THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
SPACE MISSIONS
BUSY AS A BEAVER
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
200
'He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the NYC art deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge'
Walter Chrysler
200
'Committed to TV, Tom Selleck had to turn down this role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (curse you, Hawaiian shirt!)'
Indiana Jones
200
'In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet'
the poles
200
'Gee, Wally, this classic TV show premiered on October 4, 1957'
Leave It to Beaver
200
'"The Nanny Diaries" &
"Q is for Quarry"'
the 2000s
400
'This Frenchman was the designer for the company that bore his name, GM's largest division'
Chevrolet
400
'E.T. would have followed a trail of this candy, but the Mars company said no; not even the red ones'
M&Ms
400
'The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf'
Pluto
400
'One of the 2 U.S. states with the beaver as the state animal: one's on the west coast & one's on the east'
Oregon (or New York)
400
'"The Godfather" &
"Airport"'
the \'60s
600
'In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse'
Ferrari
600
'Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part'
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
600
'The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind'
the solar wind
600
'Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog'
White Fang
600
'"The Power of Positive Thinking"
& "Marjorie Morningstar"'
the 1950s
800
'The emblem seen here represents this line of cars, named for auto pioneer David'
Buick
800
'Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant"'
The Matrix
800
'The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet'
Saturn
800
'As a boy Joe Namath had a dam good time growing up strong in this Pennsylvania city'
Beaver Falls
800
'"The Yearling" &
"Of Mice and Men"'
the 1930s
1000
'James Sumner & Henry Spurrier founded the company that became "British" this, owner of Jaguar'
British Leyland
1000
'Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out'
Beverly Hills Cop
1000
'The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s'
Mercury
1000
'"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"'
Lewis Carroll
1000
'"The Mammoth Hunters" &
"The Queen of the Damned"'
the 1980s
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