OSCARS OF THE '70s
THE STING
"ROCK"Y
THE GODFATHER
DEAR JUNTA
200
'No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar'
Tatum O\'Neal
200
'Most bar recipes for the stinger call for the white version of this potent potable, not the green'
crème de menthe
200
'"SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things was the first of these works; "Tommy" came soon after'
a rock opera
200
'This S.F. Giant, Barry Bonds' godfather, got his nickname from his unique greetings to fans'
Say Hey Willie Mays
200
'Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country'
Panama
400
'Colorful actor seen here who won Best Supporting Actor in 1973'
Joel Grey
400
'Singer/actor Sting played Feyd-Rautha in this David Lynch film based on a Frank Herbert novel'
Dune
400
'National Guard troops escorted black students to class in this southern state capital in August 1959'
Little Rock
400
'After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811'
(Edgar Allan) Poe
400
'The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion'
Napoleon (Bonaparte)
600
'Of Jack Nicholson's 5 nominations in the 1970s, this was the only movie for which he won'
One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest
600
'The creature known as this "false" arachnid has venomous pincers & no tail'
a scorpion
600
'Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades'
the Dome of the Rock
600
'He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere'
King Louis XIV
600
'This former priest was ousted in Feb. 2004, even after a U.S.-brokered deal in 1994 with the Haitian junta kept him in power'
Aristide
800
'For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar'
Ingrid Bergman
800
'The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting'
Charlotte
800
'Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater'
rock salt
800
'After a mock funeral for this counterculture icon, his goddaughter, Winona Ryder, moved in with him'
Timothy Leary
800
'After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country'
Burma (or Myanmar)
1000
'This son of a famous French impressionist painter received an honorary Oscar in 1975'
Jean Renoir
1000
'This famous FBI sting derived its name from one its fictitious enterprises, Abdul Enterprises'
Abscam
1000
'This peninsula in the borough of Queens is one of the principal resort areas for New Yorkers'
Rockaway Beach (or Peninsula)
1000
'This British philosopher who won a Nobel Prize in 1950 was the godchild of John Stuart Mill'
Bertrand Russell
1000
'In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country'
Sierra Leone
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