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THE LAST BOY SCOUT

200

'Be prepared to fly high when you achieve this highest rank in the Boy Scouts'

Eagle Scout

400

'This artist whose work is seen here illustrated the Boy Scout calendar from 1926-1976'

Norman Rockwell

600

'Like the forestry merit badge, the genealogy merit badge has one of these on it'

tree

800

'Published since 1911, it's the Boys Scouts' bimonthly magazine'

Boys Life

1000

'He's the patron saint of both the Boy Scouts & England'

Saint George

LOOK WHO'S TALKING

200

'1865:
"The South is avenged!"'

John Wilkes Booth

400

'1651:
"L'etat c'est moi!"
("I am the state")'

Louis XIV

600

'1936:
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"'

Mae West

800

'1770:
"If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him"'

Voltaire

1000

'1685:
"Let not poor Nelly starve"'

King Charles II

BRUCE WILLIS

200

'Little Richard performed the ceremony when Bruce married this woman'

Demi Moore

400

'The title of the third film in this series starring Bruce Willis as cop John McClane added "With A Vengeance"'

Die Hard

600

'Bruce thanked Al Pacino & The Three Stooges when he picked up an Emmy in 1987 for his work on this TV show'

Moonlighting

800

'This Bruce Willis film premiered in 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center'

Armageddon

1000

'The first feature film Bruce starred in was this dating comedy that also starred Kim Basinger'

Blind Date

UNBREAKABLE

200

'In the 2000 campaign, Al Gore insisted that as president he'd keep Medicare in one of these'

lock box

400

'This X-Man seen here has bones & claws made from unbreakable adamantium'

Wolverine

600

'Du Pont says this fiber product, its trademark, is used for automotive hoses & bullet-resistant apparel'

Kevlar

800

'Gilbert Vernam, an engineer with this telecom company, came up with an "unbreakable" cipher, using a random code'

AT&T

1000

'Hermes gave this mythical hero an unbreakable sword he used to cut Medusa into Gorgon-zola'

Perseus

PULP FICTION

200

'He may no longer play Captain Kirk but he's kept the name alive in a series of "Star Trek" books'

William Shatner

400

'In "Blood and Gold", she fills in details about the life of 2,000-year-old vampire Marius'

Anne Rice

600

'It took a decade but in 1999 he fed us "Hannibal", a follow-up to "Silence of the Lambs"'

Thomas Harris

800

'Some 15 years after the original novel, she published "Hollywood Wives: The New Generation"'

Jackie Collins

1000

'This Olivia Goldsmith bestseller about 3 vengeful divorcees was initially rejected by 27 publishers'

"The First Wives Club"