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ODDS & ENDS

200

'I tawt I taw this bird on a 1998 postage stamo, along with Sylvester the Cat; "I did! I did!"'

Tweety

400

'This classic party game from Milton Bradley will tie you up in knots'

Twister

600

'NYU's main campus is located in this Manhattan area, a haven for many Bohemian artists'

Greenwich Village

800

'A little hobbit told us this author was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892'

J.R.R. Tolkien

1000

'This Muslim nation is alphabetically first among Africa's countries'

Algeria

VOLCANOES

200

'Peru's El Misti volcano was of great importance to this ancient Indian civilization'

Incas

400

'Its May 18, 1980 eruption was the first in the lower 48 states since California's Lassen Peak in 1921'

Mount Saint Helens

600

'On March 29, 1947 Hekla in this north Atlantic nation erupted, spreading ash as far away as Finland'

Iceland

800

'Currently inactive, at 19,340 feet it's Africa's highest volcano'

Mount Kilimanjaro

1000

'Only one person survived Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption, which totally destroyed St. Pierre on this West Indies island'

Martinique

17th CENTURY AMERICA

200

'Most of the colonists on this ship that landed at Plymouth in December 1620 were not Pilgrims'

Mayflower

400

'It's the crop John Rolfe planted in Virginia that became a major cash crop'

Tobacco

600

'In 1652, in defiance of English law, Massachusetts set up one of these producing the pine tree shilling'

Mint

800

'John Smith, hurt in an explosion, was ousted from his leadership of this settlement & sailed back to England'

Jamestown

1000

'In 1684 William Penn tried to settle his boundary dispute with Maryland, & this lord'

Lord Baltimore

"ALLEY" WAYS

200

'It's the feline equivalent of a stray mutt'

Alley cat

400

'Classic comic strips include "Gasoline Alley" & this title caveman'

"Alley Oop"

600

'Type of venue in which you'd hear the terms turkey, strike & split being bandied about'

Bowling alley

800

'On August 25, 1991 she took home an Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series'

Kirstie Alley

1000

'A mistaken course or direction may take you up one of these'

a blind alley

3-LETTER WORDS

200

'For musicians, it's a job'

Gig

400

'A junior reporter (& not just of Chicago baseball)'

Cub

600

'Ed Ames' "Runneth Over With Love"'

Cup

800

'To udderly intimidate someone'

Cow

1000

'If you've been this, you've been cheated'

Had