PRESIDENTIAL LAST NAMES
IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U"
THE COUNTRY AS DESCRIBED BY THE ONION
THEY LIVED PAST 100
YEAR ONE
200
'Beach Boys Brian, Carl & Dennis'
Wilson
200
'To kidnap'
to abduct
200
'This Central American country is "a shortcut with its own national anthem"'
Panama
200
'In 2009 Miep Gies, who, with her husband, hid this girl & her family during WWII, celebrated her 100th birthday'
Anne Frank
200
'April 11, 1951:
Truman relieves this man of his commands in the Far East'
MacArthur
400
'Actor Samuel L. & country singer Alan'
Jackson
400
'This type of government is mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance'
a republic
400
'The official language of this country is "English (kind of)" & crime-wise, there are "rising incidents of monslaughter"'
Jamaica
400
'This comedian celebrated his 100th birthday in 2003; his widow Dolores blew out 100 candles in 2009'
Bob Hope
400
'Sept. 26, 1971:
This man meets with President Nixon, the first meeting of a Japanese emperor & a U.S. president'
Hirohito
600
'Pitcher Randy & actor Dwayne'
Johnson
600
'Headaches & nausea may accompany this injury to the brain, often caused by a jarring blow to the head'
a concussion
600
'This country represents 25% of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young & it boasts "a warm, cold people"'
Canada
600
'In 1995 this matriarch died in Hyannis Port at the age of 104'
Rose Kennedy
600
'May 6, 1981:
She wins a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.'
Maya Lin
800
'Actress Brooke & writer Alice'
Adams
800
'It can mean ability, the powers of the mind, or a school's teaching staff'
faculty
800
'"Nearly 15 feet wide", this nation's been "preventing Argentina from enjoying the Pacific Ocean since 1818"'
Chile
800
'In December 2002 this senator celebrated his 100th birthday with a party on Capitol Hill'
Strom Thurmond
800
'May 24, 1941:
HMS Hood is sunk by this German battleship;
May 27, 1941:
This German battleship is torpedoed & sunk'
the Bismarck
1000
'Singer Rita & "Valley Girl" director Martha'
Coolidge
1000
'This device is used in an internal-combustion engine to produce an explosive mixture of vaporized fuel & air'
a carburetor
1000
'It "came under control of its lemur population in 1965, when the... prosimians gained a majority... in the national senate"'
Madagascar
1000
'New York socialite & philanthropist Brooke, whose husband Vincent was an heir to this family's fortune, died in 2007 at 105'
Astor
1000
'January 10, 1931:
The Prince of Wales meets this American woman; they get married some 6 years later'
Wallis Simpson
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