AMERICAN AUTHORS
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STATE CAPITALS
"ICK"Y WORDS
SPORTS SCORES
200
'Born of French-Canadian parents, this "On the Road" author spoke only French until he was 6'
(Jack) Kerouac
200
'It's a synonym for a baptism, or a ceremony where an ocean liner is launched'
a christening
200
'Natives of this city think it's O.K. to call it OKC'
Oklahoma City
200
'Dickens had one "On the Hearth" & Disney had one narrate "Pinocchio"'
a cricket
200
'One stroke under par on a hole in golf is a birdie; one stroke over is one of these'
a bogey
400
'In his 1932 book "Death in the Afternoon", he treated bullfighting as a tragic ritual rather than sport'
(Ernest) Hemingway
400
'The Pyrotechnics Guild International enjoys launching varieties of these, including "stars" & "comets"'
fireworks
400
'Dole Cannery Square is one of this city's premier shopping destinations'
Honolulu
400
'The USA's top-selling candy bar, it added a peanut butter version in 1990'
Snickers
400
'In football, the defense earns this many points by tackling the opposing team's ball carrier in his own end zone'
two
600
'When he began writing "Catch-22", he was an advertising writer for TIME magazine'
Joseph Heller
600
'The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower'
a catapult
600
'This city boasts museums devoted to toys, beverage containers & Hank Williams Jr.'
Nashville
600
'Beginning in the early 1970s, we were urged to do this to our Bic lighters'
flick
600
'In volleyball, only the side who did this at the beginning of play can score a point'
serve
800
'This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers'
Jack London
800
'The U.S.S. Seawolf, a navy submarine, can launch airborne missiles & these underwater projectiles'
torpedoes
800
'One of America's oldest churches, the Mission of San Miguel in this city, was erected around 1610'
Santa Fe
800
'Many of these human-powered 2-wheeled carts once widely used in Asia were built in the U.S.'
rickshaws
800
'Number of points scored in the clip seen here:'
3
1000
'"The Man from Main Street" is a collection of this Nobel Prize winner's essays'
Sinclair Lewis
1000
'At launching, it's attached to an external tank & 2 rocket boosters'
the Space Shuttle
1000
'The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital'
Boston
1000
'"Heat" suffered by infants in warm weather, causing a rash'
prickly heat
1000
'In tournament darts, it's the most points a player can earn on one throw; the most for one turn is 180'
60 (triple 20)
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