"BUG"s
Nervous gnat, or a dance your granddad might have done in the '40s
jitterbug
These bugs of the family Lampyridae are all aglow in summer
Fireflies/lightning bugs
The little brown species of this flying mammal can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour
a bat
Name this little man who spun straw into gold or he'll take your first-born child
Rumpelstiltskin
The basic danger of the bug is that in 2000, computers will think it's this year
1900
A camera enthusiast
shutterbug
It's hard to see just how many legs this bug has since it only comes out at night
Centipede
The best place to see tenrecs is on this large island off Africa's east coast
Madagascar
Greek sailors after the Golden Fleece, or another name given to Forty-Niners after California gold
Argonauts
This giant's customers had the "Big Blues" until it announced Y2K transition support in 1995
IBM
If you're agog that your orbs pop out, you're this
bug-eyed
Different types of this insect transmit dengue fever as well as malaria
Mosquito
At about 4 weeks of age, this porcupine-like insectivore begins shedding large numbers of spines
a hedgehog
In 1996 he asked to run the 400m relay to try for a record tenth Olympic gold, but was turned down
Carl Lewis
The bug partly stems from 6-digit dates in this 1960s "business-oriented" computer language
COBOL
Entomologists who go crazy might be sent here
bug house
Social wasps include hornets & these "well dressed" members, Vespula maculifrons
Yellow jackets
The vagrant species of this tiny mouselike insectivore uses echolocation to find its prey
a shrew
In 1995 Mel Fisher recovered silver & gold from a Spanish galleon sunk off the coast of this state in 1622
Florida
To show it's safe, Jane Garvey, head of this U.S. administration, plans to be in the air as the year 2000 arrives
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
The surrey with the fringe on top
buggy
You'll find this wingless pest with a metallic name in many books; not as an entry, but as a feeder
Silverfish
The star-nosed species of this takes about 1/4 of a second to determine if prey is edible & eat it! Now that's fast food!
a mole
The Incan ruler Atahualpa offered this conquistador a roomful of gold for his freedom
Francisco Pizarro
A Time/CNN poll found only 9% of respondents believed Y2K was likely to bring this title subject of an R.E.M. song
"It's the End of the World"