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NEW GAME SHOWS?

200

'On this revival Tom Bergeron explains that you have to get 3 stars in a row, across, up & down or diagonally'

The Hollywood Squares

400

'For the "2000" revival of this Nickelodeon show host Jason Harris is in charge of slime'

Double Dare

600

'The Buybidwin website offers websurfers a chance to play this Monty Hall game for prizes'

Let\'s Make A Deal

800

'This grocery store-set game was first seen in 1965, came back in 1990 with host David Ruprecht, & is back on PAX'

Supermarket Sweep

1000

'In 1999 Game Show Network revived Chuck Barris' "3's A Crowd" with this former "Growing Pains" star as host'

Alan Thicke

ANATOMY

200

'Like the thyroid, ovaries are this type of gland that secretes chemicals directly into the bloodstream'

Endocrine

400

'When your ears "pop", it's actually this tube opening, allowing air to escape from or to the middle ear'

Eustachian tube

600

'Human lungs have millions of these tiny air sacs, where oxygen & carbon dioxide are exchanged'

Alveoli

800

'The 2 main types of these white blood cells are B cells & T cells'

Lymphocytes

1000

'2 of the 3 sections of the small intestine'

Duodenum/ileum/jejunum

VOCABULARY

200

'It's the 5-letter word for a large fluffy feather, or a column of smoke'

Plume

400

'They're the cute little impressions on a golf ball'

Dimples

600

'A gentle way to cook an egg, it also means to pamper a person, especially a child'

Coddle

800

'Congratulations if you know this word derived from Greek means praise or credit (It's also a granola bar)'

Kudos

1000

'It can mean the ability to do something, or the body of teachers at a school or college'

Faculty

INAUGURAL ADDRESSES

200

'Of WWI, he said, "Our own fortunes as a nation are involved whether we would have it so or not"'

Woodrow Wilson

400

'In 1937 FDR saw this fraction "of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished"'

One-third

600

'In his 1873 second inaugural, he complained he'd hardly rested since Fort Sumter'

Ulysses S. Grant

800

'His nearly 2-hour speech in the snow included musings on the history of democracy back to Athens'

William Henry Harrison

1000

'In 1857 he called the question of slavery in the territories "Of but little practical importance"'

James Buchanan

CRACKERS

200

'In ads Andy Griffith said, "Everything's great when it sits on" one of these buttery crackers'

Ritz

400

'It gets its name from the bicarb used to make it'

Soda cracker

600

'Name of the Pepperidge Farm product seen here:'

Goldfish

800

'The name of this Sunshine Biscuit Co. cracker sounds like a slang phrase used when the cops are coming'

Cheez-It

1000

'2-word term for something crunchy added to chowder, or someone trying to get at a pearl'

Oyster cracker