7-LETTER WORDS
SPORTS
HODGEPODGE
1989
BY "GEORGE"
200
'An open-air blaze; its name comes from a time when bones were used for fuel'
Bonfire
200
'A Japanese teacher named Jigaro Kano developed this modern version of jujitsu in the 1880s'
Judo
200
'During WWII he was head of the Kuomintang party & commander of the Chinese army'
Chiang Kai-shek
200
'When this country held elections in March, 3 cosmonauts voted by radio from space'
Soviet Union
200
'He survived a May 1972 assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland'
George Wallace
400
'Though it's from the French word for "morning", it now means an afternoon performance'
Matinee
400
'This noted horsewoman who competed at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 is also a princess'
Princess Anne
400
'On the day this emperor was buried, Japan granted amnesty to 30,000 people'
Hirohito
400
'In January Dion DiMucci & Otis Redding were among those inducted into this hall of fame'
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
400
'She's the former first lady of the Boston Celtics & the state of Kentucky'
Phyllis George
600
'The Count of Monte Cristo spent 14 years in one of these dank places in the Chateau D'If'
Dungeon
600
'Originally bred in India, it's the type of bull most often seen in bull riding contests'
Brahma
600
'Plate pressure is compressing the Mediterranean, but this sea, bordering Greece, is expanding'
Aegean Sea
600
'Nike introduced a basketball shoe that can be inflated around this joint for better support'
Ankle
600
'This producer-screenwriter from California created a popular character named Indiana'
George Lucas
800
'A small bouquet of flowers that would probably please your partner's proboscis'
Nosegay
800
'In 1947 she became the 1st American woman to win the British Women's Amateur golf tournament'
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
800
'To get a Nevada divorce, you have to live there at least this long'
6 Weeks
800
'In March these northern lights were visible as far south as Texas & Florida'
Aurora Borealis
800
'He & his brother William Bundy held high government positions in the 1960s'
McGeorge Bundy
1000
'To live together as husband & wife, in legal terminology'
Cohabit
1000
'Romania's Maricica Puica won the infamous 1984 race in which these 2 runners collided'
Zola Budd & Mary Decker Slaney
1000
'The 1st explorer to see N.Y. harbor; a bridge opened there in 1964 is named for him'
Giovanni Verrazano
1000
'This star of "9 1/2 Weeks" bought the town of Braselton, GA. for $20 million'
Kim Basinger
1000
'This tough-guy actor turned down the lead in "The Maltese Falcon" -- the rest is history'
George Raft
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