NEW ORLEANS & KATRINA
ON THE 1980s MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
SIGN OF THE FOUR
THE NEW YORK TIMES DINING & WINE
"X" "Q"s ME
200
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) I'm at the New Orleans chapter of this organization, whose shelters across Louisiana provided refuge, food & water for over 146,000 people in the wake of Katrina'
the Red Cross
200
'1987:
"She's Like The Wind"
by Patrick Swayze'
Dirty Dancing
200
'Of the 4 "Little Women" characters Jo, Beth, Laurie & Amy, the one not a sister of the others'
Laurie
200
'On Dec. 23, 2009 The Pour, a blog about wine on nytimes.com, focused on this bubbly beverage'
champagne
200
'It's the type of keyboard named for the succession of 6 letters found near the upper-left corner'
QWERTY
400
'The scene of celebrations before & since, it housed thousands in Katrina's aftermath'
the Superdome
400
'1985:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
by Simple Minds'
The Breakfast Club
400
'Of the 4 suits in tarot cards, the one that's designed to hold liquids'
cups
400
'The Bitten blog discussed how these salty little fish "turn up on traditional & not-so-traditional English menus"'
anchovies
400
'"Magic" & "Have You Never Been Mellow" are songs from this roller-skating musical that hit Broadway in 2007'
Xanadu
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The group Make It Right is helping rebuild homes in that area, called the Lower this, flooded in 2005 by overflow from the canal that divided it from the Upper'
the Ninth Ward
600
'1986:
"Danger Zone"
by Kenny Loggins'
Top Gun
600
'Of the 4 traditional symphonic movements, the one whose name is Italian for "joke"'
scherzo
600
'A 2010 article reported on the hard times that have fallen on wineries in this California valley'
Napa Valley
600
'The name of this case used to carry your arrows might make you tremble'
a quiver
800
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The largest design build civil works project in the history of the army corps of engineers, a giant flood wall is technically called this type of barrier, as it protects against hurricane-driven water levels'
a surge barrier (a storm surge barrier accepted)
800
'1984:
"Axel F."
by Harold Faltermeyer'
Beverly Hills Cop
800
'Of the 4 principal directions on a sailing ship, the one that's also a potent potable'
port
800
'A tasty but tongue-twisting recipe from Mark Bittman paired the bay type of this bivalve mollusk with scallions'
a scallop
800
'He succeeded his dad, Darius I, as king of Persia'
Xerxes
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The Domino Sugar refinery built a 200-unit trailer park here on-site to house its employees when this "saintly" parish was hit hard by flooding'
St. Bernard
1000
'1980:
"Call Me"
by Blondie'
American Gigolo
1000
'Of the 4 Marx Brothers in "Horse Feathers", the one with the same name as a California city'
Chico
1000
'A recipe for Mediterranean citrus chicken skewers had this Mid-Eastern sauce made of ground sesame seeds'
tahini
1000
'Alphabetically, it's last of the noble gases'
xenon
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