FAMOUS TOMs
FOOD
INSECTS
WESTERN SONGS
1989
200
'This NBC newsman used to co-host the "Today" show with Barbara Walters & her successor, Jane Pauley'
Tom Brokaw
200
'With far less fat than margarine, Le Slim Cow is a French substitute for this dairy product'
Butter
200
'The Latin name of this insect is mantis religiosa'
Praying Mantis
200
'The classic western song that begins "See them tumbling down...."'
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
200
'She revealed in her book, "First Father, First Daughter" that she had been a victim of marital abuse'
Maureen Reagan
400
'In 1863 he married Lavinia, who, like him, stood 35 inches tall'
Tom Thumb
400
'President Bush likes to eat these pigskin treats with Tabasco sauce'
Pork Rinds
400
'According to the Smithsonian, the old Ford Woody station wagons were often infested with these'
Termites
400
'Roy Rogers sang, "Hoppy, Gene & me; we taught you how to" do this "straight"'
Shoot
400
'This Watergate chronicler reviewed his childhood in the book "Loyalties: A Son's Memoir"'
Carl Bernstein
600
'In 1984, in addition to his TV chores, he starred in the films "Lassiter" & "Runaway"'
Tom Selleck
600
'The prophet Mohammed advised, "Eat" this many-seeded fruit, "It purges the system of envy & hatred"'
Pomegranate
600
'The German type of this ancient household pest is sometimes mistakingly called a waterbug'
Cockroach
600
'"Hold That Critter Down" is a song about doing this to animals'
Branding them
600
'In March the U.S. agreed to help build this nation's FSX fighter jet'
Japan
800
'He succeeded Jim Wright as Speaker of the House in June 1989'
Tom Foley
800
'Bufala Mozzarella is made from the milk of this type of buffalo, not bison'
Water Buffalo
800
'The process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly is called this'
Metamorphosis
800
'In the song "Tennessee Stud", the Tennessee Stud isn't a macho cowboy, it's one of these'
Horse
800
'Until "Batman" opened, this 1989 Spielberg-Lucas film held the 1-day gross record with $11.2 million'
"Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade"
1000
'" 'I'm going to the racetrack
Tom Swifty
1000
'To make Charlotte Russe, line your mold with these cakes'
Ladyfingers
1000
'These brightly colored insects are sometimes called "Devil's Darning Needles"'
Dragonflies
1000
'In Cole Porter's song, the title line that follows "Send me off forever, but I ask you, please..."'
"Don\'t Fence Me In"
1000
'Chemist B. Stanley Pons & Martin Fleischman claimed to have devised a room temperature version of this'
Cold/Nuclear Fusion
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