THE MASON-DIXON LINE
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
HIPPOCRATES' MEDICAL GUIDE
A BUG'S LIFE
CIVICS CLASS
200
'As well as surveyors, Mason & Dixon had this profession, Mason having worked at the Greenwich Observatory'
Astronomers
200
'Defoe's dogs'
Daniel\'s spaniels
200
'According to Hippocrates, it's the most healthy & least mortal of the 4 seasons'
spring
200
'These bugs of the family Lampyridae are all aglow in summer'
Fireflies/lightning bugs
200
'In the most common form of U.S. city government, a council is balanced by this executive'
Mayor
400
'As the boundary between slave & free states, the line extended along this river to the Mississippi'
Ohio River
400
'R.L.'s evergreens'
Stine\'s pines
400
'Hippocrates said sneezing cures these; medical science today advises that you breathe in a bag'
Hiccups
400
'It's hard to see just how many legs this bug has since it only comes out at night'
Centipede
400
'Instead of a "standing" one, the House & Senate each have a "select" one on intelligence'
Committee
600
'The line settled a dispute between Maryland's Calverts & this family that ran the colony to the north'
Penn
600
'Orwell's ravines'
George\'s gorges
600
'A restricted one of these is bad, so don't eat just grapefruit or rutabagas'
Diet
600
'Different types of this insect transmit dengue fever as well as malaria'
Mosquito
600
'It's about 50% in U.S. national elections, 30 points lower than in western Europe'
Voter turnout
800
'With remarkable accuracy, Mason & Dixon set the line at 39 degrees 43'17.6" of this'
Latitude
800
'Vidal's boutiques'
Gore\'s stores
800
'Good old Hippocrates believed that a woman cannot become this, able to use both hands equally'
Ambidextrous
800
'Social wasps include hornets & these "well dressed" members, Vespula maculifrons'
Yellow jackets
800
'Wisconsin introduced this "fare" game that made AFDC recipients get jobs'
Workfare
1000
'The term "Mason & Dixon's Line" was first used in the debate leading to this 1820 compromise'
Missouri Compromise
1000
'Dorothy's felt-tipped pens'
Parker\'s markers
1000
'Hippocrates taught that cold sweats occuring with an acute one of these indicates death'
Fever
1000
'You'll find this wingless pest with a metallic name in many books; not as an entry, but as a feeder'
Silverfish
1000
'Constitutional amendment that prohibits privacy by banning "unreasonable searches and seizures"'
Fourth Amendment
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