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SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

200

'It's the number of items in a devil's dozen, or in a baker's dozen'

13

400

'Most people are in bed by this time, the devil's dancing-hour'

Midnight

600

'We assume this rich, dark chocolate dessert is the devil's favorite'

Devil\'s Food Cake

800

'These gaming items were called the devil's bones because they were made of bone & led to ruin'

Dice

1000

'This poisonous weed named for Jamestown, Virginia, is also known as devil's trumpet'

Jimson Weed

FILMS OF THE '70s

200

'At the beginning of this film, George C. Scott addresses his troops in front of a huge American flag'

"Patton"

400

'"Peggy Sue", "That'll Be The Day" & other songs in this 1978 film were sung by its star, Gary Busey'

"The Buddy Holly Story"

600

'This 1979 nuclear disaster film starring Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas had no background music'

The China Syndrome

800

'Barbra Streisand wanted Elvis Presley to co-star with her in this film, but Kris Kristofferson got the role'

"A Star Is Born"

1000

'In this film Richard Dreyfuss sculpts models of Devils Tower'

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

FAMOUS AMERICANS

200

'In the wee hours of an April morning in 1775, this silversmith warned, "The British are Coming!"'

Paul Revere

400

'In 1845 the remains of this frontiersman & his wife Rebecca were moved from Missouri to Kentucky'

Daniel Boone

600

'Nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry", he served in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1788'

Harry Lee

800

'In 1898 the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to Gen. Merritt & this admiral'

George Dewey

1000

'You might say this reformer born in 1818 is best remembered for wearing the pants in her family'

Amelia Bloomer

LITERATURE

200

'Mowgli's song "Against People" appears in this author's "Second Jungle Book"'

Rudyard Kipling

400

'In chapter 2 of this Tolstoy novel, Princess Bolkonsky says, "Tell me what this war is about"'

"War And Peace"

600

'This Edgar Allan Poe story concerns "a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence"'

"Masque of the Red Death"

800

'This "Babbitt" author published his 1st novel, "Hike And The Aeroplane", under the pseudonym Tom Graham'

Sinclair Lewis

1000

'This "Brave New World" author's 1921 novel "Crome Yellow" abounds with eccentric characters'

Aldous Huxley

CONTAINERS

200

'A kid or a politician doesn't want to be caught with his hand in this container'

Cookie Jar

400

'One may contain a selection of songs or photos; its name is from Latin for "white"'

Album

600

'One may hold a tempest or a dormouse'

Teapot

800

'A casket is a coffin; a strongbox is this similar word'

Coffer

1000

'It holds entertainment-seeking soldiers or water for soldiers'

Canteen