FOUND IN MONGOLIA
BOUNCE
WIDE WORLD OF SPORES
"C"s THE DAY
THE COMMISH
200
'Mongolia's annual Naadam festival includes archery, wrestling & the racing of these animals'
horses
200
'When dropped onto a granite block from 100 inches, this sport's white & yellow balls must bounce between 53" & 58"'
tennis
200
'Spores are often scattered by these windblown plants: as the song says, they're "drifting along with the tumbling"...'
tumbleweeds
200
'Nixon made the second Monday of October a national holiday & called it this'
Columbus Day
200
'Roger Goodell'
the NFL
400
'Navigable but carrying little traffic, the Selenge River forms part of Mongolia's border with this country'
Russia
400
'In August 1812 a U.S. frigate got this nickname when British cannonballs were seen to bounce off its thick oak hull'
the Ironsides (Old Ironsides)
400
'Spores are produced by green plants, bacteria & these, including yeasts, smuts & molds'
fungi
400
'Celebrating the 1862 Batalla de Puebla, this day is sometimes confused with Mexican Independence Day'
Cinco de Mayo
400
'Bud Selig'
Major League Baseball
600
'The name of the leading Mongolian newspaper Unen, just like Pravda, translates as this'
truth
600
'George Nissen & Larry Griswold made the first modern one of these in 1935 using an iron frame & a piece of canvas'
a trampoline
600
'Unlike gametes, spores can do this all by themselves". Hubba hubba!'
reproduce
600
'In the U.S. September 17 is this day that celebrates a certain signing'
the Constitution (Day)
600
'David Stern'
the NBA
800
'The only international airport in Mongolia bears the name of this 13th century Mongol'
Genghis Khan
800
'Radio signals were bounced off this object for the first time during Project Diana on January 10, 1946'
the Moon
800
'In trees of this cone-bearing order such as the Douglas fir, males carry micro-spores: females, megaspores'
conifers
800
'Formerly Dominion Day, it recognizes the July 1 date of the first British colony to become a dominion'
Canada
800
'Gary Bettman'
the NHL
1000
'With more than 400 monks, Mongolia's Gandan Monastery is a leading national center of this religion'
Buddhism
1000
'In 1907 the Gabriel Company received the first U.S. patent for this type of device that dampens a car's bounce'
shock absorbers
1000
'In this type of nonflowering plant, such as the staghorn, spores function much like seeds'
ferns
1000
'For this Asian holiday, firecrackers are thought to scare away the arrival of the murderous beast Nien'
Chinese New Year
1000
'Bart Giamatti (once)'
Major League Baseball
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