THE FICTION FILE
LOST "COS"
2000 NEWS
FUN WITH FLOWERS
ELLA FITZGERALD
200
'In 2001 the scroll on which Jack Kerouac feverishly typed this book was sold for over $2 million'
On the Road
200
'Clothing worn in a play'
costume
200
'After capturing less than 1% of the vote in 1996, he was again the Green Party's nominee for president'
(Ralph) Nader
200
'Also called a yellow daisy, this "black-eyed" flower bears a woman's name'
a Black-Eyed Susan
200
'Ella's voice (on tape) shattered glass in a TV ad that asked, "Is it live or is it" this brand'
Memorex
400
'An airplane quality assurance officer is the heroine of "Airframe" by this author of "Jurassic Park"'
Michael Crichton
400
'It's another name for a beautician'
a cosmetologist
400
'On August 9, 2000 this company recalled 6.5 million of its tires'
Firestone
400
'Ikebana is a traditional art of arranging flowers in this country'
Japan
400
'Ella forgot the words during a live version of this song from "The Threepenny Opera" but still made it a hit in '60'
"Mack The Knife"
600
'Don't let anyone spoil it by giving you the ending of her book "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"'
Dame Agatha Christie
600
'It's what a Russian calls a space traveler'
a cosmonaut
600
'This Fijian beat Tiger Woods by 6 strokes to win the 2000 Masters'
Vijay Singh
600
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew sits in a yoga position at a gym.) The yoga position I'm in shares its name with this water lily that was sacred to the ancient Egyptians'
a lotus
600
'Ella co-wrote this song heard here, her first hit

"A brown and yellow basket /
I send a letter to my mommy /
On the way I dropped it..."'
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
800
'This 1979 "Guide" by the late Douglas Adams was a novelization of a radio series'
The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy
800
'San Jose is its capital city'
Costa Rica
800
'A coach ride past cheering throngs was part of her 100th birthday celebration August 4, 2000'
the Queen Mother
800
'Each year, Holland, Michigan holds a festival honoring this flower'
the tulip
800
'One critic likened Ella's voice to Cabernet Sauvignon; that of this trumpeter & duet partner, to Wild Turkey'
Louis Armstrong
1000
'In 1994 the world learned the real identity of "Pauline Reage", author of this racy 1954 "story"'
(Story of) O
1000
'This actor directed a 1990 movie that won 7 Oscars'
Kevin Costner
1000
'In June the leaders of North & South Korea met for talks in this capital of North Korea'
Pyongyang
1000
'Sharing its name with an eye part, this flower's name is from the Greek for "rainbow"'
iris
1000
'Ella's mastery of this improvisational technique was widely imitated but never matched'
scatting
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