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MOVIE SPORTSMEN

200

'1992:
John Goodman'

Babe Ruth

400

'1961:
Jackie Gleason'

Minnesota Fats

600

'1994:
Tommy Lee Jones'

Ty Cobb

800

'1971:
James Caan'

Brian Piccolo (from "Brian\'s Song")

1000

'1978:
LeVar Burton'

Ron LeFlore

"U" HAVE THE RIGHT

200

'This pure white fabulous equine is a symbol of virginity'

Unicorn

400

'Webster's 3rd says it's an interjection used to express reassurance when a small child is lifted'

Upsy-daisy

600

'Beaverdam Creek & Kings Peak are the low & high points of this state'

Utah

800

'The union of Egypt & Syria that lasted from 1958 to 1961 was dubbed this'

United Arab Republic

1000

'The "U" on that UL tag on your product means it was tested for safety by these laboratories'

Underwriters Laboratories

AUTHORS

200

'This "Don Quixote" author was called the "Maimed of Lepanto" for wounds suffered in battle'

Cervantes

400

'Activities at a Key West, Fla. festival honoring this author include a running of the bulls & a short story contest'

Ernest Hemingway

600

'19th century author Mary Ann Evans wrote under this pen name'

George Eliot

800

'In 1842 he & a shipmate jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands & lived for a month with the Typee tribe'

Herman Melville

1000

'He based Mark Rampion in "Point Counter Point" on his friend D.H. Lawrence; Philip Quarles was based on himself'

Aldous Huxley

ASTRONOMY

200

'The Bayeux Tapestry depicted an early sighting of a comet later given this name'

Halley\'s Comet

400

'It's the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor'

North Star/Polaris

600

'Among the most distant of these, the Trojan Group actually travels in the same orbit as Jupiter'

Asteroids

800

'From 1979 to 1999 it was the planet in our solar system farthest from the sun'

Neptune

1000

'Black holes are thought to "power" these remote objects named for their resemblance to stars'

Quasars

TO REMAIN SILENT

200

'A charity may hold a silent one of these to raise some money before the dinner'

Auction

400

'In the original German this song begins, "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!"'

"Silent Night"

600

'In business, one of these firm members may be full, senior or silent'

Partner

800

'Sources say he wrote his November 1969 "Silent Majority" speech all by himself'

Richard Nixon

1000

'He's played Silent Bob in a slew of films including "Mallrats" & "Clerks"'

Kevin Smith