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A month of History

100

Capone's guys dress like cops and kill Bugs Moran's men in a garage

February (Valentine Day's Massacre)

200

FDR reports 'The attach yesterday... caused severe damage to American naval and military forces'

December (Pearl Harbor)

300

Pre-20th Amendment... Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as president

March

400

Guy Fawkes blows it - or rather, doesn't blow it - and gets arrested

November (remember remember, the 5th of November)

500

The Tet Offensive begins, surprising US commanders

January

British Folklore and Legends

100

Robin Hood is associated with this wooded expanse in Nottinhamshire

Sherwood Forest

200

Geoffrey of Monmouth told a story of Merlin using maginc to bring stones to build this prehistoric site

Stonehenge

300

Jack, seen at the top in a 19th century illustration, is earning this title

The Giant Killer (Or Slayer)

400

Covered only by her long hair, she rode through Coventry to win a reduction in taxes for its residents

Lady Godiva

500

The Glastonbury thorn seen here reputedly grew from the staff of this biblical man, also said to have brought the Grail to England 

Joseph of Arimathea

Words with Double Letters

100

From Spanish, it's a small donkey used as a pack animal 

burro

200

Got milk? A cow does, in this baglike mammary organ

Udder

300

A set of religious principles or beliefs; the Apostles' is one

Creed

400

To mend shoes

to cobble

500

In feudalism, it was someone given a "fief", land & workers, in return for services to a lord

vassals

Expensive Foods

100

One of these bivalve mollusks from Coffin Bay, Australia can weigh over 2 pounds & sell for $100

Oysters

200

From animals reared & fed according to strict guidelines, the Wagyu variety of this meat can set you back $75 for a 4-ounce serving

Beef

300

At only one farm in Sweden, cheese is made from the milk of this largest deer, known as elk over there

a moose

400

The Yubari King type of these gourd fruits are dazzlingly sweet & sometimes go for $5,000 or more each

Melons

500

Noted for its sweet aroma & with a name originally from Arabic, this exotic spice can cost thousands of dollars per pound

Saffron

At Crosses Purposes

100

Using an unwashed knife on fruit after cutting up this for your poulet a la Bretonne risks cross-contamination

Chicken

200

The type of view seen here, it can also mean a representative sample from a group 

Cross Section

300

In the Japanese TV show "Old Enough", kids as young as 2 run errands, using a yellow flag to help them do this

Cross the street

400

Roscoe Turner, who entertained folks when he flew with his lion pal, is one of the few civilian pilots to earn this medal

The Distinguished Flying Cross

500

The College of the Holy Cross is in this Massachusetts city about a 50-mile drive from Boston

Worcester

The TV Title Character Speaks

100

"Guilty of being the god of mischief? Yes. guilty of finding all this incredibly tedious? Yes"

Loki

200

I spy this spy said, "Lana... Lana... Lana... Lanaaaaaaaaa...! Danger zone"

Sterling (Archer)

300

This psychiatrist liked his brother's wife "from a distance... like the Sun. Maris is like the Sun. Except without the warmth"

Frasier

400

"I can kill a man, dismember his body, & be home in time for Letterman. But knowing what to say when my girlfriend's feeling insecure..."

Dexter

500

This physician: "I need 36 vicodin & change for a dollar"

Dr House