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NATURE

200

'A puffer is a fish & a puff adder is a poisonous type of this'

Snake

400

'Very simply, it's any plant, such as crabgrass, that grows where it's not wanted'

Weed

600

'The name of these brightly colored salamanders may remind you of a certain House speaker'

Newts

800

'Botanically, a peanut isn't a nut but one of these, like a soybean'

Legume

1000

'These creatures, seen here, "never prosper", but they do run quickly'

Cheetahs

PERFECTION IN SPORTS

200

'In 1988 Italy's Alberto Tomba won both the slalom & giant slalom events in this winter Olympic sport'

Skiing

400

'On Feb. 2, 1997 Jeremy Sonnenfeld rolled a perfect 900 series in this sport in Lincoln, Nebraska'

Bowling

600

'"(Hi, I'm Al Michaels) This center holds over 60 NHL records including career & single season marks for points, assists & goals"'

Wayne Gretzky

800

'In 1969 this Jets QB "guaranteed" victory in the Super Bowl & delivered, beating the Colts, 16-7'

Joe Namath

1000

'This Giants centerfielder hit more than 50 home runs in a season twice, in 1955 & 1965'

Willie Mays

BRAND NAMES

200

'Name of the product invented by a GE chemist that's packaged in the container seen here: (red plastic egg)'

Silly Putty

400

'Lever Brothers rolled out this clear red gel toothpaste in the late 1960s'

Close-Up

600

'Sheet & towel maker whose name came from its owner, a Chicago department store mogul'

Fieldcrest

800

'It advertises its product as "The Pfabulous Pfaucet with the Pfunny Name"'

Price Pfister

1000

'This powerboat company was founded by Christopher Columbus Smith'

Chris Craft

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

200

'The promotion of Benjamin Lincoln & 4 others over him really irked this future traitor'

Benedict Arnold

400

'George Taylor signed this August 2, 1776 after replacing a Pennsylvania delegate who refused'

Declaration of Independence

600

'In May 1778 British general James Grant tried to stop this Frenchman's troops at Barren Hill'

Marquis de Lafayette

800

'It may have been James Clinton's brigade that received the surrendered British colors at this town'

Yorktown

1000

'Benjamin Harrison was a member of the first one of these bodies that met for the first time in 1774'

Continental Congress

PUNCHLINES

200

'Character who utters the classic punchline, "What you mean we, Kemo Sabe?"'

Tonto

400

'Word that inevitably follows Henny Youngman's quip, "Take my wife"'

Please

600

'Different punchlines to this question have been "A newspaper" & "A wounded nun"'

"What\'s black & white & {red/read} all over?"

800

'"I just flew in from the coast..."'

"And boy are my arms tired!"

1000

'When Rodney Dangerfield told his doctor he wanted a second opinion, the doc said this'

"You\'re ugly, too!"