APRIL
THE ELEMENTS
FICTIONAL MOVIES
WHO "R" YOU?
GEOGRAPHIC HORSE RACE
200
'In April 1952 the president seized these mills to help the Korean War effort; then the Supreme Court said he couldn't'
steel
200
'This liquid metal is also called quicksilver'
mercury
200
'"The Dueling Cavalier" was the silent film being turned into a musical in this 1952 Gene Kelly favorite'
Singin\' in the Rain
200
'His clever military tactics during WWII earned him the nickname "The Desert Fox"'
Rommel
200
'& they're off... "Holy Roller" from this 109-acre country breaks fast & its 921 residents pray for a win'
Vatican City
400
'In April 2003 WorldCom, Inc. changed its brand name to this 3-letter one'
MCI
400
'When exercising, be sure to replace this element you sweat out, or you risk hyponatremia'
sodium
400
'A docu-comedy called "Yankee Doodle Doctor" was made by the wacky medical staff on this 1950s-set sitcom'
M*A*S*H
400
'French cardinal who said, "Give me 6 lines written by the most honest man, (&) I'll find something in them to hang him"'
Richelieu
400
'This country that built a 20-mi.-long dike in 1932 to add a new province, Flevoland, goes wild as "Dikes R Us" makes a move!'
the Netherlands
600
'In April 1972 the U.S. bombed this Vietnamese port city; more recently Seattle became its sister city'
Haiphong
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports with some textiles from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) North Carolina State University is developing shirts lined with transmitters made of this element, symbol Ag, that may one day monitor your vital signs'
silver
600
'"Jaws 19" is playing at a movie theater in the first sequel of this Michael J. Fox time-traveling comedy'
Back to the Future
600
'"Dutch" & "The Role of a Lifetime" are books about him'
Reagan
600
'At the turn, it's "Rhine River Principality" by a length... & actually, it's greatest length is about 17 miles!'
Liechtenstein
800
'In this theatre April 14, 1865 the play "Our American Cousin" celebrated its 1,000th performance'
Ford\'s Theatre
800
'The name of this metal comes from the Latin cyprian'
copper
800
'"Three Weeks in a Helicopter" is an interactive "feely" film in this Aldous Huxley novel'
Brave New World
800
'In 1947 he became head of the Naval Reactors branch of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission'
Admiral Hyman Rickover
800
'On the rail it's "Famished" from this Eur. country that lost 2/3 of its land after WWI but regained its independence'
Hungary
1000
'In April 1988 this state made Evan Mecham its ex-governor'
Arizona
1000
'The Venus' flytrap catches & digests insects mainly to absorb this element'
nitrogen
1000
'The mobsters turned filmmakers were trying to get the movie "Mr. Lovejoy" made in this John Travolta film'
Get Shorty
1000
'In 1960 he resigned as president of South Korea & fled to Hawaii'
Syngman Rhee
1000
'At the wire it's "Titano's Pride" from this country, some say the oldest republic in the world'
San Marino
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