FILL IN THE NONFICTION BLANK
MAKE IT A DOUBLE-LETTER WORD -Each response will be two words, and you add a letter to one of the words

"AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT
INSECTS
I READ IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
100

Howard Stern:
"Private ___"

Parts

100

A state of prolonged unconsciousness wakes up with another letter to become a punctuation mark

Coma and Comma

100

Nicki Minaj joined this televised singing competition as a judge in 2013

American Idol

100

Last seen in 1956, the Cockerell's species of this large bee was rediscovered in 2011 in New Mexico

bumblebee

100

This organization "Vows to Develop a Plan to Train and Arm Security Guards at Every School in the Nation"

The NRA

200

Joseph Campbell:
"The Hero with a Thousand ___"

Faces

200

Slang for a policeman; with an added letter, it becomes a fowl enclosure

Cop and Coop

200

This scary FX show stars Jessica Lange as Sister Jude

American Horror Story Asylum

200

The West Nile virus is transmitted predominantly by the Culex genus of this insect

mosquito

200

"Video Game Review: In New Tomb Raider", she "Shows a Vulnerable Side"

Lara Croft

300

James D. Watson:
"The Double ___"

Helix

300

An abbreviated football official becomes a sand ridge at the water's surface

Ref and Reef

300

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is on this Green Day album

American Idiot

300

Also called a measuring worm, it's the caterpillar of a large number of moths

inchworm

300

"Key Moments From the Supreme Court Hearing on the Defense of" this "Act"

Marriage

400

Will & Ariel Durant:
"The Story of ___"

Civilization

400

A word meaning top-rate or excellent takes on another letter to become a meal of the day

Super and Supper

400

Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for this rosy movie

American Beauty

400

Just like chickens, cockroaches have this internal organ that grinds food

gizzard

400

This school "Fires Basketball Coach Mike Rice After Video Goes Public"

Rutgers
500

L. Ron Hubbard:
"___: the Modern Science of Mental Health"

Dianetics 

500

A long-barreled gun loads an extra letter to be a word meaning to turn pages hastily

Rifle and Riffle

500

Luther Vandross sang back-up on the David Bowie song with this title

The Young Americans

500

4 inches long with a 4-inch wingspan, the giant darner is the USA's largest species of this insect

dragonfly

500

This country "Orders Arrest of Satirist for Skits on Islam and Morsi"

Egypt

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