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JACKIE ROBINSON

200

'Jackie's historic major league debut came April 15, 1947 at this Brooklyn Dodgers home park'

Ebbets Field

400

'Jackie played most of his career at this position, next to shortstop Pee Wee Reese'

Second Base

600

'Jackie, born in Georgia, grew up around L.A. & starred in 4 sports at this university'

UCLA

800

'At age 28, Robinson won the very first of these awards for first-year players'

Rookie of the Year

1000

'Hall of Fame executive who went out on a "limb" to bring Robinson to the majors'

Branch Rickey

BORN IN THE '60S

200

'NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group'

Run-D.M.C.

400

'After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News'

George Stephanopoulos

600

'In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned'

Garry Kasparov

800

'1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient"'

Juliette Binoche & Kristen Scott-Thomas

1000

'29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at this company, married its chairman January 1, 1994'

Microsoft

SKYSCRAPER CITIES

200

'John Hancock Tower'

Boston

400

'Westin Peachtree Plaza'

Atlanta

600

'Chrysler Building'

New York City

800

'USX Tower'

Pittsburgh

1000

'Pillsbury Center'

Minneapolis

HOT WHEELS

200

'In 1964 this movie spy was driving an Aston Martin DB5; in 1995, a BMW Z3'

James Bond

400

'It promotes its wide track Grand Prix as "wider is better"'

Pontiac

600

'Country in which Toyota builds most of its Camrys'

USA

800

'In the same class are the Ford Contour SVT, the Saab 900S & this company's Jetta GLX'

Volkswagen

1000

'The 1997 Boxster was the first new sports car from this 911 maker in 19 years'

Porsche

RUNNING ON "M.T."

200

'He was always "A-Team" player'

Mr. T

400

'This P.M. of England said her objective was to "destroy Socialism"'

Margaret Thatcher

600

'In 1989 he was the WBC's, WBA's, & IBF's heavyweight champ'

Mike Tyson

800

'Author who had Tom cruise on the Mississippi'

Mark Twain

1000

'(VIDEO Daily Double): 1995 film seen here: (clue: Wesley Snipes)'

"Money Train"