ABBREV.
ADMIRALS
ROB THE REPORTER
POETRY POTPOURRI
AD AGE
200
'They're the 2 common abbreviations indicating before noon & afternoon'
A.M. & P.M.
200
'22 years after the April 28, 1789 mutiny, he was promoted to Rear Admiral'
William Bligh
200
'On a daily paper, Rob works under one of these, the latest his story can be filed, every day'
Deadline
200
'He married Minnehaha, the "Loveliest of Dacotah Women"'
Hiawatha
200
'Bob Dylan, Pablo Picasso & Albert Einstein "Think Different" according to ads for this computer company'
Apple
400
'Religiously speaking, Xnty. is an abbreviation for this'
Christianity
400
'When told that 15 enemy ships had been captured at Trafalgar, he said, "That is well, but I had bargained for 20"'
Horatio Nelson
400
'An early job at Baskin-Robbins didn't help Rob prepare to get these, stories gotten ahead of his competitors'
Scoops
400
'Milton work that begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree..."'
"Paradise Lost"
400
'Comic Carlos Alazraqui is the voice of the chihuahua that's the voice of this fast-food chain'
Taco Bell
600
'To an accountant, P&L is this'
Profit and loss
600
'Although 79, this Spanish-American War hero was still considered on active duty at the time of his death in 1917'
George Dewey
600
'Rob claimed his rights under this amendment to publish the dirt on his congressman'
First Amendment
600
'An 8-line stanza, it's usually the first 8 lines in an Italian sonnet'
Octave
600
'In a commercial for this company, 2 guys aimlessly drive around in a Golf while listening to the song "Da Da Da"'
Volkswagen
800
'They're the 2 types of music abbreviated R&B and C&W'
Rhythm & Blues and Country & Western
800
'Until 1899 the only full U.S. admirals had been David Dixon Porter & this man; both served in the Civil War'
David Farragut
800
'It can be the top story that a newscast starts off with, or Rob's first line in his print story on it'
Lead
800
'Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, he idealized his boss as a knight in "The Faerie Queene"'
Edmund Spenser
800
'Commercials for this video chain featured that computer-generated dancing baby'
Blockbuster
1000
'Members of the military who show heroism during aerial combat may be awarded this, abbreviated DFC'
Distinguished Flying Cross
1000
'Opposed to war with the U.S., he nevertheless planned the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor'
Isoroku Yamamoto
1000
'French term for Rob's story that uncovered corruption at City Hall'
Expose
1000
'She described her nervous breakdown in her 1960 poetry collection "To Bedlam and Part Way Back"'
Anne Sexton
1000
'Superman can't pay for Lois Lane's groceries, so this comedian offers his American Express card'
Jerry Seinfeld
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