CHICKEN SOUP
THE FROG ROLLS IN
DOT-COM DOOM
SHOP SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP
COLD CALLS
SELF-CONTRADICTORY WORDS
100

This fowl character was convinced the sky was falling after being hit on the head with an acorn

Chicken Little

100

Frogs belong to the order Anura, meaning without this body part, something they had only as tadpoles

tails

100

The rapid inflation & collapse of the dot-com sector was a classic one of these boom & bust cycles, like the South Sea one

bubble

100

This store is one of the largest employers in the U.S. & Canada & is the largest in Mexico

Wal-Mart

100

North of this line, each year has a day without sunrise & a day without sunset

the Arctic Circle

100

To hit something; in baseball, it's when you miss hitting something

a strike

200

This Republican Party slogan from 1928 also mentioned "a car in every backyard"

"A chicken in every pot"

200

In song, Jeremiah was one of these frogs seen here

a bullfrog

200

In January 2000 17 dot-coms each paid $2 million to run 30-second ads during this event; the following year, only 3 did

the Super Bowl

200

The trendy Brass Plum section has now been shortened to BP in this Seattle-based department store

Nordstrom

200

Snow appears white because of the large number of surfaces that do this to light

reflect it

200

A written order to a bank to pay a sum of money, or a bill showing the amount owed

a check

300

There are no water or electric utilities in the town of Chicken in this state, but mail comes by plane twice a week

Alaska

300

Like ducks, true frogs, which also spend a lot of time in water, have this type of feet

webbed

300

The dot-com boom was busting by 2000, when 240 were delisted from this giant securities exchange

NASDAQ

300

This electronics store wants to be female-friendly & now has Magnolia Stores, which have a living room feel

Best Buy

300

The first day of the year when ice in rivers & harbors loosens is called this, also a term for an easing of hostility

thaw

300

It's to put to death legally, or to start, as in a computer program

execute

400

Ben Vereen's role in "Roots"

Chicken George

400

In 2008 this California county held its 80th annual Frog Jumping Contest

Calaveras

400

The release of adverse findings of fact in the case U.S. v. this company helped spur the dot-com bust

Microsoft

400

One of California's first surf shops in a mall, this "sunny" company sells Bullhead & Tilt brands

Pacific Sunwear

400

The shape of a snowflake is determined by 2 things in the cloud it's formed in: the moisture content & this

the temperature

400

This word means tied up, or on your way to a place

bound

500

It's a series of lunches or dinners that politicians feel compelled to attend

the rubber chicken circuit

500

A frog's hind legs have a humanlike femur, but unlike humans, their single shin bone is these two bones fused together

the tibia & the fibula

500

Failed dot-coms are humorously referred to both as "dotbombs" & "dot" this, like a mound of fertilize

dot-composts

500

Whether you're at Ruehl, Hollister or Gilly Hicks, you're shopping at this century-old company

Abercrombie & Fitch

500

11-letter process in which ice turns to vapor without melting

sublimation

500

A fastener to secure something; or it could be to bend, warp & give way suddenly with heat or pressure

buckle