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WORLD CAPITALS

200

'The Staszic Palace in this capital is the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences'

Warsaw

400

'Opera lovers know the Royal Danish Opera is based in this city'

Copenhagen

600

'James Joyce's nephew sometimes conducts tours of the James Joyce Cultural Centre in this city'

Dublin

800

'Now Haiti's capital, this city once known as L'Hopital was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1751'

Port-au-Prince

1000

'You'll find this city's Museum of Moroccan Arts inside a former royal palace'

Rabat

TV's COMIC BOOK HEROES

200

'Adam West'

Batman

400

'George Reeves'

Superman

600

'Lynda Carter'

Wonder Woman

800

'Lou Ferrigno'

The Incredible Hulk

1000

'Gil Gerard'

Buck Rogers

THE GOOD LIFE

200

'You're blessed with luck if you're born with this piece of flatware in your mouth'

Silver spoon

400

'Good places to be include Easy Street, Fat City & this animal heaven'

Hog/pig heaven

600

'Florally speaking, you can be rolling in clover or lying on a bed of these'

Roses

800

'The part "of luxury" you "live in"'

Lap

1000

'Riding this "train" you can afford the really fine dog food'

Gravy train

GUINNESS RECORDS

200

'60 people in Singapore linked these office supplies into a 16-mile long chain'

Paper clips

400

'Continent that's home to the smallest & tallest tribes'

Africa

600

'Cyd Charisse's were insured for $5 million, beating out Betty Grable's $1.25 million'

Legs

800

'With over 700,000 visitors a year, this American's is the most visited gravesite in the world'

Elvis Presley

1000

'The loudest sound from a living source is produced by these sea creatures'

Whales

LEAPIN' LIZARDS!

200

'The largest species of this color-changing lizard may reach a length of nearly 2 feet'

Chameleon

400

'Horned lizards are often called this because of their resemblance to a certain amphibian'

Horned toad

600

'Only 2 lizards are poisonous: the beaded lizard of Mexico & this species of the American Southwest'

Gila monster

800

'Native to a few islands in Indonesia, this giant lizard was unknown to the outside world until 1912'

Komodo dragon

1000

'The marine iguana, the only lizard that lives in the sea, lives off the coast of these Ecuadoran islands'

Galapagos Islands