j-archive-3873-D-2001-06-06

3-LETTER WORDS

200

'To stick a faucet into a keg, or a listening device on a phone'

tap

400

'3-letter word used in the opening line to describe "The Girl From Ipanema"'

tan

600

'The egg of a louse, it's something picky people might pick at'

nit

800

'To a criminal, this slang term can mean diamonds or to kill, so be specific when taking out a contract'

ice

1000

'To move aimlessly from place to place, maybe like a "fly", it's also a euphemism that precedes "zooks"'

gad

PEN NAMES

200

'Using this name Theodor Geisel prescribed reading'

Dr. Seuss

400

'These siblings rang in as Currer & Ellis Bell'

Charlotte & Emily Bronte

600

'Anne Rampling & A.N. Roquelaure "chronicle" her pen names'

Anne Rice

800

'He came out of "The Jungle" to write juvenile novels as Clarke Fitch'

Upton Sinclair

1000

'Pen name of Aurore Dupin, whose "Un Hiver A Majerque" tells of nursing Chopin'

George Sand

MAMMALS

200

'It's the equine equivalent of a claw'

a hoof

400

'Continent that's home to the eland, the largest of the antelopes'

Africa

600

'The rare maned type of this wild canine roams the Pampas'

the wolf

800

'Shrews, moles & hedgehogs belong to an order named for their diet of these'

insects (Insectivora)

1000

'Scientists say this creature seen here is a close relative of the elephant (must be one of their little jokes!):'

the hyrax

BILLY WILDER FILMS

200

'1959 comedy in which 2 musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre & flee the mob by joining an all-girl band'

Some Like It Hot

400

'Wilder directed this big 1950 film in which Gloria Swanson says, "I am big. It's the pictures that got small!"'

Sunset Boulevard

600

'Wilder was Oscar-nominated for this noir classic seen here:'

Double Indemnity

800

'Ray Milland says, "I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk" in this 1944 classic'

The Lost Weekend

1000

'This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s'

Stalag 17

HEAD FOR THE HILLS!

200

'Rapid City, South Dakota is the most populous city in these hills'

Black Hills

400

'The Massachusetts State House was built on this hill in the late 1790s'

Beacon Hill

600

'New York City's highest natural point, 409-foot Todt Hill, lies in this westernmost borough'

Staten Island

800

'These hills on the Scottish border share their name with a breed of sheep that graze there'

Cheviot Hills

1000

'In 1901 Marconi received the first wireless transmission from Europe at this aptly-named Newfoundland site'

Signal Hill