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FORMULA2
200
'In "On Writing" this horror author wrote about his early life in Maine & gave advice to aspiring novelists'
Stephen King
200
'This salad that features romaine lettuce & grated cheese is said to be named for Mr. Cardini, not a certain Julius'
a Caesar salad
200
'In Olympic skiing, it's the race in which competitors go the fastest'
the downhill
200
'This short-lived enterprise employed Buffalo Bill Cody & ceased at the completion of the U.S. telegraph system'
the Pony Express
200
'Fe2O3 is ferric oxide, better known on your car's body as this'
rust
400
'Ingrid Betancourt's "Even Silence Has an End" recounts her 6 years of captivity in the jungles of this country'
Colombia
400
'I contributed a recipe to "Cooking for Heroes", a Red Cross cookbook: French-Canadian pea soup with this type of meat'
ham
400
'At the 2004 Olympics, a mishap in passing this sank the U.S. women's 4 x 100 track relay team'
the baton
400
'Fittingly, these patriotic "outfitters" have a line of clothing called "Aerie"'
American Eagle
400
'Potassium binoxalate, KHC2O4, has been used on stains made by this liquid that once came in wells in schools'
ink
600
'This memoir is subtitled "One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia"'
Eat, Pray, Love
600
'This kitchen personage's salad is tossed greens topped by Julienned cheeses & meats, sliced veggies & hard-cooked egg'
a chef salad
600
'The climax of the movie "Breaking Away" is this university's "Little 500" bicycle race'
Indiana
600
'Want a bar of this "avian" product? Specify whether you'd like chocolate or soap, please'
Dove
600
'Ca(NO3)2, used as a fertilizer, is made from atmospheric this, the atmosphere's most abundant element'
nitrogen
800
'"Me Talk Pretty One Day" is a memoir of life in Paris by this humorist whose name rhymes with "Paris"'
David Sedaris
800
'Beware: the soup called "mock" this is actually made from a calf's head cooked in water'
turtle
800
'The odd-looking hip rotation helps you cover more ground with each step in the Olympic race in this activity'
race walking
800
'This energy drink company now offers a cola & "Energy Shots"'
Red Bull
800
'SnF2, found in toothpaste, is also called stannous this'
fluoride
1000
'Barack Obama wrote the foreword to this other leader's book "Conversations with Myself"'
Nelson Mandela
1000
'The name of this chunky seafood soup comes from a French word for the cauldron in which fishermen made their stews'
chowder
1000
'A Newport-to-Ensenada race is named for this type of boat'
yacht
1000
'This sporting shoe company's logo features a feline jumping over the letters'
Puma
1000
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some structural formulas on the monitor.) Alkanes are organic compounds that have carbon atoms arranged in a row; C2H6 is ethane; add one carbon & two hydrogens to get C3H8, this backyard barbecue staple'
propane
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