AMERICAN HISTORY
LOCKS & KEYS
THE NAME BEHIND THE MIDDLE INITIAL
A NOVEL SETTING
LET'S SPEAK CANADIAN
100
Not that long ago in our galaxy, President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was commonly called this
Star Wars
100
The Drunk Man's Lock
100
Bakarl:
Actor named after his father, not the Chicago Bull
Michael B. Jordan
100
Dany says, "'My speech may be Tyroshi, and my garb Dothraki, but I am of" this continent, "of the Sunset Kingdoms"'
Westeros
100
Gotta stop by Tim Hortons & pick up a double-double, coffee with 2 servings of each of these
Cream & Sugar
200
Heading out on the Oregon Trail? Grab a prairie schooner in Independence in this Midwest state
Missouri
200
After singer Connie Francis was attacked in a hotel room, a fan designed a now-standard type of door lock with this for a key
A card
200
Brownell:
A major figure in the women's suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
200
"Do you stand there, Scarlett O'Hara, and tell me that" this place--"that land--doesn't amount to anything?"
Tara
200
Molson muscle is synonymous with this other alliterative anatomical feature you might develop from drinking too much Molson
Beer belly
300
He made his fortune selling gear to miners in California, expanded it with railroads & founded a university
Leland Stanford
300
These moveable lock parts that must be aligned can be in the form of pins, discs, wafers or levers
Tumblers
300
Gamaliel:
Ohioan who won the presidency with a front porch campaign
Warren G. Harding
300
In "A Confederacy of Dunces", "There may be a few costumes. That's what's so wonderful about" this city
New Orleans
300
A type of flat, sweet pastry is a "tail" of this very Canadian animal
a Beaver
400
"One of those uncommon geniuses", said William Henry Harrison of this Shawnee chief whose people he defeated at Tippecanoe
Tecumseh
400
You might remember this company's black-faced 1500 series combination padlock hanging from your high school locker
Master Lock
400
Stockton:
Gonzo journalist & counterculture author
Hunter S. Thompson
400
Jack Torrance learns "one reason" this hotel "lost so much money lies in the depreciation that occurs each winter"; yup, that's 1 reason
The Overlook
400
A bunny hug is this garment, with hood attached
a Hoodie
500
Frances Perkins first worked for FDR when he was governor of N.Y.; in 1933, he appointed her secretary of this department
Labor
500
From French, it's the term for a lock that's recessed inside a door, as well as for the pocket in which it's installed
Mortise Lock
500
Blount:
Director of close-up & wide shots in epic films
Cecile B. DeMille
500
Her last novel, 1940's "Sapphira and the Slave Girl", is set in Virginia, not frontier Nebraska
Cather
500
A coupe longueuil is this fashionable(?) look, commerce in the front & fête in the back
a Mullet