j-archive-3374-J-1999-04-15

LETTERS & NUMBERS

200

'Frank Sinatra's FBI file revealed that an ear ailment, & not a bribe, gave him this draft board rating'

4-F

400

'Preparing an exhibit for a county fair is a typical project for a member of this youth organization'

4-H

600

'Many computers won't recognize 00 as the year 2000 because of this problem, also known as "The Millennium Bug"'

Y2K

800

'In 1988 this band had a No. 1 hit with a reggae version of "Red Red Wine"'

UB40

1000

'Mikhail Kalashnikov created this infamous rifle in the late 1940s'

AK-47

THE STATE I'M IN

200

'Bloomfield,
Vincennes,
Fort Wayne'

Indiana

400

'Anaconda,
Billings,
Helena'

Montana

600

'Clarksdale,
Oxford,
Natchez'

Mississippi

800

'Manhattan,
Liberal,
Leavenworth'

Kansas

1000

'Imperial,
Wahoo,
North Platte'

Nebraska

THE 1950s

200

'In 1959 its "dark side" was seen for the first time'

Moon

400

'After the 1957 season, these 2 pro baseball teams packed up & moved to California'

Brooklyn Dodgers & New York Giants

600

'The U.S. & Argentina were among the 12 countries who signed a treaty to preserve this continent'

Antarctica

800

'After his death in March 1953, this world leader was embalmed & put on display'

Joseph Stalin

1000

'In 1950 the Diners Club card was introduced & this man's "Dianetics" was published'

L. Ron Hubbard

FILM ROLES

200

'In a 1997 film, Matt Damon played this "Good" genius & earned an Oscar nomination for his efforts'

Will Hunting

400

'This author can be seen as a beer-guzzling spectator in "Knightriders" & a truck driver in "Creepshow 2"'

Stephen King

600

'He played Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in 4 films years before he himself needed Secret Service protection'

Ronald Reagan

800

'He played the role of gangster Duke Mantee in "The Petrified Forest" on stage, in the movies & on TV'

Humphrey Bogart

1000

'Former "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming played W. Averell Harriman in a 1977 film with Gregory Peck as this general'

Douglas MacArthur

SAINTS

200

'In 1969 the feast day of this patron saint of lovers was dropped from the liturgical calendar'

St. Valentine

400

'She was canonized in 1933, 89 years after her birth in Lourdes'

St. Bernadette

600

'St. Ambrose said, "If you are at" this city "live in (its) style:...elsewhere live as they live elsewhere"'

Rome

800

'This country's capital was orginally Santiago de Leon de Caracas, after Santiago, or Saint James'

Venezuela

1000

'It's how Matthias was chosen to fill the spot among the 12 apostles vacated by Judas Iscariot'

Chosen by lot