THE 1880S
THE PIANO
INCREDIBLE EDIBLES
BIRTHDAY'S THE SAME
U.S. SKYSCRAPERS
200
'An 1882 act excluded laborers from this Asian country from entering the U.S.'
China
200
'A piano of this type that required insertion of a nickel to operate was called a nickelodeon'
Player Piano
200
'French chefs cook these in butter & sprinkle them with brandy; in a nursery rhyme, they were "baked in a pie"'
Blackbirds
200
'This cartoonist might serve "Peanuts" at a Nov. 26 party for himself, Tina Turner & Robert Goulet'
Charles Schulz
200
'Skyscrapers in this city include 191 Peachtree Tower, Westin Peachtree Plaza & One Peachtree Center'
Atlanta
400
'This baron for whom a hockey trophy is named became governor-general of Canada in 1888'
Lord Stanley
400
'In 1768 his son Johann Christian gave London's first public solo piano recital'
J.S. Bach
400
'Joy of Cooking suggests jellying these pig extremities & serving them cold with remoulade sauce'
Pigs\' Feet/Knuckles
400
'A twist of fate gave this "twist king" the same birthday as Gore Vidal, October 3'
Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)
400
'This Northwest city's Columbia Seafirst Center is more than 300 feet taller than its Space Needle'
Seattle
600
'The Congo Free State was established in 1885, with this country's King Leopold II as ruler'
Belgium
600
'A piano built by Anton Walter & played by Mozart is at Mozart's birthplace in this Austrian city'
Salzburg
600
'The gray type of this furry-tailed arboreal rodent is less gamy in flavor than the red'
Squirrel
600
'"Let's Make A Deal" & have a surprise party on Aug. 25 for this TV host, Sean Connery & Elvis Costello'
Monty Hall
600
'In the 1970s windows kept falling out of this city's new John Hancock Tower'
Boston
800
'In 1886 Charles M. Hall developed the electrolytic method for getting this metal from bauxite'
Aluminum
800
'Many European pianos lack a middle, or sostenuto, one of these'
Pedal
800
'Despite its skunklike odor, this "skunk" plant may be cooked & eaten'
Skunk Cabbage
800
'He could sing his Oscar-winning song "I'm Easy" to Mel Tillis & Connie Stevens on Aug. 8, their mutual birthday'
Keith Carradine
800
'Automotive icons were incorporated into the design for this Manhattan tower, briefly the world's largest'
Chrysler Building
1000
'The Organic Act of 1884 applied the laws of Oregon to this area purchased by the U.S. in 1867'
Alaska
1000
'A piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys'
36
1000
'Onions, oatmeal & sheep innards are stuffed into a sheep's stomach to make this Scottish taste treat'
Haggis
1000
'This author of "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" could celebrate his November 11 birthday with Jonathan Winters'
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
1000
'NationsBank Corporate Center towers 871 feet over this city, North Carolina's largest'
Charlotte
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