U.S. GOVT. ABBREV.
MYSTERY HISTORY
POETIC LINES
COFFEE TABLE BOOKS
"J"EOGRAPHY
200
'Not popular with criminals:
DEA'
the Drug Enforcement Administration
200
'This actress played Jessica Fletcher, a writer in Cabot Cove, Maine who wrote & solved mysteries'
Angela Lansbury
200
'In the words of Edgar A. Guest, "It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it" this'
a home
200
'Speeding off the shelves is "The Fast Lane", the NHRA's official 50th anniversary book on this type of racing'
drag racing
200
'Arhus, Denmark's second-largest city, lies on this peninsula'
Jutland
400
'A big part of the paper chase:
GPO'
the Government Printing Office
400
'It's the 2-word name for the van driven around by the kids on "Scooby Doo"'
the Mystery Machine
400
'2 of his less famous lines are "A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray"'
Joyce Kilmer
400
'"Intimate Portrait of a Very Good Year" is devoted to photographs of this singer in 1964'
Frank Sinatra
400
'This city was once known as El Paso del Norte but was renamed for a Mexican president'
Juarez
600
'A source of future pilots:
AFROTC'
the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
600
'One of the 3 people who have hosted the PBS series "Mystery!"'
(1 of) Vincent Price, Gene Shalit, or Diana Rigg
600
'When this schooner wrecked, cruel rocks "gored her side like the horns of an angry bull"'
the Hesperus
600
'Disney's first "animated screenplay" is this film's art book, which includes a foreword by James Earl Jones'
The Lion King
600
'During the Civil War, General Sherman reduced this state capital to ashes, causing it to be called "Chimneyville"'
Jackson
800
'They build bridges to the future:
ACE'
the Army Corps of Engineers
800
'In a 1990s novel, Stephanie Barron had the sense & sensibility to turn this author into a sleuth'
Jane Austen
800
'This "small" title character of a Eugene Field poem told his toy dog & soldier, "and don't you make any noise"'
Little Boy Blue
800
'One book covers the "Bohemia" of this Long Island beach area that attracted F. Scott Fitzgerald & Winslow Homer'
the Hamptons
800
'Until the '60s, French was the official language of this British island in the English Channel'
Jersey
1000
'Sort of like the Peace Corps, only local:
VISTA'
Volunteers in Service to America
1000
'Agatha Christie was staying in Aswan when she wrote this 1937 mystery about a young woman's murder'
Death on the Nile
1000
'In "Harlem", he penned, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"'
Langston Hughes
1000
'"The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis" highlights the houses in this California city 114 miles from L.A.'
Palm Springs
1000
'The names of a period of the Mesozoic Era & a Spielberg thriller both come from this 4-letter Alpine range'
(the) Jura (Mountains)
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