4-LETTER WORDS
GRAMMYS 2005
"NORTH" POLL
GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN
ONLINE LINGO
200
'In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A."'
born
200
'He was on everybody's mind when he posthumously won a handful of Grammys for his "Genius Loves Company" album'
Ray Charles
200
'British Admiral David Beatty was the first Earl of this, found between Britain & Norway'
the North Sea
200
'At her death, aged 81, she was the oldest British monarch ever'
Queen Victoria
200
'"FTASB" stands for this phrase that describes Superman'
faster than a speeding bullet
400
'Living high on the hog you can afford your own tub of this hog fat'
lard
400
'An instrumental, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow", & not a song about a surfer girl earned him his first Grammy ever'
Brian Wilson
400
'Its official motto is "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"'
North Dakota
400
'It has been reported that he was once seen having a conversation with an oak tree'
George III
400
'It's what the acronym "WYSIWYG" stands for'
what you see is what you get
600
'James Beard described it as "our common ground, a universal experience"'
food
600
'Between the 2 of them, they picked up 7 Grammys, including one for their "My Boo" duet'
Usher & Alicia Keys
600
'Many explorers once sought this arctic sea route connecting 2 oceans'
the Northwest Passage
600
'John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649'
Charles I
600
'"WAMBAM" means "Web application meets" these 2 building materials'
bricks and mortar
800
'Arial or Bauhaus, for example'
font
800
'U2 was perhaps feeling dizzy after winning Grammys for this song'
"Vertigo"
800
'The flag of this country, once at war with the United States, is seen here'
North Vietnam
800
'In 1603 he became the first British monarch of the House of Stuart'
James I
800
'In online lingo, "BEG" stands for "big, evil" this'
grin
1000
'It's another name for the killer whale'
an orca
1000
'33 years after her last win, she hit the mother lode with awards for Country Album & Best Country Collaboration'
Loretta Lynn
1000
'It's seen on many flags, & on a Nobel Prize medal as a symbol of the Royal Swedish Academy'
the North Star
1000
'All 3 of the kings with this name died violently'
Richard
1000
'If all else fails, do this, "RTM"'
read the manual
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