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200
'Fittingly, this country was the site of the first modern Olympics in 1896'
Greece
200
'Felicity & Felicia are feminine forms of this masculine name'
Felix
200
'In a 1939 film, Spencer Tracy played Stanley & Cedric Hardwicke enacted this role, I presume'
Dr. Livingstone
200
'Varieties of this fruit, suitable for home orchards, include Red Rome, Jonathan & Stark Jumbo'
Apples
200
'An achievement is signified by a feather in this'
Cap
400
'In 1932, when women could enter only 3 events, this American woman won 3 medals'
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
400
'The daughter of Ptolemy XII, her name means "Father's Glory"'
Cleopatra
400
'When Norma Shearer played this queen, John Barrymore played her father-in-law, Louis XV'
Marie Antoinette
400
'Russian thistle breaks from its base & goes drifting along with the wind -- so it's called this'
Tumbleweed
400
'When you get mad you might "flip your lid" or "blow" this'
Top
600
'In 1912 this Native American won the decathlon & pentathlon'
Jim Thorpe
600
'Made famous by a Johanna Spyri novel, it was originally a nickname for "Adelaide"'
Heidi
600
'Paul Muni won an Oscar for his performance in this role, which he "milked" for all it was worth'
Louis Pasteur
600
'Medium in which an Egyptian or lotus plant grows'
Water
600
'Henry Fielding wrote, "Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of" this beverage'
Tea
800
'In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport'
Skiing
800
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
Name in the title of the following 1956 hit:'
"Long Tall Sally" (by Little Richard)
800
'Gregory Peck played the title role in this 1977 film bio about a U.S. general'
MacArthur
800
'Economically it's the most important bean in the world'
Soybean
800
'Nautically speaking, if you don't like the look of someone, you don't like "the cut of his" one of these'
Jib
1000
'In 1972 Vassili Alexeyev, known as the "Russian Bear", won his 1st Olympic gold medal in this sport'
Weightlifting
1000
'Woman's name that's Old German for "armored warrior maiden"'
Brunhilde
1000
'A 1946 Rosalind Russell film dramatized the life of this nurse famed for her work with polio patients'
Sister Elizabeth Kenney
1000
'Jacarandas are tropical trees with flowers of this color'
Bluish Purple
1000
'The 2 horses bet on in "Camptown Races"'
The nag & the bay
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