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100

He came into the world in Leningrad in 1952

Putin

100

During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios

Slinky

100

First elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, she became its first female speaker in 2007

Nancy Pelosi

100

Many in the military prefer "bird", not "chopper", for this type of transport


Helicopter

100

In Houston the "MOB" is the Marching Owl Band of this university

Rice

200

His dad was the prime minister when he was born in Ottawa in 1971

Justin Trudeau

200

This toy with a sister named Yam was the first toy advertised on TV, back in 1952

Mr. Potato Head

200

Clara Barton served as a nurse at this Sept. 17, 1862 Maryland battle where nurses were badly needed

Antietam 

200

A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II

An aircraft carrier


200

The Pritzker School of Law is part of this "directional" Big Ten school

Northwestern 

300

Southampton-born financier who became P.M. of the U.K. in 2022

Sunak

300

In 2016 this game introduced a new suspect: Dr. Orchid, the daughter of the mansion's owner

Clue

300

A century before she was on a dollar coin, she was convicted & fined for casting a vote in the 1872 pres. election

Anthony

300

These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I.

a Joe
300

The land donated to start this ACC sports powerhouse was home to the estate of John C. Calhoun

Clemson University 

400

Born in Amiens, he won a second term in 2022

Macron

400

In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies

Easy Bake Oven

400

The first women's club in New York was La Liga de las Hijas de this island where a rebellion against Spain was sending refugees norte-ward

Cuba

400

This rifle accessory is a "cheese toaster" & takes its real name from a French town where it was once made

Bayonet

400

Author Ralph Ellison was a music student at this Alabama institute

The Tuskegee Institute 

500

This prime minister was born in Vadnagar, India & has a MA in political science

Modi

500

Alfred Butts invented this board game in 1931; he called it Criss-Cross Words

Scrabble

500

Still going in Macon, a college with this Methodist-conscious name was the USA's first chartered to grant degrees to women

Wesleyan College

500

This title of a 2012 film is military slang for "so late it's early"

Zero Dark Thirty

500

The name of this Omaha university honors a man who built the transcontinental telegraph

Creighton University