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FOOD PHRASES

200

'When embarrassed you're said to have this, like a small child eating an omelet'

Egg on your face

400

'If you deserve your salary, you're "worth your" this, which is what "salarium" refers to in Latin'

Salt

600

'[Hi, I'm Freddie Jones of the NFL] I get hungry when I look at these marks that run across the yard lines'

Hash marks

800

'This 3-word phrase meaning "to overact" comes from a 19th century song'

Ham it up

1000

'Meaty phrase meaning to increase the force or quantity of something'

Beef it up

MIDWESTERN CITIES

200

'Bay City in this state is named for its location near Saginaw Bay'

Michigan

400

'Parma, Euclid & Shaker Heights are communities in its metropolitan area'

Cleveland

600

'In this big city the Midway Plaisance ("Pleasure Place") connects Jackson & Washington Parks'

Chicago

800

'A family arriving in this seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana might say, "We are here"'

Lafayette

1000

'Of the Quad Cities, this Iowa one is where you'd most likely want to sit down & put your feet up'

Davenport

STEINBECK

200

'John Steinbeck was born February 27, 1902 in this state, the setting of many of his tales'

California

400

'It's not about Ms. Bailey or Ms. Buck, it's a tale of Kino the fisherman'

"The Pearl"

600

'In creating Ethan for this book, Steinbeck was thinking of "Richard III"'

"The Winter of Our Discontent"

800

'For the dramatic version of "Of Mice and Men", Steinbeck worked with this Hart-less playwright'

George S. Kaufman

1000

'When John wrote the screenplay for this tale, he moved the dead horse scene to the end'

"The Red Pony"

THE CENTURY IN WHICH...

200

'The League of Nations held its first meeting'

20th century

400

'George Washington was born'

18th century

600

'England had its last Saxon king'

11th century

800

'Columbus made his fourth & final voyage to the New World'

16th century

1000

'The Hundred Years' War & the Great Schism that divided the Roman Catholic Church both began'

14th century

CONGRESS

200

'Between 1789 & 1865 this group invalidated only 2 of the statutes passed by Congress; since 1865, over 100'

Supreme Court

400

'The man in this post swears in new senators'

Vice president

600

'The Majority Leader is second to this person in power in the House'

Speaker of the House

800

'The regular House & Senate select committees meeting on this are usually closed-door -- smart!'

Intelligence

1000

'High school students can use this only with a note from their principal saying other sources didn't pan out'

Library of Congress