ENDS IN "X"
ROBERTS RULE
LAS VEGAS CENTENNIAL
TOON UP
NATURE
200
'A surgeon might be tempted to remove this collection of supplementary material at the end of a book'
appendix
200
'On June 5, 1968 a disgruntled Palestinian immigrant shot him at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel'
Robert Kennedy
200
'Group name of the Vegas entertainers seen here doing their thing in the '60s'
the Rat Pack
200
'In the 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon "Birdy and the Beast", it was the birdy'
Tweety
200
'A succulent can be any plant with fleshy, thick tissues adapted to store this'
water
400
'Meaning artificial or fake, it can precede naif or pas'
faux
400
'Of his horse, this general lamented, "Traveller, my only companion, I may say my only pleasure"'
Robert E. Lee
400
'The Las Vegas area was a frequent venue for these post-World War II events conducted by the U.S. government'
atomic bomb tests
400
'Zoinks! This TV cartoon dog celebrated his 35th anniversary in 2004 (that's his 245th in dog years)'
Scooby-Doo
400
'The aye-aye, a primate, was once classified in this order due to its sloping incisors & incessant gnawing'
a rodent
600
'It's the outer layer of the cerebrum largely responsible for higher nervous function'
the cortex
600
'In 1911 in recognition of his Arctic exploration, Congress made him a rear admiral'
Peary
600
'Bugsy Siegel opened this pleasure palace seen here on the Strip in 1946, long before it became a Hilton'
the Flamingo
600
'Jean Vander Pyl was the voice of Rosie the Robot maid on this futuristic cartoon series'
The Jetsons
600
'Ants belong to the insect order Hymenoptera, which means "membrane" this'
wings
800
'Province House in this provincial capital is Canada's oldest Parliament building'
Halifax, Nova Scotia
800
'Brahms had some unfinished business with this composer's wife Clara; he was in love with her'
(Robert) Schumann
800
'Here's a 1950s shot of this downtown main drag named for an explorer who once visited the area'
Fremont Street
800
'Originally, Nickelodeon aired episodes of this Wallaby's "Modern Life"'
Rocko
800
'Much of this cold, treeless plain in the Arctic is covered by a thick growth of lichens'
the Tundra
1000
'John Updike used this word meaning "brought back" in the title of a 1971 novel'
redux
1000
'This author is most famous for creating Conan, the warrior barbarian from Cimmeria'
Robert Howard
1000
'Vegas began in 1905 when a railroad owned by this man, for whom Vegas' county is named, sold off land'
William Clark
1000
'Hey, mama! This smooth-talkin
Johnny Bravo
1000
'The yucca species of this insect lays its eggs in the seed-producing organs of the yucca plant'
moth
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