AMERICANA
STATE CAPITALS
I'LL BE YOUR WAITER
"ROLL" CALL
REIGN CHECK
200
'The theme park once known as Silver Dollar City got a makeover & in '86 was renamed this, in honor of a famous blonde'
Dollywood
200
'Nebraska Wesleyan University is in this state capital'
Lincoln
200
'We have an international flavor for this "of the day"--Cuban black bean or French onion'
soup
200
'This kitchen item with a short handle at each end could easily be the seventh clue murder weapon'
a rolling pin
200
'After they killed themselves, she & Mark Antony were buried together, as both of them wished'
Cleopatra
400
'New Mexico's state song, "O, Fair New Mexico", was written by the daughter of this man who killed Billy the Kid'
Pat Garrett
400
'(Hi, I'm Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.) Before joining NBC News, I observed politics firsthand as a lawyer working in the N.Y. Governor's office in this state capital'
Albany
400
'Sir, some fresh ground this spice, from Malabar, India, on your salad? No? Too late'
pepper
400
'You'll flip for this heavy steel transverse item in the form of an inverted U on a vehicle'
a roll bar
400
'Around 1000 A.D. Olof Skotkonung became the first Christian king of this Scandinavian country'
Sweden
600
'George Gershwin prepared to write this opera by studying southern black culture on an island off the Carolina coast'
Porgy & Bess
600
'This state capital is home to one of the armed forces academies'
Annapolis
600
'Ah, the pouilly-fuisse, a lovely choice from this region also called Bourgogne'
Burgundy
600
'Random House defines it as "a small gravity railroad"'
a roller coaster
600
'During WWII this Dutch monarch became the first reigning Queen to address the U.S. congress'
Queen Wilhelmina
800
'At the Cabildo in New Orleans, you can see the death mask of this ruler who ceded New Orleans to the U.S.'
Napoleon (I)
800
'(Hi, I'm Tucker Carlson of CNN's Crossfire.) One of my first jobs in journalism was as a staff writer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in this state capital'
Little Rock
800
'Even if you're not all related, we serve our portions this "style", so get used to sharing'
family style
800
'A return to a lower level in prices'
a rollback
800
'This pair succeeded James II, the last Catholic king of Britain'
William & Mary
1000
'(Hi, I'm Gretchen Carlson of the CBS Saturday Early Show.) As a former Miss Minnesota, I know that the Minnesota state motto is "L'Etoile du Nord", or this "of the North"'
star
1000
'It's the state capital whose major newspaper is a "Bee"'
Sacramento
1000
'We serve only Angus beef, known for this quality of having white flecks of juicy fat'
marbling
1000
'Appropriate 7-letter term for the first public showing of an aircraft'
rollout
1000
'Kings of this North African country have included Muhammad V & Hassan II'
Morocco
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