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BEASTLY RHYME TIME

200

'An almost black hammerhead'

a dark shark

400

'A baked confection for a rattler'

a snake cake

600

'A stinky barn-dwelling bird of prey'

a fowl owl

800

'A vixen storage container'

a fox box

1000

'A beardless bird who quoth "Nevermore"'

a shaven raven

BODIES OF WATER

200

'These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S.'

the Mississippi & the Missouri

400

'Mespotamia, where many early civilizations developed, was located between these 2 rivers'

the Tigris & the Euphrates

600

'This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River'

Lake Victoria

800

'Less than half the size of the Pacific, it's the third-largest ocean'

Indian Ocean

1000

'The Sea of Crete is the southernmost part of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean'

Aegean Sea

"the ONION"

200

'"The Onion" reported that 450,000 unsold copies of "TIME"'s special issue on this April "day" went to a landfill'

Earth Day

400

'In a headline from history, "War Rationing Boards Restricts Nylon Use to Armed Forces" & this FBI director'

J. Edgar Hoover

600

'In entertainment news, Anatoly Ivaskevich hosts this country's hit game show "Who Wants to Eat a Meal?"'

Russia

800

'Most coverage of this territory's return to China left out its desperate plea to Jackie Chan for help'

Hong Kong

1000

'It was a sad day when an employee of this computer company was fired for "thinking a little too different"'

Apple

SKATEBOARDERS

200

'"I will not encourage others to fly" & "I will not skateboard in the halls" are 2 of his chalkboard scribblings'

Bart Simpson

400

'These devices on the undersides of boards hold the wheels & share their name with large transport vehicles'

trucks

600

'Of Cruiser, Thrasher, or Grinder, the magazine that's the bible of rad skateboard culture'

Thrasher

800

'Stan Laurel could tell you the name of this trick where the board is propelled into the air by tapping the tail hard'

Ollie

1000

'Last name of skateboarding legend Tony, who's never "dove-ish" when bombing or carving'

Hawk

BORE & GUSH

200

'In June 2000 this group boosted production by 3% but said high U.S. gas prices aren't its fault'

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

400

'Geologists use this earthquake measuring instrument to figure out where to drill for oil'

a seismograph

600

'Workers on a drilling crew are said to be "rough" in this body part'

the neck

800

'This company now better known for motor oil takes its name from the state where petroleum was found in 1859'

Pennzoil (Pennsylvania)

1000

'The oilfields that led to a 1920s scandal are named for this feature seen here (note the spout?):'

Teapot Dome