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These supernatural beings in Judeo-Christian lore weren't depicted with wings until the 4th century

angels

400

Ice T:
"Fool, I'm the illest, bulletproof, I die harder than" this actor

Bruce Willis

400

Beth March

Louisa May Alcott

400

A jack in a deck of cards can also be called this

knave

400

The correctly identified brother, Orville or Wilbur

the right Wright

400

Thomas McKean was the last to sign this document--sometime after January 18, 1777

**Double Jeopardy**

The Declaration of Independence 

800

Victoria is the Roman equivalent of this Greek winged goddess of victory

Nike

800

"Mama Said Knock You Out":
"Just like" this boxer, "they called him Cassius"

Muhammad Ali

800

Melanie Hamilton Wilkes

Margaret Mitchell

800

This reflex extension of the leg also describes a type of unthinking reaction

knee-jerk

800

A low, nasal complaint about your fermented grape juice

a wine whine

800

In 1995 the funnies got less funny with the ending of both "The Far Side" & this comic strip by Bill Watterson 

Calvin & Hobbes

1200

The name of the Aztec war god Huitzilopochtli may derive from a word for this tiny bird of the Americas

hummingbird

1200

"Baby Got Back":
"You can have them bimbos, I'll keep my women like" this track star

Flo-Jo (aka Florence Griffith Joyner)

1200

Sophie Zawistowska

William Styron

1200

Technically it's the prominence of the dorsal aspect of a joint of a finger

knuckle 

1200

The hurled royal seat

the thrown throne

1200

he Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission began May 16, 2011; among those watching the launch was this Arizona congresswoman, whose husband, Mark Kelly, was on board as commander

Gabby Giffords

1600

The name of these winged women is from the Old Norse for "choosers of the slain"

Valkyries 

1600

Weezer:
"I look just like" this '50s singer, "& you're Mary Tyler Moore"

Buddy Holly

1600

Little Nell

Charles Dickens

1600

This part of a baseball field was where kids once watched a game by peering through the outfield fences

knothole

1600

For example, "I turn Christmas into a whole new art / Put paper on presents like Martha Stewart"

wrap rap

1600

Lord John Russell, who left office in 1866, was the last prime minister of Great Britain who was one of these, foes of the tories

Whigs

2000

In Egyptian mythology, the god Horus has the head of a falcon; the god Thoth has the head of this wading bird

ibis

2000

"Message Of Love" by the Pretenders says, "When love walks in the room... it's good... like" this French screen siren

Brigitte Bardot

2000

Catherine Earnshaw

Emilie Bronte

2000

As a noun it's a small rounded hill; as a verb, it means to ring mournfully

**Double Jeopardy**

knoll

2000

The good cry a girl is having at a party for debutantes

a ball bawl

2000

This Hitler deputy was the last prisoner at both the Tower of London & Spandau

Rudolf Hess