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TRANSPORTATION SLANG

200

'You auto know a ragtop is one of these'

Convertible

400

'Slang for a ship, it's what you'll find a nursery rhyme trio sailing in'

Tub

600

'Rhyme time term for a huge 18-wheeler'

Big rig

800

'It's not madness, a reefer is this type of railroad car'

Refrigerator car

1000

'An eggbeater is one of these'

Helicopter

PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES

200

'In an 1864 letter, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "If" this "is not wrong, nothing is wrong"'

Slavery

400

'In a televised speech, he told the nation, "I misled people, including my wife. I deeply regret that"'

Bill Clinton

600

'On January 8, 1947, he told Congress that "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage"'

Harry S. Truman

800

'Concerning this 1773 event, John Adams wrote, "This is the most magnificent movement of all"'

Boston Tea Party

1000

'He was the 1st president to call the White House "A bully pulpit"'

Theodore Roosevelt

HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED

200

'The famed rhyming signs of this shaving product first appeared on Highway 61 in Minnesota'

Burma Shave

400

'The highway passes Castle Danger & Knife River as it skirts this Great Lake en route to Duluth'

Lake Superior

600

'As a boy, this late entertainment giant lived in the Highway 61 town of Leland, where his best friend was named Kermit'

Jim Henson

800

'In the 1980s this evangelist confessed to sins he'd committed in motels along Highway 61 in Louisiana'

Jimmy Swaggart

1000

'Highway 61 leads to the Delta city of Clarksdale in this state'

Mississippi

FOOD & DRINK

200

'Pisum sativum, the garden variety of this legume, usually bears 5 to 10 seeds in its pods'

Peas

400

'If you eat it slowly, this cereal might increase your "word power":'

Alpha-Bits

600

'You're heading for this brand of beer when you "Head for the Mountains"'

Busch

800

'Of crunchy, smoke flavored or less sodium, the one not yet a variety of Spam'

Crunchy

1000

'This Swiss chard relative found in Florentine dishes probably comes from Asia & was used medicinally'

Spinach

BOB DYLAN

200

'Jenna Elfman played drums when Bob made an appearance on this ABC sitcom'

Dharma & Greg

400

'In 1998 a man with "Soy Bomb" marked on his chest interrupted Bob's performance at this awards show'

Grammy Awards

600

'In 1975 Bob spoke out for this imprisoned boxer; in 1999 Denzel Washington played him on film'

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

800

'When this Robbie Robertson group first backed Dylan in the '60s, it was known as The Hawks'

The Band

1000

'Bob's "Lay Lady Lay" was considered for this 1969 Jon Voight film, but didn't make the soundtrack'

Midnight Cowboy