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UNUSUAL TV CHARACTERS

200

'As Jonathan on "Highway To Heaven", Michael Landon was one of these beings on probation'

Angel

400

'As Jeannie she could blink you back to Baghdad in, well, the blink of an eye'

Barbara Eden

600

'Jamie Sommers' bionic dog was Max, short for this, from the cost of 4 new bionic legs & a jaw'

Maximillion

800

'Lisa is the computer-generated woman in the USA series based on this John Hughes film'

"Weird Science"

1000

'Like Lysette Anthony on 1991's "Dark Shadows", Corinne Bohrer on 1989's "Free Spirit" was one of these'

Witch

NAME CALLING

200

'This name means a follower of Dionysus; appropriate in the case of Mr. Rodman'

Dennis

400

'Ironically, this first name of a famous blind woman born in 1880 means "light"'

Helen (Keller)

600

'A comedian's son, actor-director Albert Brooks was born with this "scientific" name'

Einstein

800

'He named a character in a 1951 novel for 1940s movie star Joan Caulfield'

J.D. Salinger

1000

'Nintendo immortalized this first name of one of the company's landlords'

Mario

ETIQUETTE

200

'This red gem, July's birthstone, is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary'

Ruby

400

'In a business, this abbreviation should precede a woman's name when her marital status is unknown'

Ms.

600

'"Emily Post's Etiquette" says this should never be viselike, nor should it feel like a jellyfish'

Handshake

800

'At a formal dinner, this object is often made of damask & placed on the guest's plate, not beside it'

Napkin

1000

'A Catholic archbishop is addressed as "Your Excellency" while a cardinal is "Your" this'

Eminence

FAMOUS MOUNTS

200

'Astride this steed the Lone Ranger led the fight for law & order in the early western United States'

Silver

400

'Film cowboy who was "Trigger" happy'

Roy Rogers

600

'Marengo & Copenhagen were their mounts at Waterloo'

Duke of Wellington & Napoleon

800

'After this hero of Spain died in 1099 no one was allowed to ride his horse Babieca'

El Cid

1000

'White Surrey was the favorite horse of this king once quoted as saying he'd trade his kingdom for one'

Richard III

"STICK"S & "STONE"S

200

'It's where an industrious person keeps his nose'

To the grindstone

400

'The form of physical comedy associated with Charlie Chaplin, The Keystone Kops & The Three Stooges'

Slapstick

600

'These springy stilts with pedals will have you moving in leaps & bounds'

Pogo sticks

800

'Paired with "fire", it "rained" upon Sodom & Gomorrah'

Brimstone

1000

'3' 9" high, 2' 4 1/2" across & nearly 1' thick, it was key to deciphering hieroglyphics'

The Rosetta Stone