ATLAS
CAT SKILLS
THE "ALP"s
THE ROCKIES
THE ANDYS
200
'This fire-stealer was Atlas' brother'
Prometheus
200
'Cats have a "nictitating membrane", a third one of these, which is used to clear dust from the cornea'
an eyelid
200
'The upper part of the head including the hair'
the scalp
200
'In 1967 he literally & figuratively set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival'
Jimi Hendrix
200
'In 1852 cable car inventor Andrew Hallidie came to San Francisco in search of this precious substance'
gold
400
'In myth Atlas is said to be the first of 10 kings of this legendary land'
Atlantis
400
'Eating almost 3,000 kilos of meat a year, this cat is the largest land mammal with an all-meat diet'
the tiger
400
'An unusual or abnormally rapid beating of the heart'
a palpitation
400
'On Dec. 10, 2007 surviving members Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page of this band reunited in London'
Led Zeppelin
400
'Born in Raleigh, N.C. in 1808, this president was impeached in 1868'
Andrew Johnson
600
'Saying he needed a pad for his head, this hero tricked Atlas into reassuming his job of holding the heavens'
Hercules
600
'AKA vibrissae, these cat features can register minute shifts in air currents'
whiskers
600
'He has had 19 Top 40 hits as a soloist & with his band The Tijuana Brass'
Herb Alpert
600
'This mockumentary hard rock band sang, "I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day" in their song "Big Bottom"'
Spinal Tap
600
'In April 2006, Joshua Bolton succeeded Andrew Card in this White House post'
Chief of Staff
800
'Atlas was part of this group in the war against the gods of Mt. Olympus'
the Titans
800
'Cats have more of these dorsal bones than humans; in between them are discs of pliable fibrocartilage'
vertebrae
800
'Accountants, lawyers & other professionals, not just doctors, can be charged with this type of negligence'
malpractice
800
'After finding Nirvana, Dave Grohl won a Grammy for "The Pretender" with this band'
The Foo Fighters
800
'In 1868 this Scot said of his $50,000 a yr., "Beyond this, never earn... Spend the surplus... for benevolent purposes"'
Carnegie
1000
'Atlas fathered this nymph who liked to entertain shipwrecked sailors like Odysseus'
Calypso
1000
'The clouded variety of this large feline of Southeast Asia is known to perch & hide in trees'
a leopard
1000
'This Honduran capital city begin as a mining town in the late 16th century'
Tegucigalpa
1000
'In the film "Some Kind of Monster", drummer Lars Ulrich's dad tears one of this "Enter Sandman" band's songs to shreds'
Metallica
1000
'This metaphysical poet wrote poems praising Cromwell & imploring his own "coy mistress"'
(Andrew) Marvell
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