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APPLES

200

'John Chapman, a 19th C. pioneer known by this nickname, planted apple orchards on the frontier'

Johnny Appleseed

400

'This state produces more than 50% of the fresh apples in the U.S.'

Washington

600

'Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process'

Grafting

800

'This type of round, tart apple is less than 2 inches in diameter & grows in the wild'

Crabapples

1000

'More of this variety of apple is grown commercially than any other'

Red delicious

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

200

'He wrote "The Snow Man", "The Snowdrop", "The Ice Maiden" & "The Snow Queen"'

Hans Christian Andersen

400

'"...Nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on"'

Lassie

600

'He wrote 14 books about Oz, & some short stories too'

L. Frank Baum

800

'The Big Billy Goat Gruff poked this character's eyes out with his horns & crushed him to bits'

The Troll

1000

'In "The Sword in the Stone", Kay calls this main character "The Wart"'

King Arthur

"G" WHIZ

200

'In heraldry this mythical beast is depicted both with & without wings, as Merv could tell you'

Griffin

400

'This astronomer had a brother named Michelangelo who was a musician, not an artist'

Galileo

600

'This word can precede village, meridian & mean time'

Greenwich

800

'A Soviet republic, or a U.S. state'

Georgia

1000

'Baron Monck was the first to hold this office in Canada'

Governor-General

ECOLOGY

200

'Disposable diapers can take up to 500 years to do this'

Decompose

400

'CFCs, believed to damage the ozone layer, are commonly used in this kitchen appliance'

Refrigerator

600

'80% of America's trash ends up in these, & within 5 years, 1/3 of them will be full'

Landfills

800

'The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas'

Carbon dioxide

1000

'The neighborhood around this abandoned Niagara Falls, N.Y. canal had to be abandoned due to toxics'

Love Canal

TELEVISION

200

'This NBC sitcom ended its 7-season run with Alex going to Wall Street'

Family Ties

400

'Stephanie nixed Michael's plan to videotape the birth of their baby on this series' Jan. 8, 1990 episode'

Newhart

600

'Before playing general practitioner Mike Stratford in "Doctor, Doctor", he was Max Headroom'

Matt Frewer

800

'This goggle-eyed cartoon family from "The Tracey Ullman Show" now has its own series on the FOX network'

The Simpsons

1000

'30 years ago she was Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show"; today she's Christine on "Coach"'

Shelley Fabares