FASTER
I HEAR BANJOS
FICTION
PADDLE
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS
200
'At about 17,000 mph, the world's fastest winged vehicle is this one when in orbit'
the Space Shuttle
200
'The classic bluegrass song "Dueling Banjos" is featured in this disturbing 1972 film'
Deliverance
200
'In a departure from legal thrillers, he tackled football in "Playing for Pizza"'
John Grisham
200
'On "ER" it's not uncommon to hear this 5-letter word just before defibrillator paddles are discharged'
clear
200
'Sworn in on Air Force One'
LBJ
400
'Driving the Thrust SSC, Andy Green broke the land-speed record going 763 mph at Black Rock Desert in this state'
Nevada
400
'In 2009 this comic actor released a banjo album--"Ramblin' Guy" isn't one of the tracks'
Steve Martin
400
'A newspaper article, "Pastor Tells Eerie Tale of 'Haunted' Boy", partly inspired this 1971 bestseller'
The Exorcist
400
'Duke Kahanamoku was among those who pioneered the paddle type of this sport'
surfing
400
'Shot outside the Washington Hilton'
Reagan
600
'Clocked at 36 mph, one of the world's fastest insects is the Australian this seen here'
a dragonfly
600
'He penned the lyrics "I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee"'
Stephen Foster
600
'Ruth Prawer Jhabvala subtitled her "East into Upper East" "Plain Tales from New York and" this world capital'
New Delhi
600
'In the 1800s Robert Fulton developed the first steamboat, propelled by one of these'
paddlewheel
600
'Meets with Yitzhak Rabin & wife; meets with Anwar Sadat & wife'
(Jimmy) Carter
800
'Olympian John Howard set a 152.2 mph speed record on one of these in 1985--he started by being towed behind a car'
a bicycle
800
'This banjo-heavy minstrel show favorite became the South's unofficial anthem during the Civil War'
"Dixie"
800
'Evan Hunter wrote the popular 87th precinct novels under this pen name'
Ed McBain
800
'2 main grips for the paddles in this sport are the pen hold & shake hands grips'
table tennis (ping-pong)
800
'Signs the Tennessee Valley Authority act into law'
FDR
1000
'Flying a Westland Lynx turboshaft in 1986, Trevor Egginton set the record for one of these at 249 mph'
a helicopter
1000
'Skilled banjo player Uncle Dave Macon was an early star on this popular radio show aka "The WSM Barn Dance"'
"The Grand Old Opry"
1000
'"Brain", "Coma", and "Contagion" are among his medical thrillers'
Robin Cook
1000
'Go to the Met in NYC & you can see a ceremonial dance paddle called a "rapa" from Rapa Nui, aka this island'
Easter Island
1000
'Signs the U.N. charter in San Francisco'
Truman
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