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WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT WHEN...
THE PIPE ORGAN
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
UNLIKELY MOVIE SEQUELS
200
'This snack food has been including toy surprises in its packages since 1912'
Cracker Jack
200
'...Alaska & Hawaii were admitted to the Union'
Richard Nixon
200
'A common expression refers to "pulling out all" of these knobs, seen here'
the stops
200
'After World War II, this Welsh poet served as a commentator on poetry for the BBC'
Dylan Thomas
200
'Captain Algren (Tom Cruise) opens a humble noodle shop in Kyoto but is forced to return to the way of war'
The Last Samurai (2)
400
'This wife of George Burns said that she was so surprised by her birth, she "couldn't talk for a year and a half"'
Gracie Allen
400
'...Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female on the U.S. Supreme Court'
George Bush
400
'One common type of pipe produces sound with a thin, vibrating one of these, like a clarinet does'
a reed
400
'In this 14th c. work, Harry Bailly, Tabard Inn host, agrees to give a free dinner to the pilgrim who tells the best story'
the Canterbury Tales
400
'The 1934 Ford actually held lookalikes of the 2 outlaw lovers, who settle down & raise a zany family'
Bonnie and Clyde
600
'This writer's name became synonymous with surprise endings after works like "The Gift of the Magi"'
O. Henry
600
'...Alexander Hamilton died'
(Aaron) Burr
600
'A pipe's pitch is related to its length; compared to an eight-footer, a four-footer sounds the same note at this interval'
an octave
600
'His name is a religious post & in "Essay on Man" he seeks to "vindicate the ways of God to Man"'
(Alexander) Pope
600
'Ashton Kutcher, as a friend of the skipper played by George Clooney, sails off to bring in one more catch in his memory'
The Perfect Storm
800
'This man led 16 B-25s in a surprise air raid on Japan on April 18, 1942'
(Jimmy) Doolittle
800
'...Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in Munich'
Spiro Agnew
800
'Organ music is often written on 3 of these sets of lines, the lowest one for the pedal part'
a staff
800
'He wrote the lines "The lark's on the wing, the snail's on the thorn, God's in his heaven, all's right with the world"'
Robert Browning
800
'John Book (now an ex-cop) & Rachel (exiled from the Amish) meet again when he picks her up in a Las Vegas bar'
Witness 2
1000
'Seen here is
"Unpleasant Surprise" by this French primitive'
Rousseau
1000
'...John Glenn orbited the Earth for the first time'
Lyndon Johnson
1000
'It's the "hands-on" name for an organ keyboard; the instrument seen here has four, some have six'
the (organ) manual
1000
'This poet laureate's "In Memoriam" was an elegy to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam'
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1000
'Sal's Famous Pizzeria re-opens in L.A. as Sal's Health Food Store, only to be threatened by rioting once again'
Do the Right Thing
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