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DISNEY FILM BY CHARACTER

200

'Jasmine, a princess
(1992)'

Aladdin

400

'Mr. Smee, a first mate
(1953)'

Peter Pan

600

'Mike Wazowski, friend to James P. "Sully" Sullivan
(2001)'

Monsters, Inc.

800

'Stromboli, a puppet-show proprietor
(1940)'

Pinocchio

1000

'Timothy Q. Mouse, friend of the title character
(1941)'

Dumbo

WATERFALLS

200

'Della Falls on this British Columbia island is named for the wife of Joe Drinkwater, who discovered it in 1899'

Vancouver

400

'This natl. park's Ribbon Falls is also known as "Virgin's Tears", while its Silver Strand Falls is "Widow's Tears"'

Yosemite

600

'Waihilau Falls in this island's Waimanu Valley has a single drop of almost a half mile'

Hawaii

800

'France's tallest waterfall, Gavarnie Falls, is fed by a Spanish lake in this mountain range'

the Pyrenees

1000

'At 3,110 feet, Tugela Falls in this country's Kwazulu-Natal province is the world's second highest'

South Africa

"AZ" I WAS SAYING

200

'From 1934 to 1938 it was "home" to gangster Al Capone'

Alcatraz

400

'This American Indian empire had a 365-day solar calendar that consisted of 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days'

Aztec

600

'In the Bible this husband of Ruth was the great grandfather of King David'

Boaz

800

'The title of this 1969 Alfred Hitchcock film comes from the code name of a French spy ring'

Topaz

1000

'An area called Nagorno-Karabakh has long been a source of dispute between this country & its neighbor Armenia'

Azerbaijan

THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT

200

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) With its fragile ecosystem in danger from events like a 2001 oil tanker wreck, the Galapagos turned to energy sources like this; 3 turbines for it were installed in 2007'

wind power

400

'(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) From June to November here in the Galapagos, the south equatorial current encourages the rich growth of this, the collective name for nonmotile marine organisms'

plankton

600

'With their fins a Chinese delicacy, these are in danger in the Galapagos, upsetting the ecological balance'

sharks

800

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) As Darwin's finches remove parasites from the tortoises, two of the best-known creatures of the Galapagos display this mutually helpful arrangement, from the Greek for "living together"'

symbiosis

1000

'(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) The flightless cormorant is native to & found only in the Galapagos Islands; it is said to be this to the islands; it's from the Greek "endemos", which means native'

endemic

HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS

200

'In the 1950s Paul Revere's ride was depicted on signs for this state's I-90 turnpike'

Massachusetts

400

'Starting in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the Inter-American Highway is a 3,400-mile section of this network of highways'

the Pan-American Highway

600

'First used in 1821, this Old West trail connected Missouri with New Mexico'

the Santa Fe Trail

800

'This road was named for the Roman official who began its construction in 312 B.C.'

the Appian Way

1000

'This San Francisco waterfront road runs from the Giants' Stadium to Pier 39'

the Embarcadero