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Why did Grandma do when the reporter comes to question her about Shotgun Cheatham?
She lied to the reporter.
100
What did Grandma announce to the reporter after she told him that Shotgun was a war hero?
She told the reporter that she would have his body in her living room that night for viewing.
100
What is prohibition?
Forbidding by law of the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
100
to consider carefully.
ponder.
100
a Person who enjoys controversy.
contentious
200
Where did Joe and Mary assume that most stiffs can be found?
They guessed that most of them were at the bottom of Lake Michigan wearing concrete shoes.
200
Who did she claim was just released from the mental asylum?
Elfie Wilcox
200
A wicked person
Reprobate
200
usually a state or federal prison in which criminals are kept.
penitentiary
200
an example of a tight rope walker, brave and bold.
audacious
300
Why did grandma lie to the reporter?
She didn't like him nosing into other's business.
300
Once Grandma started shooting at the coffin and everyone ran out, what jumped out of the coffin?
Her cat.
300
Corpse
Stiff
300
a strong lasting feeling of resentment toward someone for a real or imagined wrong
grudge
300
argumentive, Chef Ramsey
Fractious
400
What happened once everyone was settled in the living room with Shotgun's body?
Shotgun's coffin began to move, and everyone thought he was coming alive again.
400
What are small children
Tykes
400
small building without plumbing used as a toilet.
Privy
400
Examples of this word: Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde.
notorious
400
Which president established the "New Deals"?
President Roosevelt
500
Who is Grandma's greatest enemy?
Elfie Wilcox
500
A long piece of wood or metal used for support or strengthening in a building.
stringer
500
violent and cruel killing of a number of persons.
massacre
500
Examples of this word: Opray Winfrey, Bill Gates
influential
500
What was the term used for the period when the stock market crashed and people struggled.
The Great Depression