CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
CORN
AUTHOR'S MAIDEN NAMES
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I'M LEAFING TODAY
200
'As published, his "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz'
Beethoven
200
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in a ripe cornfield in Wisconsin.) Because it feels like the fabric of the same name, the tuft at the end of an ear of corn is called this'
the silk
200
'Elizabeth Browning'
Barrett
200
'A group interview held for reporters by a political figure or famous person'
a news conference
200
'Trying to identify this vine always leaves us scratching our heads'
poison ivy
400
'He wrote "William Tell" at age 37, but no other operas during the remaining 39 years of his life'
(Gioacchino) Rossini
400
'As a thickener, this powder leaves sauces clear rather than opaque, like flour'
cornstarch
400
'Laura Wilder'
Ingalls
400
'Smaller than a newspaper, it's a printed report giving news or information of interest to a special group'
a newsletter
400
'The leaf seen here is used as a symbol of this professional sports team, eh?'
Maple Leafs
600
'In his 20s this "New World" symphony composer played viola in the Czech nat'l theater under Smetana'
Dvorak
600
'(Jimmy is still lost in the Wisconsin cornfield.) Henry Ford suggested running cars on this fuel made from corn; in recent years it's become a big part of our fuel supply'
ethanol
600
'Mary Dodge'
Mapes
600
'The "March of Time" was a famous series of these short films about recent historic events'
a newsreel
600
'We'll have to garnish your income if you misidentify the leaves of this plant'
parsley
800
'His family was Jewish but his father became a protestant & added Bartholdy to the last name'
Felix Mendelssohn
800
'In 1961, in ancient Mexican trash, R.S. MacNeish discovered tiny, cigarette-filter-sized ones of these'
corn cobs
800
'Adela St. Johns'
Rogers
800
'The sheep-to-human ratio in this nation is about 10 to 1'
New Zealand
800
'The sight of these leaves was good news to Noah'
olives
1000
'Around 1813 he set Goethe's "Gretchen am Spinnrade" to music'
Franz Schubert
1000
'A main constituent of corn husks & stalks is this tough cell wall material that's made into fibers like rayon'
cellulose
1000
'Mary Rinehart'
Roberts
1000
'(R2-D2 beeps & whistles the clue.) When the original "Star Wars" became "Star Wars: Episode IV", this 3-word subtitle was added to its name'
A New Hope
1000
'In general, you might see one of these leaves on an Army Major or a Lieutenant Colonel'
an oak leaf
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