FROM E TO SHINING E
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with the letter "E" and end with the letter "E".)
A PRIEST, AN ELEPHANT & EVEL KNIEVEL...

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
COLORFUL TERMS
FUN STUFF
400

Resembling a horse 

equine

400

On elephants this prehensile body part has an estimated 150,000 muscles

trunk

400

Pairs of these slightly dished metal circular plates have clashed together since Assyrian times

cymbals

400

It describes the "waves of grain" in "America The Beautiful"

amber

400

A historic flight in one of these went over Paris Nov. 21, 1783; today many fly in them for fun

hot air balloon

800

to make a definite or systematic statement

enunciate 

800

Catholic priests administer 7 of these acts, like penance & holy orders

sacrements

800

There's a Great Highland type of this musical instrument

bagpipes

800

f you drink enough of this color champagne, you might also see its elephants

pink

800

At NYC's Tisch Children's Zoo, a Vietnamese pot-bellied this is available for petting

pig

1200

An astronomical event, or to surpass

eclipse

1200

On his "Sky-Cycle" Evel tried to jump a canyon above this river in Idaho in 1974; too bad the parachute opened early

the snake river

1200

In "The Music Man", "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade with a hundred and ten" of these "close at hand"

cornets

1200

Shade of red that precedes "fever" & "letter" in items you probably don't want

scarlet

1200

n 1901 Alexander Graham Bell began building tetrahedral box ones of these with the goal of lifting people

kites

1600

8-letter term meaning legally qualified to be elected to office

eligable

1600

On New Year's Eve in 1967 Evel jumped 151 feet over the fountains at this Las Vegas casino; never mind the landing..

ceasers palace

1600

As a verb, this musical instrument means "to dwell upon persistently & tediously"

drum

1600

It can describe bad journalism, or being cowardly

yellow

1600

Total number of cards used to play Old Maid (without any jokers)

51

2000

It's a flat shoe with a cloth upper & a rope sole

espadrille 

2000

This priestly class is the highest class in Hinduism

brahmans

2000

Comrade, enjoy this 3-stringed Russian instrument with a triangular body & a thin neck

balalaika 

2000

Environmentally sound, or unripe

green

2000

Sports car video game that's "great touring" in Italian

gran turismo