yeasty
800
An 860-pound statue of one of these speedy birds welcomes you to Fort Stockton, Texas
a road runner
800
Alabama U.S. Senator Jeremiah Clemens wrote the 1860 novel "The Rivals", about the feud between these 2 historic duelists
Alexander Hamilton
& Aaron Burr
1000
Named for a goddess mother, this 1979 work laid out the idea of Earth as a single, interconnected unit
Gaea
1000
This 18th century British furniture maker was known for his rococo chairs with a distinctive back
Thomas Chippendale
1000
Theodosia, daughter of this ex-vice president, was on a ship that disappeared off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1813
Aaron Burr
1000
This word is in the title of Garson Kanin's play about Billie Dawn, the seemingly dumb blonde mistress of a junk tycoon
yesterday
1000
In 1866 Lyne T. Barret began operating the first producing one of these in the state; a lot more would follow
an oil well
1000
This 1959 Tuscumbia-set play about a steadfast teacher & a stubborn young girl is the state's official outdoor drama
The Miracle Worker