PRESIDENTS
SLANG
FOOD
SINGERS
COMMUNICATION
200
'U.S. district judge Sarah Hughes administered the oath of office to him aboard Air Force One'
Lyndon B. Johnson
200
'Slang suffix used with shutter, jitter & litter'
bug
200
'Often served over asparagus, this creamy sauce was 1st made in France, not in the Netherlands'
Hollandaise sauce
200
'Under most No. 1 hits by a writer, Billboard lists this Beatle 1st with John Lennon 2nd'
Paul McCartney
200
'When making a movie, it's a sound idea to have one of these dangling from the end of your boom'
microphone
400
'3 of his many nicknames were "Buffoon", "Tycoon" & "Illinois Baboon"'
Abraham Lincoln
400
'This doesn't mean you've been kidnapping babies but dating someone much younger than yourself'
robbing the cradle
400
'Use these when an Italian recipe calls for "pomodori"'
tomatoes
400
'The only million-selling album by this Queen of Soul was 1985's "Who's Zoomin' Who"'
Aretha Franklin
400
'1-word term for the presiding officer in Britain's House of Commons & our House of Representatives'
the speaker
600
'Facts About the Presidents lists "corporate spokesman" as one of his former occupations'
Ronald Reagan
600
'Slang term for an outboard motor, probably derived from the sound it makes'
putt-putt
600
'Most botanists believe the Irish potato originally came from this continent'
South America
600
'He wrote the song that begins "Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let -- fifty cents"'
Roger Miller ("King of the Road")
600
'Funk & Wagnalls defines it as "to draw the eyelids of 1 eye together, as in conveying a hint"'
wink
800
'He was climbing in the Adirondacks when he was notified that Pres. McKinley was dying'
Theodore Roosevelt
800
'The hinged section of an airplane wing or, in slang, a commotion'
a flap
800
'This deli item is corned beef that's been rubbed with pepper & spices, smoked & then steamed'
pastrami
800
'On June 27, 1989 at Radio City Music Hall, they were heard singing the following:

"Did you ever see the faces of..."'
The Who ("Christmas" from the rock opera Tommy)
800
'It's the broadcasting service of the U.S. International Communication Agency'
Voice of America
1000
'This president appointed Warren Burger chief justice'
Richard Nixon
1000
'Slang term for the bar at a golf club, or the drink you'd have there after a round'
the 19th hole
1000
'In the 1989 Farmer's Almanac, Edmund Muskie tells how to hypnotize one of these before cooking it'
a lobster
1000
'She wrote the music & sang the themes for 2 of Mike Nichols' films, "Heartburn" & "Working Girl"'
Carly Simon
1000
'In the 17th century Aphra Behn wrote this "speaks sense in a language all nations understand"'
money
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