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"Y" ME?

200

'You're one of these if you're young, live in the city & are a professional'

Yuppie

400

'You were "happy" if you were a member of this '60s radical group that included Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin'

Yippies

600

'You're one of these little deer if you're an animal between 365 & 730 days old'

Yearling

800

'You're this if you're a convict or a recruit or a member of an early Eric Clapton band'

Yardbird

1000

'Hoot, mon! If you're an old Scot you know this food's name is a Scottish word for potato'

Yam

WHEN WAS THAT, PIERRE?

200

'Tres tragique was this year when France was first occupied in World War II'

1940

400

'C'est tout! The armistice ending "La Grande Guerre" was signed in the Compiegne Forest in this year'

1918 (World War I)

600

'Alors! In this year France lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu & saw revolution begin in Algeria'

1954

800

'Vive la Revolution Francaise! which began in this year'

1789

1000

'Une annee horrible was this year of Napoleon's death, 6 years after Waterloo'

1821

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING?

200

'Put it tightly in place over the drain, release any trapped air & ram the handle up & down'

Plunger

400

'Connect the 2 positive posts; connect the charged battery's negative post to metal on the dead car'

Jumper cables

600

'Cross long end over short, pass it through loop, double short end into loop, give up, get a clip-on'

Bow tie

800

'Set it in motion with your feet, then wet your fingers before centering the clay'

Throwing a pot on a potter\'s wheel

1000

'Shackle, then gradually pay out the line; snub the line to get a bite into the bottom; move fast'

Anchor

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?

200

'He's the happy headbanger heard here (created by Walter Lantz)'

Woody Woodpecker

400

'He's the brother heard here: "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!"'

Curly (of The 3 Stooges)

600

'This African native is a true carnivore (laughing)'

Hyena

800

'She's the sitcom star heard laughing here (once a TV nanny)'

Fran Drescher

1000

'This Australian native, heard here, is also known as the laughing jackass bird'

Kookaburra

WHERE ARE WE?

200

'It's not the rent-a-car company, it's the historic landmark seen here'

Alamo

400

'Over 700 feet high, this dam is the largest of its type in the United States'

Hoover Dam

600

'The column seen here honors this sailor, who died in 1805'

Lord Horatio Nelson

800

'A historic place of pilgrimage, this English cathedral dates from the 11th century'

Canterbury

1000

'This cataract was discovered in 1935 from the air'

Angel Falls