RUBY
THE EMERALD ISLE
PEARLS OF WISDOM
CORAL REEF LIFE
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
200
'In newspapers, Jack Ruby was invariably described as an "operator" of these joints'
strip joints (or nightclubs)
200
'It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000'
Dublin
200
'An artist:
"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"'
Andy Warhol
200
'Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world'
the Great Barrier Reef
200
'Dangerous American pit viper'
the diamondback
400
'On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby'
Renée Zellweger
400
'It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland'
Ulster
400
'A Founding Father:
"There never was a good war or a bad peace"'
Benjamin Franklin
400
'John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key'
Key Largo
400
'Honolulu high spot'
Diamond Head
600
'She was married to Al Jolson when she starred in those classic 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals'
Ruby Keeler
600
'This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984'
Reagan
600
'A 17th century writer:
"Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"'
Izaak Walton
600
'A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs'
starfish
600
'Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"'
"Diamonds Are A Girl\'s Best Friend"
800
'Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"'
"Three Little Words"
800
'This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal'
Waterford
800
'A playwright:
"We are all born mad. Some remain so."'
Samuel Beckett
800
'This coral reef dweller seen here can be vicious & has been known to attack underwater divers'
a moray eel
800
'Arkansassy state park near Murfreesboro'
Crater of Diamonds State Park
1000
'In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters'
Ruby Dee
1000
'At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles'
the River Shannon
1000
'A philosopher:
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"'
George Santayana
1000
'It's a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon, like Bikini or Eniwetok'
an atoll
1000
'This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop'
Diamond Jim Brady
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