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SCIENCE & NATURE
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956
WRITERS CUBED
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
AND I QUOTE
200
'In the East Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree'
Lizards
200
'As an 8-year-old in 1956, she sang with a group welcoming Queen Elizabeth II; later she sang to open the 2000 games'
Olivia Newton-John
200
'In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"'
Edgar Allan Poe
200
'Henry VIII'
Tudor
200
'Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"'
Familiar
400
'Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them'
Telescope
400
'Teams were pulling out left & right, some in protest of the Soviet invasion of this country'
Hungary
400
'In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence'
Laura Ingalls Wilder
400
'George VI'
Windsor
400
'A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together"'
Context
600
'The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees'
Owl
600
'Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team'
Germany
600
'19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"'
Ralph Waldo Emerson
600
'Richard I'
Plantagenet
600
'Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting'
Making quotations with your fingers
800
'Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom'
Protist
800
'Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe'
Joyce Carol Oates
800
'James I'
Stuart
800
'3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"'
On the record
1000
'Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow"'
Chlorine
1000
'"Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good'
Mary Higgins Clark
1000
'George III'
Hanover
1000
'Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]'
Pull quote