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MINI-COUNTRIES

200

'If its royal family has no male heir, Monaco will become part of this country'

France

400

'Discoverers of these South Sea islands named them for wise Biblical king whose wealth they sought'

the Solomon Islands

600

'As co-sovereign of this Pyrenees land, the Bishop of Urgel, Spain is paid about $6.87 semi-annually'

Andorra

800

'A problem for this African country is that much of its mail is mistakenly sent to Switzerland'

Swaziland

1000

'80% of San Marino's gross national product comes from tourism & the sale of these'

postage stamps

NAMES

200

'"Rex" & "Roy" both mean this, Your Majesty'

king

400

'1st name of this football coach, who stressed winning, means "winner"'

Vince (Lombardi)

600

'While not the most common Russian name, Ivan Kuznetsov is literal Russian equivalent of this English name'

John Smith

800

'Common Arabic name which means "servant of Allah"'

Abdullah

1000

'Girl's name common in Germany & America, it's a contraction of Mary Magdalene'

Marlene

GOVERNMENT

200

'Not surprisingly, this agency's motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity"'

FBI

400

'Vermont is known for these gatherings considered the purest form of democracy'

the town meeting

600

'In 1982, James Watt proposed changing this dept's seal from a buffalo facing left to one facing right'

the Department of the Interior

800

'A toll-free hotline for whistle-blowers is maintained by this agency in charge of federal b'ldgs'

the General Services Administration

1000

'In 1973, the federal government printed 4.8 billion coupons for this'

gas rationing

UNREAL ESTATE

200

'This fictional setting of "The Edge of Night" shared its name with Jefferson's home'

Monticello

400

'When "all you see are silhouettes & all you hear are castanets & no one cares how late it gets", you're there'

"Hernando\'s Hideaway"

600

'Not in world atlases but in this comic strip could "Lower Slobovia" be found'

Li\'l Abner

800

'Number of fabulously wealthy "cities of Cibola" the Spanish explorer Coronado was looking for'

7

1000

'A battleship was built to honor this Russian who built fake villages to impress his empress'

(Grigori) Potemkin

THE LONGEST

200

'After all these years, Joe Di Maggio still has the longest one in baseball'

hitting streak

400

'Longest distance flown by this type of airplane is 1¼ miles'

paper airplane

600

'George Bell of Virginia, who takes size 26, won 20th Century-Fox's contest for the longest pair of these'

shoes

800

'Longest continuous run of any show is London performance of "The Mousetrap" by this author'

Agatha Christie

1000

'Longest ocean liner, the "Norway", was originally named for this country when built in 1961'

France