GOING BANANAS
WORD ORIGINS
SWEET AD LINES
ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY!
1928
200
'Recipes for this cake-like loaf call for 2 or 3 ripe bananas, mashed'
Banana bread
200
'This word entered the English language in the 13th century as "sucre"'
Sugar
200
'This product claims to be "Finger Lickin' Good"'
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
200
'You can buy this former Maniac's new album "Ophelia" in any little hamlet'
Natalie Merchant
200
'During 1928 both the Graf Zeppelin & this woman made their first flights across the Atlantic'
Amelia Earhart
400
'This term for the leading comedian in a show originated in a burlesque routine involving bananas'
Top banana
400
'Jeans were named for this Italian city where a strong twilled cotton cloth was made'
Genoa
400
'Teddy Roosevelt was the first to remark that this coffee was "Good to the Last Drop"'
Maxwell House
400
'Name of the singer whose famous features are seen here'
David Bowie
400
'After Coolidge chose not to run again for president, this man did & carried 40 out of 48 states'
Herbert Hoover
600
'A traditional banana daiquiri contains the light type of this liquor'
Rum
600
'From the Greek nostos, "A return home", & algos, "pain", it's the pain you experience when remembering'
Nostalgia
600
'This brand is "Everything You Always Wanted in a Beer....and Less"'
Miller Lite
600
'He wrote "Running On Empty" & co-wrote "Take It Easy"'
Jackson Browne
600
'This company drove up new business with the purchase of Dodge & the introduction of the Plymouth'
Chrysler
800
'While singing with The Tarriers, Alan Arkin had a hit with this song one month before Harry Belafonte'
"The Banana-Boat Song"
800
'Greek for "wood sound", this instrument's name refers to its tuned wooden bars'
Xylophone
800
'If you "Get A Piece of the Rock" you'll have this company's insurance'
Prudential
800
'"Some say eat or be eaten" is a line from this song Elton John found lion around'
"Circle Of Life"
800
'Then in her mid 20s, Margaret Mead published this classic study of life in the Pacific'
"Coming Of Age In Samoa"
1000
'The documentary film subtitled "Bananas Is My Business" profiles this movie star of the '30s & '40s'
Carmen Miranda
1000
'Originally, it referred to a boisterous, rude lad, not a young girl who behaves like a lad as it does now'
Tomboy
1000
'It's the answer to the advertising question "How Do You Spell Relief?"'
"R-O-L-A-I-D-S" (Rolaids)
1000
'This Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist plays on Mick Jagger's "Wandering Spirit"'
Flea
1000
'Haile Selassie was crowned king of Ethiopia under this name'
Ras Tafari
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