I THINK I'VE HEARD OF "M"
PLAYS WITHIN PLAYS
FROM THE LATIN
100,000 REASONS
CONAN O'BRIEN
200
'David McLean, who portrayed this rugged symbol in tobacco ads, died of cancer, & his family has sued Philip Morris'
the Marlboro Man
200
'The end of this play finds Bialystock & Bloom in Sing Sing rehearsing for "Prisoners Of Love"'
The Producers
200
'Need a little R&R? It's time for one of these, from the Latin for "to be free"'
a vacation
200
'The U.S. Geological Survey has a database of these in a 1:100,000 scale'
maps
200
'While working as a writer on this Fox TV show, Conan penned the memorable "Marge vs. The Monorail" episode'
The Simpsons
400
'The theatrical world mourned this playwright in 2005'
Arthur Miller
400
'A Spanish prison is the setting for the play within this musical with the songs "Dulcinea" & "The Impossible Dream"'
Man Of La Mancha
400
'Meaning to slip away from confinement or pursuit, it's from the Latin meaning "to get out of one's cloak"'
escape
400
'Tragically, on Dec. 26, 2004 one of these Japanese-named events claimed more than 100,000 lives'
a tsunami
400
'When Conan took over for David Letterman as the host of "Late Night" in 1993, this man was his sidekick'
Andy Richter
600
'This Italian excited the world by engineering wireless reporting of the 1899 America's Cup'
Marconi
600
'After a bad performance of the play within a play in this 1896 Chekhov work, Trepilov kills a bird'
The Seagull
600
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports while an Omaha zookeeper plays with her monkey.) This little fellow weighs about 10 pounds but could grow up to weigh over 250 pounds, making orangutans the largest animals described as this, from the Latin for "tree"'
arboreals
600
'There are about 100,000 verses in the Mahabharata, a national epic poem of India written in this ancient language'
Sanskrit
600
'This "Insult Comic Dog" appears regularly on Conan to insult Canada, "Star Trek" nerds & others'
Triumph
800
'He endowed the institute that merged with Carnegie's'
(Andrew) Mellon
800
'Actors at Peter Quince's house go over "Pyramus & Thisbe" for Hippolyta & Theseus' wedding in this play'
A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
800
'This 6-syllable synonym for "off the cuff" comes from the Latin for "out of the time"'
extemporaneous
800
'100000watts.com is a listing of these businesses in the U.S.'
radio stations
800
'A gag begun in 2005 often points out how much Conan resembles Tarja Halonen, the female president of this nation'
Finland
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks in Red Square.) This World War Two foreign minister had the distinction of being a pallbearer for both Lenin & Stalin'
Molotov
1000
'Rupert Holmes adapted this unfinshed Dickens work into a 1985 play-within-a-play musical'
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
1000
'From the Latin for "wedge", it means wedge-shaped writing & we're not just Babylon'
cuneiform
1000
'Project Gutenberg's list of the 1st 100,000 of these runs from 1 to 1,318,699 (though some say 1 may not be one)'
prime numbers
1000
'Early in his career, Conan performed with this L.A. comedy troupe named for a theater audience section'
the Groundlings
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