WORLD CURRENCY
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
TV PETS
400
After the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with this country in 2018, its currency plunged
Iran
400
Norah Jones performed a song called "Don't Know" this letter of the alphabet
Y
400
The name of this pungent striped mammal comes from the Massachusett language
skunk
400
In 2019 Norway agreed to give back items taken from Easter Island by this Kon-Tiki explorer
(Thor) Heyerdahl
400
A childhood woodchopping mishap claimed half of this lead guitarist's right middle finger
(Jerry) Garcia
400
The standard by which all TV pets will forever be measured is this beloved Collie owned by young Timmy Martin
Lassie
800
ISK is the currency code for this country's krona
Iceland
800
"Sesame Street" parodied Fine Young Cannibals with a song called this letter "Drives Me Crazy"
C
800
This word for a fierce tropical storm comes from the Taino name for a turbulent god
hurricane
800
Tension exists between Egypt & the British Museum over the return of this stone, taken from Egypt in 1801
the Rosetta Stone
800
Slotted between The Who & Hendrix, The Dead was No. 6 to play at this city's 1967 Pop Festival
Monterey
800
On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village
Salem
1200
In 2018 its pres. Erdogan urged his people to take euros & dollars from under their pillows & convert them to the native lira
Turkey
1200
A version of "Despacito" was called "El Patito", Spanish for little this fowl--sung by Ernie, of course
a duck
1200
The high-flying condor gets its name from the word for that bird in this Inca language
Quechua
1200
The U.K.'s Coronation Chair feels a little lonelier without this rock, returned to Scotland in 1996
Stone of Scone
1200
The Dead was scheduled to play at this group's ill-fated 1969 show at Altamont Speedway but refused to go on
The Rolling Stones
1200
A sea snail named Gary is the pet of this title burger joint employee
SpongeBob SquarePants
1600
In 2018 this country introduced the sovereign bolívar, dropping 5 zeroes so something that cost 5 mil. old bolívars is now just 50
Venezuela
1600
The parody of this musical starts, "Look down, look down, no cookies anywhere, look down, look down, me tummy in despair"
Les Misérables
1600
Zucchini & pumpkins are both types of this vegetable, a gourd family from a Narragansett name
squash
1600
This rhyming craft-supply chain got in hot water recently after purchasing artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq
Hobby Lobby
1600
In 1978 the last of 3 Dead shows near this Wonder of the Ancient World was timed to coincide with a lunar eclipse
the Pyramids
1600
Moose was the real name of the popular pup called Eddie on this sitcom
Frasier
2000
Nicaragua's currency is the cordoba, equal to 100 of these, from the Spanish for "100th part"
centavo
2000
This blind Italian tenor tucked Elmo in with "Time to Say Goodnight"
(Andrea) Bocelli
2000
From Salish, it can be a type of salmon of the Pacific Northwest, or a warm, dry wind
Chinook
2000
In 2017 South Korea returned stolen dinosaur fossils, including the Tarbosaurus bataar, to this Asian country
Mongolia
2000
In 1991 The Dead played a memorial concert in Golden Gate Park for this promoter before an estimated 300,000 people
Bill Graham
2000
Arnold, one of these animals on "Green Acres", could change the TV channel & play the piano
a pig