ILLOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
ACTRESSES
PLANTS
AUTHORS
THE "UN"CATEGORY
200
'The Vikings named an ice-covered island this to lure settlers there'
Greenland
200
'She's mom to Kate Hudson'
Goldie Hawn
200
'Koeberlina spinosa is the "Crucifixion" one of these, the type of object Jesus wore a crown of'
thorns
200
'In 1979 a play based on his novel "Fahrenheit 451" was produced in Los Angeles'
Ray Bradbury
200
'Not whitened, like some flour & linen'
unbleached
400
'Since it's the largest city in Missouri, we wonder why it's not called Missouri City'
Kansas City
400
'Once nicknamed "Stecchetto", the Stick, because she was so skinny, she's the beauty who married Carlo Ponti'
Sophia Loren
400
'The bulbs of this plant named for a Greek youth who fell in love with his image can cause digestive upset & trembling'
Narcissus
400
'He's won 2 Nat'l Book Awards: for "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1960 & for "Sabbath's Theater" 35 years later'
Philip Roth
400
'This title of the film seen here is descriptive of one of its leading characters'
Unfaithful
600
'You'll find Limestone & Peat on Ireland but not the gems this nickname would imply'
"The Emerald Isle"
600
'She thanked her father Paul when she won a 1995 Oscar for her role in "Mighty Aphrodite"'
Mira Sorvino
600
'Flowers are considered "perfect" if they contain both of these reproductive organs'
pistil & stamen
600
'This French author's original surname was Balssa before his father changed it'
Honore de Balzac
600
'Insurers'
underwriters
800
'Rock Island is not on an island but a city on the Mississippi River in this state that borders Iowa'
Illinois
800
'She played Tina Turner on the big screen & Rosa Parks on TV'
Angela Bassett
800
'4 true cedar trees exist: they are native to Cyprus, the Atlas Mountains, the Himalayas & this Mideast country'
Lebanon
800
'Her first novel was written in collaboration with another author using the joint pseudonym Jules Sand'
George Sand
800
'To zoologists, a goat, or a guanaco'
ungulate
1000
'The city of El Centro in this state is actually on its southern border, near Mexicali'
California
1000
'She directed the 1920 silent film "Remodeling Her Husband", starring her sister Dorothy'
Lillian Gish
1000
'The Black-Eyed Susan is the state flower of this Atlantic coast state'
Maryland
1000
'This Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist co-wrote the play "Dinner at Eight" with George S. Kaufman'
Edna Ferber
1000
'Famous (& rather insulting) adjective for England's King Ethelred II'
"the Unready"
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