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200
'Hamid Karzai became the first elected president of this Central Asian country in 2004'
Afghanistan
200
'January 4 is the national day to toss this type of dense Christmas goodie made with dried raisins, nuts & other stuff'
fruitcake
200
'Bedford Falls is the setting of this classic 1946 Christmas film'
It\'s a Wonderful Life
200
'This 19th century character was known for his pipe smoking, violin playing & even cocaine use'
Sherlock Holmes
200
'6 points on the gridiron'
a touchdown
400
'After being jailed for 28 years, he was elected president of South Africa in 1994'
Nelson Mandela
400
'Call your friends: January 20 is national awareness day for these Antarctic birds'
penguins
400
'2-word name of the imaginary hometown of radio host Garrison Keillor, who grew up in Anoka, Minnesota'
Lake Wobegon
400
'You can find this Mickey Spillane tough guy in "The Big Kill" & "My Gun Is Quick"'
Mike Hammer
400
'Street where you'll find Prime Minister Gordon Brown at home'
Downing
600
'Morgan Tsvangirai is an opposition leader in this troubled African country'
Zimbabwe
600
'January 17 doesn't come soon enough, as it's the designated day to ditch these annual promises made 2 1/2 weeks before'
New Year\'s resolutions
600
'Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville, Alabama & set this novel in the similar-but-made-up town of Maycomb'
To Kill a Mockingbird
600
'"G" is for this bestselling novelist who came on the (crime) scene in 1982 with a female detective'
Sue Grafton
600
'To transfer a file or program from the Internet to your home computer'
download
800
'Raised in Mexico City, this New Mexico governor was the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 1999'
(Bill) Richardson
800
'Mmmmmmmmmm, January 23 is a chance to show off your baking skills as it's the day for this; shoofly, anyone?'
pie
800
'Gopher Prairie is the imaginary setting of this Sinclair Lewis novel'
Main Street
800
'This elderly Englishwoman was in 1930's "The Murder at the Vicarage" & 1971's "Nemesis"'
Miss Marple
800
'A hostile face-to-face confrontation, like a gunfight at high noon in the Old West'
a showdown
1000
'Michelle Bachelet is the first female elected leader of this South American country'
Chile
1000
'On January 28 all of us can celebrate the day for this humming noisemaker invented in the 1840s'
a kazoo
1000
'Bearing a close resemblance to William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon, it's Citizen Kane's mansion'
Xanadu
1000
'Robert B. Parker introduced this one-named P.I. in 1974's "The Godwulf Manuscript"'
Spenser
1000
'Yeehaw! It's a boisterous social gathering featuring square dancing'
a hoedown
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