'An underwater line that carried messages overseas, or a single message sent through it'
Cable
200
'This animal, the chief sustenance of the Plains Indians, was nearly extinct by 1880'
Buffalo/bison
200
'This letter represents the force that takes you from light to heavy as you loop upward in a roller coaster'
G (g-force)
200
'With no death penalty, it's the No. 3 most-livable country (the U.S. sits below it)'
Canada
200
"Look Ma,
No Cavities"
Crest
400
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reporting from Cincinnati) In the 1850s Hiram Sibley bought up telegraph lines & used railroad rights-of-way to create what became this company'
Western Union
400
'In 1918 as many as 2 million Japanese participated in riots spurred by the high price of this'
Rice
400
'Cockneys are known for dropping this letter from the start of words'
H
400
'In 2000 this No. 7 most-livable country came out with what may be its first slacker film, "101 Reykjavik"'
Iceland
400
"I Can't Believe
I ate the
whole thing"
Alka-Seltzer
600
'In Morse code a single dot represents this letter'
E
600
'The Reformation caused shortages of this sweet stuff by closing monasteries that raised bees for votive candle wax'
Honey
600
'Our president, familiarly'
W
600
'Even with over 70% of this North Sea country's land uninhabitable, it topped the most-livable list'
Norway
600
It's "Two--Two--
Two mints
in one"
Certs
800
'Since telegrams were associated with WWI casualty news, these debuted in 1933 to show their fun side'
Singing telegrams
800
'In the 1840s a type of fungus wiped out these in Ireland, leading to widespread famine'
Potatoes
800
'Before the euro, this letter was the Parisian equivalent of a dollar sign'
F (franc)
800
'Of the Top 25 most-livable countries, 1 of the only 2 south of the equator'
Australia or New Zealand
800
"They Plump When You
Cook 'Em"
Ball Park Franks
1000
'The T in the name of this old Soviet news agency stood for telegrafnoye'
TASS
1000
'The WWII "K" type of these Army portions, packed by Wrigley's, included meat, sugar &, of course, gum'
Rations
1000
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from the American Airlines Center in Dallas) It's the single-letter name for the (basketball) shot seen here'
J (jump shot)
1000
'A home to the European parliament, it sprouts at No. 5 on the list'