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A GAME OF NUMBERS

200

'A slang term for a trucker's large tractor-trailer gives it this many wheels'

18

400

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a globe with lattitude & longitude lines on the monitor.) The Earth can be divided into this many units, each measuring 15 degrees longitude & roughly equal to a time zone'

24

600

'A haiku consists
of 17 syllables
in this many lines'

3

800

'A famous group of blacklisted writers of the 1950s was known as the "Hollywood" this'

10

1000

'It's the highest no. of points that can be scored on a standard dartboard with a single throw of a dart'

60 (triple 20)

1997

200

'This industry accused of creating huge health care costs agreed to cough up $368.5 billion'

the cigarette industry (or the tobacco industry)

400

'James Fenimore Cooper would like this spacecraft that became the first to land on Mars in over 20 years'

Pathfinder

600

'Full name, with Roman numeral, of the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1997'

Martin Luther King III

800

'(Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) As CNN White House correspondent, in February 1997, I reported that President Clinton had intervened to stop a strike at this airline'

American Airlines

1000

'The brother of this Peruvian president was among hostages at the Lima home of the Japanese ambassador'

(Alberto) Fujimori

ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS

200

'In Macmillan's spring 1936 catalog, her upcoming novel was misidentified as "Come with the Wind"'

Margaret Mitchell

400

'After winning an Oscar & a Tony, he tried his hand at novels like "The Naked Face" & "The Other Side of Midnight"'

Sidney Sheldon

600

'Seen here is a portrait of this author as a middle-aged man'

James Joyce

800

'The kids' classic "Where the Sidewalk Ends" features his poems & drawings'

Shel Silverstein

1000

'In the 1970s this former actor enjoyed success as the bestselling author of "The Other" & "Harvest Home"'

Thomas Tryon

CRITTERS

200

'The striped species of this mammal is identifiable by the 2 white stripes down its back forming a "V"'

a skunk

400

'This arboreal marsupial is smaller & lighter-colored in Northern than in Southern Australia'

a koala bear

600

'This small Andean rodent is prized for its fur, which can be gray with a deep blue underfur'

a chinchilla

800

'The Cape species of this bovine of Southern Africa is extremely dangerous to man & has never been domesticated'

a buffalo

1000

'On the Galapagos Islands, the marine type of this lizard feeds on algae that it gathers off rocks at low tide'

an iguana

ROYALTY ON FILM

200

'Helen Mirren as this queen in "The Queen"'

Elizabeth II

400

'Cate Blanchett in 1998 as this title queen'

Elizabeth I

600

'Kirsten Dunst in 2006 as this title queen'

Marie Antoinette

800

'Robert Shaw was him in "A Man for All Seasons"'

Henry VIII

1000

'Katharine Hepburn was her in "The Lion in Winter"'

Eleanor of Aquitaine