FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
TELEVISION
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
GAMES
HINTS FROM HELOISE
200
'Romanians call this day Joi, while Swedes know it as Torsdag'
Thursday
200
'On June 10, 1996 her syndicated talk show debuted with George Clooney & Susan Lucci as guests'
Rosie O\'Donnell
200
'When Iraq invaded this neighbor, its emir, Sheik Jabir Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, fled to Saudi Arabia'
Kuwait
200
'Experts suggest you begin this game by moving 1 or 2 pawns before bringing knights into play'
Chess
200
'Don't like doing this? You can use a sponge in a saucer or just lick the corner of the envelope instead'
Licking stamps
400
'When sightsseing in France, you should know that entree libre means this'
Free admission
400
'The theme song to this Tim Daly sitcom is based on the fourth movement of Schubert's Piano Sonata in A Major'
"Wings"
400
'Of 10, 100 or 1000, the length of the ground war in hours'
100
400
'Rich Uncle Pennybags is the name of the mustached character on this game's box, board & cards'
Monopoly
400
'Heloise suggests filling this in your car with potpourri; it smells nice & keeps others from using it'
Ashtray
600
'In Portuguese these 2 antonyms are cedo & tarde'
Early & late
600
'This Phil Silvers character was master sergeant of the motor pool at Fort Baxter, Kansas'
Sgt. Bilko
600
'As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he played a leading role in directing the coalition war effort'
Colin Powell
600
'Among this company's games are Boggle, Risk & Sorry'
Parker Brothers
600
'Don't have one in your hotel room? Use a hot light bulb or hang your clothes in the bathroom while you shower'
Iron
800
'In Spain you might go shopping for una chaqueta -- a jacket -- made of cuero, this'
Leather
800
'In 1996 he won the first acting Emmy for a cable TV series for playing Artie on "The Larry Sanders Show"'
Rip Torn
800
'This general who commanded the Allied forces is the son of a brigadier general'
Norman Schwarzkopf
800
'In one version of this game, 108 tiles are grouped into 3 suits: dots, bams & craks'
Mah Jongg
800
'After buying flour, store it here for at least a week to destroy any infestations'
Freezer
1000
'In the Netherlands this popular winter sport is called schaatsenrijden'
Ice skating
1000
'In this 1950s sitcom Theodore's classmates at Grant Ave. School included Larry Mondello, Gilbert Bates & Whitey'
"Leave It To Beaver"
1000
'Saddam Hussein's elite military force, reportedly the best trained & best equipped of the Iraqi army'
The Republican Guards
1000
'In 1931 architect Alfred M. Butts developed this board-&-tile game, calling it Crisscrosswords'
Scrabble
1000
'To remove an excess of this from soup add slices of raw potato to absorb it'
Salt
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