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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS

200

'Peyton Randolph, the first president, brought the meetings to order in this city'

Philadelphia

400

'While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document'

Declaration of Independence

600

'Cyrus Griffin, the last president, went on to be one of the judges at this man's treason trial'

Aaron Burr

800

'He was president from May 24, 1775 to October 29, 1777'

John Hancock

1000

'John Hanson is considered by some the first U.S. president, as he was the first to serve under these'

Articles of Confederation

"CUT" ONCE

200

'Dining utensils'

Cutlery

400

'Someone known for telling jokes or playing pranks'

Cut-Up

600

'A flat, boneless piece of veal, for example'

Cutlet

800

'A murderer, or an aggressively dangerous person'

Cutthroat

1000

'A small, lightly armed patrol boat'

Cutter

SPORTS

200

'At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines'

Johnny Weissmuller

400

'In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982'

Umpire

600

'In 1994 this Dallas Cowboy scored 22 touchdowns; in 1995 he topped that with 25'

Emmitt Smith

800

'In 1993 Werner Gunther of Switzerland threw one of these 72 feet 1 inch'

Shot Put

1000

'He was riding Affirmed in 1978 when he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown'

Steve Cauthen

SANDWICHES

200

'When the first Arby's opened in 1964, its entire food menu was potato chips & this sandwich'

Roast Beef

400

'Babe, beware: it's the cold sandwich eaten most by Americans'

Ham

600

'Possibly from a synonym for pig, it's an eastern U.S. name for the sandwich seen here:'

Hoagie

800

'This egg derivative is almost always found in a tuna fish sandwich'

Mayonnaise

1000

'Italian for "little breads", these sandwiches are becoming popular in North America'

Panini

MEASURE TWICE

200

'A 10-square-mile area covers 6,400 of these'

Acres

400

'1 gigawatt equals 1,000 of these'

Megawatt

600

'I love you a bushel & one of these, or 5 of these total'

Peck

800

'A 12-this shotgun has a bore of 18.52 millimeters'

Gauge

1000

'A 24-carat stone weighs 4.8 of these metric units'

Grams