FAMOUS FIRSTS
NATIONAL FORESTS
TV
BIRDS
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
200
'The 1st railway suspension bridge was completed over the gorge near these U.S.-Canadian falls in 1855'
Niagara Falls
200
'Missouri's national forest named for this writer is nowhere near the city of Hannibal'
Mark Twain
200
'"The Hogan Family" was set in Oak Park, Illinois & "Hogan's Heroes" was set in this country'
Germany
200
'The screech type of this bird has an unusual whistling call'
an owl
200
'On the Beaufort scale, it's the next step up from a tropical storm'
a hurricane
400
'At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, this tall amusement park ride had everyone going in circles'
the Ferris Wheel
400
'Much of this state is covered by 10 national forests including Salmon, Boise & Nez Perce'
Idaho
400
'On its final episode Lt. Gerard shot Fred Johnson, the One-Armed Man'
The Fugitive
400
'The gray jay is not as famous as this relative whose scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata'
the blue jay
400
'The EPA determines whether drinking water contains more lead than 15 ppb, ppb standing for this'
parts per billion
600
'With Vince Lombardi as its coach, this team won the 1st Super Bowl in 1967'
the Green Bay Packers
600
'This Cornhusker State's Blaine & Thomas Counties have the USA's largest hand-planted forest'
Nebraska
600
'In 1996 Lily Tomlin took over the role of "F.Y.I." producer on this show'
Murphy Brown
600
'These birds are so named because their long legs look like the poles circus performers walk on'
stilts
600
'This small measurement used by bartenders equals about 1 1/2 ounces'
a shot glass (or a jigger)
800
'The 1st land engagement of this war took place June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba'
Spanish-American War
800
'The northernmost of Arkansas' national forests shares its name with these mountains in the area'
the Ozarks
800
'Part played on "Bewitched" in the '60s by the person seen here in a recent photo:
[Erin Murphy]'
Tabitha
800
'The coscoroba, which weighs only about 8 pounds, is the smallest of these graceful birds'
swans
800
'To determine this for a circle, multiply the diameter by pi'
the circumference
1000
'Oveta Culp Hobby, who passed away in 1995, was the 1st to head this former cabinet department, HEW for short'
Health, Education and Welfare
1000
'Minnesota's largest national forest shares its name with this Great Lake'
Superior
1000
'"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was the theme to this '90s series featuring Christopher Burke as Corky'
Life Goes On
1000
'The "snowy" type of this member of the heron family is known for its beautiful white plumes'
an egret
1000
'Abbreviated G or GB in computerese, it's equal to 1,024 MB'
a gigabyte
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