j-archive-3784-J-2001-02-01

THE HISTORY CHANNEL

200

'The program on this country "& Iraq" includes the 1997 election of moderate Mohammed Khatami as president'

Iran

400

'From the "Founding Fathers" series, the following is a look at the composition of this document:

"He's got a copy of the draft of the Virginia constitution and old writings for the Continental Congress and puts them together"'

the Declaration of Independence

600

'The channel's website tells us that this country's King Carlos was assassinated on Feb. 1 in 1908'

Portugal

800

'The show on the Transatlantic cable was subtitled "2500 Miles of" this elemental metal'

Copper

1000

'One show covered this Vietnam battle where Springsteen "had a brother" in "Born in the U.S.A."'

Khe San

DIANA ROSS

200

'Diana played a fashion designer in this 1975 film & also sang its theme, "Do You Know Where You're Going To"'

"Mahogany"

400

'In March 2000 Diana inducted this lady who sang the blues into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

Billie Holiday

600

'This No. 1 hit that Diana sang with the Supremes was later recorded by Phil Collins in a 1982 hit'

"You Can\'t Hurry Love"

800

'The most successful duet of the '80s was this ballad that Diana recorded with Lionel Richie'

"Endless Love"

1000

'The 1975 hit heard here was a tribute to this singer:

"Oooh, ooh, I'm missing you, tell me where the road turns..."'

Marvin Gaye

THE COMPUTER AGE

200

'According to Moore's Law, named for a founder of Intel, these double in power roughly every 18 months'

computer chips

400

'Dan Bricklin developed VISICALC, the first of these programs, similar to an accounting ledger'

spreadsheet

600

'Coherant & Xenix are 2 of these, part of the abbreviation in the better-known MS-DOS'

operating systems

800

'This programming language was named for calculating-machine inventor Blaise'

PASCAL

1000

'Among Internet users, the World Wide Web has surpassed the system named for this burrowing rodent'

gopher

EAT YOUR VEGGIES

200

'Paris silverskins are the small ones of these used in Gibson cocktails'

onions

400

'Yes, they were named after the capital of Peru'

lima beans

600

'In Asian cuisine, sprouts are from beans & shoots are usually from this'

bamboo

800

'The Dutch type of this is white, as it's grown underground; the American is green, as the spears are grown above'

asparagus

1000

'Antoine-Auguste Parmentier pushed this tuber on Louis XVI; now Parmentier in a recipe means "with" it'

potato

CROSSWORD CLUES "K"

200

'Tissue trademark
(7)'

Kleenex

400

'Kith's partner
(3)'

Kin

600

'Granny, or Gordian
(4)'

Knot

800

'A medieval foot soldier, or composer Jerome
(4)'

Kern

1000

'Pakistan's principal port
(7)'

Karachi