BEACH BOYS
OUR FUNNY ACCENTS
THE "LOW" DOWN
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS
19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS
200
'Crockett & Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series'
Miami Vice
200
'State that produced the accent of the U.S. president seen
here
At my direction, after complete and thorough consultation and agreement with the government..."'
Texas
200
'In a children's game, it precedes "the-leader"'
follow
200
'A 1995 review said that her "prose has vastly improved since the Baroque excesses of 'Interview With The Vampire"''
Anne Rice
200
'On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit'
Henry Ford
400
'For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette'
Frankie Avalon
400
'
"Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd" is the classic line identifying the accent of this city
'
Boston
400
'Nobody can deny, "He's a jolly, good" one'
fellow
400
'Margaret Atwood reviewed this woman's "Beloved" for the New York Times & called it "another triumph"'
Toni Morrison
400
'In 1863 he, Maurice Clark & Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil'
John D. Rockefeller
600
'A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective'
Magnum, P.I.
600
'
Dropping the "R" from soitain woids is associated with this borough that includes Flatbush
'
Brooklyn
600
'It describes farmland that's left unseeded for a growing season or two'
fallow
600
'In a 1999 review Stephen King called this title character a Count Dracula for the computer age'
Hannibal Lecter
600
'In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket'
George Eastman
800
'This actor rolls on the sand & in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity"'
Burt Lancaster
800
'Though Fargo is in North Dakota, the 1996 film "Fargo" featured the accent of this state'
Minnesota
800
'This hard animal fat is used in candles & soap'
tallow
800
'This author's "One L ", about the first year of law school, read "as if it were the most absorbing of thrillers"'
Scott Turow
800
'In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company & founded a brewery'
(Adolph) Coors
1000
'Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia'
On the Beach
1000
'The person heard
here
grew up in this area of L.A. between the Santa Monica & San Gabriel mountains
"And I was like, 'Oh my God, whatever!' and Tiffany was like, 'For sure, you know, like...'"'
the San Fernando Valley
1000
'Donovan only made it to No. 2 with this song, his second-biggest hit'
"Mellow Yellow"
1000
'Reviewing "Beowulf", the Times called this Irish poet "arguably the finest poet now writing in English"'
Seamus Heaney
1000
'This man's name is on the can, but it was John Dorrance who developed condensed soup for his company'
(Joseph) Campbell
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