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BEN
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
REMEMBER THE TIME
ROCK WITH YOU
200
'This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"'
Tom Clancy
200
'Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly'
Pennsylvania
200
'Name shared by a Sauk chief famous for his war & a U.S. military helicopter'
Black Hawk
200
'In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"'
China
200
'This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."'
"I\'ll Be There"
400
'This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"'
(John) Grisham
400
'This publication that Ben first put out in 1732 often sold 10,000 copies a year'
Poor Richard\'s Almanack
400
'This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"'
Betty White
400
'In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country'
Poland
400
'Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group'
The Wallflowers
600
'You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"'
(Robert) Ludlum
600
'In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785'
France
600
'People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device'
the black box
600
'In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised'
Pizarro
600
'Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992'
"Layla"
800
'"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt'
Clive Cussler
800
'Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this'
"Electricity"
800
'John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it'
black hole
800
'In 1998 U.S. cruise missiles hit this African country in response to bombings of U.S. embassies'
Sudan
800
'She's the single-named Colombian pop star heard
here
'
Shakira
1000
'"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author'
Steve Martini
1000
'The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774'
postmaster general
1000
'Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England'
the White Cliffs of Dover
1000
'This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait'
Russo-Japanese War
1000
'Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together'
"Scream"