NONFICTION
POLKA YOUR EYES OUT
FORESTS
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PRIME NUMBER, PLEASE
200
'This actress' memoir "Wishful Drinking" talks about coming of age on the set of "Star Wars"'
Carrie Fisher
200
'In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this 4-word line comes before "we'll have a barrel of fun"'
Roll out the barrel
200
'Established in 1891 as the USA's first national forest, Shoshone National Forest lies in Wyoming adjacent to this natl. park'
Yellowstone
200
'Sport popular in Canada that's mistakenly called shuffleboard on ice'
curling
200
'Traditionally, it's the age at which a boy has his Bar Mitzvah'
13
400
'"High Crimes" tells of "The Fate of" this mountain "in an Age of Greed"'
Mount Everest
400
'Of 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time, it's the tempo used in polkas'
2/4
400
'Through efforts by the VFW, a memorial forest in N.C. is named for this "Trees" poet who was killed in WWI'
Joyce Kilmer
400
'Hans Christian Andersen's poignant avian tale about beauty & judgment'
"The Ugly Duckling"
400
'This popular cleaner is named for the number of tries it took scientists to come up with the correct formula'
409
600
'2008's "Giants" covers "The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and" this man'
Abraham Lincoln
600
'Between 1955 & 1982 a good polka was often on the program of this bandleader's wunnerful TV program'
Lawrence Welk
600
'Hells Canyon, North America's deepest canyon, lies in this Idaho national forest named for Chief Joseph's tribe'
Nez Percé
600
'"Digit"-al baby fish'
a fingerling
600
'Barry Bonds currently holds the single-season home run record with this many*'
73
800
'David Remnick covered "The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" in his "Tomb"'
Lenin
800
'The "Circus Polka" composed by Igor Stravinsky for the Ringling Brothers was originally intended to be danced by these'
elephants
800
'Wheeler Peak in Nevada has a grove of the oldest type of tree, these pines; they're 3,000 if they're a day'
bristlecone pines
800
'Spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm'
rifling
800
'Boeing is hoping to put this new plane, also called the Dreamliner, into service in 2010'
787
1000
'Thomas L. Friedman explains "Why We Need a Green Revolution" in "Hot, Flat, and" this'
Crowded
1000
'The Germans & the Poles claim the polka, but more than likely it was created in Bohemia in this present country'
the Czech Republic
1000
'Mineral springs in this Belgian forest have made the town of Spa a popular health resort for 500 years'
the Ardennes
1000
'An abandoned child, like Tom Jones in the novel'
a foundling
1000
'It's the next prime number year; the last one was 2003'
2011
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