WEAPONS
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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THEY ALMOST STARRED IN...
LEADING "ROLL"s
200
'Weapon with the greatest "return" for your money, especially if your money is an Australian dollar'
the boomerang
200
'This narrow lake, part of Scotland's Caledonian Canal, is home to a famous monster'
Loch Ness
200
'Due to leakage, 3 billion gal. of this natural resource stored by the gov't in a cavern is being sold for a loss'
oil
200
'Gale Sondergaard wanted to play the Wicked Witch in this 1939 film as a glamorous woman in a tight sequined dress'
The Wizard of Oz
200
'Some people use spray deodorants, but many conservationists prefer this non-aerosol kind'
roll-on
400
'Marvin Runyon said as of Aug. 1, 1995 any of these workers bringing a gun to the job would be fired'
postal workers
400
'This longest river on Earth flows into the Mediterranean Sea'
the Nile
400
'During "Carmen" in 1995, tenor Fabio Armiliato was accidentally cut by one of these long-bladed weapons'
a sword
400
'Walt Disney considered casting Mary Pickford as this Lewis Carroll heroine'
Alice in Wonderland
400
'When it's time to go to sleep, campers unroll these'
a bed roll
600
'An encased explosive charge set on a wall or gate; you may be "hoisted by" your own if you're too close'
a petard
600
'Birnbaum's Travel Guide calls this volcano the terror & pride of Naples'
Mount Vesuvius
600
'During "Tosca" in 1995, this accident happened to tenor Fabio Armiliato in the firing squad scene'
he was shot [in the foot]
600
'Doris Day was asked to play Mrs. Robinson in this film, but she thought it would ruin her image'
The Graduate
600
'If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough'
a rolling pin
800
'Sometimes made of a 15' length of hollow cane, it uses the force of one's breath to propel a dart'
a blow gun
800
'The first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945 near Alamogordo in this state'
New Mexico
800
'Leaning on a crutch offstage after the 1st act of "Tosca", tenor Fabio Armiliato fell & broke this'
his leg
800
'If Rex Harrison hadn't accepted this role, we would have heard Christopher Plummer "talk to the animals"'
Dr. Doolittle
800
'In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this line precedes "We'll have a barrel of fun"'
roll out the barrel
1000
'Wayne LaPierre, an executive of this gun group, blamed the 1995 loss of 300,000 members on the dues increase'
the NRA
1000
'This continent's Polyus Nedostupnosti, the pole of inaccessibility, is Guinness' coldest place'
Antarctica
1000
'In July 1995 the RCMP & the Secret Service had to rescue this former U.S. president from a Canadian peat bog'
George Bush
1000
'After Bette Davis turned down the role of Mildred Pierce, this rival grabbed it & won an Oscar'
Joan Crawford
1000
'Jazz great Morton, or his sweet snack'
jelly roll
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