j-archive-3880-D-2001-06-15

BIG SCREEN BIOGRAPHIES

200

'1993:
Angela Bassett as this singer'

Tina Turner

400

'1953:
Tony Curtis as this magician'

Harry Houdini

600

'2000:
Ed Harris as this painter'

Jackson Pollock

800

'1992:
Gerard Depardieu as this explorer'

Christopher Columbus

1000

'1951:
Burt Lancaster as this athlete'

Jim Thorpe

STATELY FIRST NAMES

200

'This author created Ichabod Crane & Rip Van Winkle'

Washington Irving

400

'Sean Connery played this character's dad, Henry, in a 1989 film'

Indiana Jones

600

'Cathy reveals that "Suddenly, Last Summer" cousin Sebastian was cannibalized in a play by this man'

Tennessee Williams

800

'"Fast" Eddie Felson challenges this "stately" pool player in "The Hustler"'

Minnesota Fats

1000

'Like her contemporary James Joyce, this author of "To The Lighthouse" used stream of consciousness'

Virginia Woolf

HELP ME WITH THIS CROSSWORD!

200

'It's where you hope not to be led to:
[21 Across: _ _ O_]'

Doom

400

'Aluminum silicate mineral:
[6 Across: F E _ D S P A _]'

Feldspar

600

'Type of dance or button:
[45 Across: _ _ _ _ Y]'

Belly

800

'"Hectoring" father:
[12 Across: P R _ _ M]'

Priam

1000

'Shiver, in Cherbourg:
[17 Across: F _ _ _ _ O N]'

Frisson

AFRICAN WILDLIFE

200

'This largest pachyderm has no sweat glands, so it cools off by rolling in ponds & streams'

Elephant

400

'This fastest feline is now endangered with an estimated 13,000 remaining in the wild'

Cheetah

600

'Also known by this 3-letter name, the wildebeest comes in 2 species: black & blue'

Gnu

800

'Most of these flightless birds are found in or near Antarctica, but the jackass species is found off South Africa'

Penguins

1000

'Unlike anteaters, this ant-eating "earth pig" has 20 cylindrical, rootless teeth'

Aardvark

"P"LACES

200

'W.C. Fields joked that his epitaph should read, "On the whole, I'd rather be in" this city'

Philadelphia

400

'Located in northwest India, this state is bordered on the north by Jammu & Kashmir'

Punjab

600

'This capital was virtually deserted during the reign of the Khmer Rouge'

Phnom Penh

800

'More than half the population of this country perished in an 1864-1870 war with Argentina, Brazil & Uruguay'

Paraguay

1000

'Peter Mayle wrote "A Year In" this French region'

Provence