SPORTS TALK
FINANCE
A GALLIC CATEGORY?
CONGRESS
12-LETTER WORDS
200
'During a baseball game, it's the off-field area where relief pitchers warm up'
the bullpen
200
'2006-07 saw many foreclosures on this type of loan, which despite its name has a higher-than-usual interest rate'
sub-prime
200
'Nicknamed "The Fair", Charles IV was the last Capetian king of this country'
France
200
'This female New York senator introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005'
Hillary Clinton
200
'It's a pre-wedding ladies-only party where a scantily-clad man may turn up'
a bachelorette party
400
'In volleyball it's a hard smash close to the net going almost straight down into the opponent's court'
a spike
400
'Taxes on these are paid by the grantor, not the receiver, & there's a $12,000 per year exclusion'
gifts
400
'Juan Carlos became the first king of Spain in 44 years on the death of this man in 1975'
Francisco Franco
400
'The man in this post swears in new senators'
the Vice President
400
'It can be a 200th anniversary, or something lasting 200 years'
a bicentennial
600
'In figure skating, a single one of these jumps named for Mr. Paulsen is 1 1/2 revolutions; a triple is 3 1/2'
an Axel
600
'Traditionally, annuities were sold through this type of company'
an insurance company
600
'First name of author Rabelais & filmmaker Truffaut'
François
600
'Created by law in 1800, this institution maintains the Dewey Decimal System'
the Library of Congress
600
'Oui, ma cherie! It's the French equivalent of "miss"'
mademoiselle
800
'Ja, this German term means to ski straight down a slope at full speed'
schuss
800
'This alliterative type of account invests in short-term instruments for safe but piddly returns'
a money market
800
'Every 10 years, a basilica in Goa, India displays the relics of this Jesuit missionary'
St. Francis Xavier
800
'A state with one representative in the House classifies him as "at-" this'
large
800
'Man of War was a famous one'
a thoroughbred
1000
'It's a race in which 4 swimmers on a team each do a different stroke'
a medley
1000
'Reducing a loan with payments covering principal & interest is called this, from the Latin for "dead"'
ammortization
1000
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports form the State Capital in Lincoln, Nebraska) Here in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Capital has a standing Lincoln by this sculptor famous for the seated Lincoln in Washington, D.C.'
Daniel Chester French
1000
'In the House, the Majority Leader is second in power to this person'
the Speaker of the House
1000
'A woman in charge of an all-girls school, or perhaps the top lady in a harem'
a headmistress
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