j-archive-3354-D-1999-03-18

EAT A GREEN THING

200

'Bibb & butterhead are not an MTV cartoon duo, but varieties of this vegetable'

Lettuce

400

'Small versions of this common garden vegetable used for pickling are often called gherkins'

Cucumbers

600

'These vegetables with a flavor like mild cabbage include the name of a city'

Brussels sprouts

800

'The name of this herb that is used mainly as a decoration on meat dishes comes from the Greek for "rock celery"'

Parsley

1000

'Also called roquette, this peppery salad green is very popular with Italian palates'

Arugula

SORTA RHYMES WITH PURPLE?

200

'Examples include leatherback, loggerhead & mutant ninja'

Turtle

400

'Jaleel White played this heroic nerd for 9 years on "Family Matters"'

Steve Urkel

600

'To congeal, as milk does when it spoils'

Curdle

800

'From the Old French for "excess", it's an amount or quantity beyond what is needed'

Surplus

1000

'Not an army officer, but an individual grain of a cereal grass like corn'

Kernel

THE BLACK SEA

200

'It's the largest peninsula jutting into the Black Sea'

Crimean Peninsula

400

'The only nation on the Black Sea that shares its name with a U.S. state'

Georgia

600

'Sailing south from the Black Sea via the Bosporus, you'll pass through this sea before reaching the Mediterranean'

Sea of Marmara

800

'Any 2 of the 4 large rivers beginning with the letter D that drain into the Black Sea'

Danube, Dnieper, Dniester, Don

1000

'This Ukranian Black Sea port was the site of a Russian naval victory in 1905'

Odessa

MR. OR MS. BROWN

200

'It's the name of Charles Schulz' friend who inspired his classic comic strip everyman'

Charlie Brown

400

'This man's execution on December 2, 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause'

John Brown

600

'This best-selling author became a magazine editor in 1965'

Helen Gurley Brown

800

'Now an Oakland Raiders All-Pro wide receiver, this man won the Heisman Trophy in 1987'

Tim Brown

1000

'Born July 25, 1978, she was the world's first "Test Tube Baby"'

Louise Brown

THEY'VE GOT THE BLUES

200

'This "experienced" left-hander recorded haunting blues songs like "Red House" & "Voodoo Chile"'

Jimi Hendrix

400

'"Royal" guitarist whose early recording "Three O' Clock Blues" was a hit in 1952'

B.B. King

600

'With albums like "Texas Flood" & "Soul to Soul", this guitarist was the leading figure in the 1980s blues-rock revival'

Stevie Ray Vaughan

800

'It's the nickname of legendary Texas bluesman Sam Hopkins'

"Lightnin\'"

1000

'The father of the British blues movement, he formed the Bluesbreakers in the early '60s'

John Mayall