GERMANIA
1890s CINEMA
PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS-UP
DOUBLE LETTERS
FAMOUS RAYS
200
'Enjoy a concert in the Beethovenhalle in this former German capital'
Bonn
200
'In an 1898 film by G.A. Smith, this character enters & leaves a room via the chimney'
Santa Claus
200
'1960:
Richard Nixon'
Kennedy
200
'This Hawaiian dress was adapted from dresses originally distributed by missionaries'
a muumuu
200
'Arthur Eddington helped confirm general relativity by showing that this force affects rays of light'
gravity
400
'Before the Euro, Germany used this official currency with a 2-word name'
the Deutsche Mark
400
'In "Wonderful Dancing Girls", 2 ballet dancers dance on this, years before Fred Astaire in "Royal Wedding"'
the ceiling
400
'1952 & 1956:
Adlai Stevenson'
Eisenhower
400
'A doll that has more realistic body parts than some other dolls is said to be anatomically this'
correct
400
'The photos that revealed DNA's shape were taken with these rays; there's a distinct pattern when they go through a helix'
X-rays
600
'The German title of this 18th Century opera is "Die Zauberflote"'
The Magic Flute
600
'A film of this president reviewing troops was shot in Pittsburgh on August 28, 1899; he was shot in 1901'
McKinley
600
'1828:
John Quincy Adams'
Andrew Jackson
600
'This word for excessive & sometimes false praise is also the name of a cape in Washington State'
flattery
600
'Particle physics was established with research on these rays from outer space, from the Greek for "universe"'
cosmic rays
800
'It's a bird! It's a plane! It's this German equivalent of a Superman'
an Ubermensch
800
'1899's "Frank Melville's Trick" one of these circus animals shows the title creature stepping over 2 ponies'
an elephant
800
'1912:
Theodore Roosevelt'
Woodrow Wilson
800
'This small colorful pet fish was named for the naturalist who introduced it to English aquariums in the 1800s'
a guppy
800
'(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) In geometry, it's the 2-letter last name for the ray seen here'
the Ba ray
1000
'This city on the Main River was where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned beginning around 1356'
Frankfurt
1000
'"Casey At The Bat" ends with Casey & his teammates piling onto & pummeling this person at the plate'
the umpire
1000
'1928:
Al Smith'
Herbert Hoover
1000
'From the Latin for "flesh", it's dead or decaying flesh popular with hyenas & buzzards'
carrion
1000
'In 2005 NASA pinpointed GRB050709, the "GRB" for this type of burst brighter than a billion suns'
a gamma-ray burst
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