MIDWAY
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AMERICAN PLAYS
BORN IN TRANSYLVANIA
200
'The nearly extinct Hawaiian species of this mammal uses Midway's beaches to breed'
a seal
200
'According to some legends, this mythical beast missed the boat, Noah's boat'
the unicorn
200
'Their 1469 marriage was politically arranged to unite 2 Iberian kingdoms'
Ferdinand & Isabella
200
'This future pres.'s 1948 Senate race is the subject of the musical "The Winner", which premiered in Texas in 2007'
Lyndon Johnson
200
'A prince of Walachia, he was known for impaling thousands at Bradsov in Transylvania'
Vlad the Impaler
400
'An order signed on Oct. 31, 1996 transferred Midway from the Navy to this cabinet dept.'
Interior
400
'The highest elevation in this state is 13,528 feet'
Utah
400
'Anne Hathaway was 26 & pregnant when she married this 18-year old in 1582'
William Shakespeare
400
'Kevin Spacey starred in a 2006 British revival of this playwright's "A Moon for the Misbegotten"'
Eugene O\'Neill
400
'Born near Timisoara, this "Tarzan" actor claimed U.S. birth & swam for the U.S. in the Olympics'
(Johnny) Weissmuller
600
'In 1935 this airline built a prefab hotel on Midway as a rest stop for passengers flying on its China Clippers'
Pan Am
600
'From the Latin for "usable" it's a usable kitchen tool like a fork or a ladle'
a utensil
600
'This actress has been married to actor Jeff Goldblum & to Director Renny Harlin'
Geena Davis
600
'The 2007 revival of this classic courtroom drama cast Christopher Plummer in the role inspired by Clarence Darrow'
Inherit the Wind
600
'Gheorghe Muresan played big for this NBA team that was then called the Bullets'
Washington Wizards
800
'Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird'
the albatross
800
'For insurance companies, they calculate risk, set premiums & write pol...--sorry, dozed off for a second'
underwriters
800
'This Baltimore divorcee's marriage to an Englishman on June 3, 1937 made headlines'
Wallis Simpson
800
'(Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) I received my 1st Emmy nomination for the television version of this play; I played Tom & Katharine Hepburn played my mother, Amanda Wingfield'
The Glass Menagerie
800
'Born in what was then Hungary, he gained fame on stage in a Bram Stoker adaptation & later acted in the film'
Bela Lugosi
1000
'In the 1950's & '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line'
the DEW line
1000
'Mount Narodnaya and Mount Karpinsk are 2 prominent peaks in this mountain range'
the Urals
1000
'The marriage of this pair in 1614 brought peace between the Jamestown colony & local native Americans'
Pocahontas & John Rolfe
1000
'Famed for playing Frasier's father, this actor came back to Broadway in 2007 in "Prelude to a Kiss"'
(John) Mahoney
1000
'Jimmy Carter named this Nobel Peace Prize winner chair of the President's Commision on the Holocaust'
Elie Wiesel
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