POTPOURRI
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS
THE CIVIL WAR
OFFICIAL CANADIAN PROVINCE THINGS
200
'The name of this language, in the language itself, is "Igpay Atinlay"'
Pig Latin
200
'It was believed gods lived in trees; to ward off bad luck, do this to wood'
knock on wood
200
'Tracy Turnblad learns a new style of dancing when she's sent to detention in this 2007 movie musical'
Hairspray
200
'Robert E. Lee's nephew Fitzhugh Lee was a major general during both the Civil War & this 1898 war'
the Spanish-American War
200
'British Columbia's flag shows the sun setting over wavy stripes, which symbolize this ocean'
the Pacific
400
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew performs an experiment.) Some clay, a very sharp pencil & a horseshoe magnet will make a simple one of these devices--you don't even need a needle'
a compass
400
'It was believed that this animal's foot could keep away all forms of rheumatism'
a rabbit
400
'As Gabriella, this gal sang "When There Was Me And You" in "High School Musical"'
(Vanessa) Hudgens
400
'"Quaker guns" were really logs that the South painted to look like these big mounted weapons'
cannons
400
'Petrified wood is the official stone of this province whose capital is Edmonton'
Alberta
600
'Since 1910, the color that borders the covers of "National Geographic"'
yellow
600
'It was thought breaking this damages one's soul; since vampires have no soul, they can't be seen in one'
a mirror
600
'I'm "Hopelessly Devoted" to this 1978 musical that's set at Rydell High'
Grease
600
'He was clipping roses in his garden when he found out that he'd been elected President of the Confederacy'
Jefferson Davis
600
'Its song is "The Island Hymn"'
Prince Edward Island
800
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a phrase on the monitor.) In proofreading, a mark like the red one here indicates that the writer should do this with the words'
switch them (or transpose them)
800
'Using this object, symbolic of a solar wheel & originally a sun shade, when there was no sun was sacrilegious'
an umbrella
800
'In "Raise Your Voice", this teen idol leaves her small town to go to a prestigious California music school'
Hilary Duff
800
'This city in Northern Virginia was the site of 2 battles known in the North as the Battles of Bull Run'
Manassas
800
'It's great, it's gray, it's nocturnal, it's the provincial bird of Manitoba'
an owl
1000
'14-letter word for cooperation between 2 partners, leading to smoother political sailing'
bipartisanship
1000
'As shown in "The Dresser", it's Shakespeare's not-to-be-quoted-from, bad luck play'
Macbeth
1000
'This 1980 film was set at the N.Y. High School for Performing Arts; a TV show, reality show & musical followed'
Fame
1000
'General Albert Sidney Johnston died while leading the attack against the Union at Shiloh in this state'
Tennessee
1000
'This province's motto is Je me souviens, "I remember"'
Quebec
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