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PEOPLE

200

'In commercials for Pizza Hut, this Queen of Soul sang "Deliver Me" to the tune of "Rescue Me"'

Aretha Franklin

400

'His father's first name was Herbert but this general's first name is just the initial H.'

H. Norman Schwarzkopf

600

'In 1976 Ludmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov won the 1st Olympic gold medals in this skating event'

ice dancing

800

'This former First Lady was president of the Dramatic Club at the Girls' Latin School in Chicago'

Nancy Reagan

1000

'This straight-shooting Texas governor called her autobiography "Straight from the Heart"'

Ann Richards

ASTRONOMY & SPACE

200

'Most of the meteors in a meteor shower are debris left behind by one of these tailed bodies'

a comet

400

'In 1966 Venera 3 became the first space probe to reach another planet when it crash-landed here'

Venus

600

'Deimos, the outermost moon of this planet has an average diameter of only 7.8 miles'

Mars

800

'Also called the Dog Star, it's the brightest star in the night sky'

Sirius

1000

'In 1992 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned home after nearly a year aboard this space station'

Mir

ALASKA

200

'This capital city has an area of over 3,000 square miles & a population of under 30,000'

Juneau

400

'This chain of islands is partly in the Eastern and partly in the Western Hemisphere'

the Aleutians

600

'Of 6%, 16% or 60%, the approximate percentage of Alaska's land owned by the federal govt.'

60%

800

'This Dane credited with discovering Alaska died during his 1741 expedition to the area'

(Vitus) Bering

1000

'Alaska's principal oil field is on the Arctic Coastal Plain around this bay'

Prudhoe (Bay)

DECORATIVE ARTS

200

'This dynasty that ruled China between 1368 & 1644 is known for its bright porcelain'

the Ming Dynasty

400

'One decorative technique used on this material is called blind tooling'

leather

600

'In the 16th century the art of making clear crystal glass was discovered in this Italian city'

Venice

800

'It's the process of decorating metal by using acid to bite patterns into the surface'

etching

1000

'The pillow type of this made in the town of Chantilly was usually black; white wasn't as common'

lace

CROSSWORD CLUES "A"

200

'Blackjack's one or eleven
(3)'

ace

400

'Galahad's garb
(5)'

armor

600

'A man of morals
(5)'

Aesop

800

'Greek beginning
(5)'

alpha

1000

'Last battle site
(10)'

Armageddon