THE 50 STATES
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
BRAND NAMES
THE 20th CENTURY
CLASSIC STAR TREK
200
'Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point'
Alaska
200
'When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare'
Bowling
200
'Mass production of these in the U.S. can be traced back to Donald F. Duncan in the 1920s'
Yo-yos
200
'Shortly after taking power, he nationalized millions of dollars of American-owned property in Cuba'
Fidel Castro
200
'From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname'
"Bones"
400
'Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"'
Illinois
400
'If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins'
Soccer
400
'Joseph McVicker invented this after seeing the trouble kids had with modeling clay'
Play-Doh
400
'On December 1, 1959, 12 nations signed a treaty setting aside this continent as a preserve for scientific research'
Antarctica
400
'Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen'
Khan
600
'In 1845, after nearly 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state'
Texas
600
'Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway'
Golf
600
'In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly'
Bisquick
600
'In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"'
Woodrow Wilson
600
'Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor'
Tiberius
800
'The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state'
New Mexico
800
'If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game'
Go fish
800
'This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product'
Cheerios
800
'In January 1926 in London, John L. Baird demonstrated this new invention which used a cathode ray tube'
Television
1000
'2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths'
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
1000
'If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board'
Risk
1000
'This VCR brand's name came from the Latin for "great voice"'
Magnavox
1000
'In 1992 this former Panamanian dictator was found guilty of drug trafficking by a Miami jury'
Manuel Noriega
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