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HISTORIC AMERICANS

200

'When asked how he became a hero, this president remarked, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"'

John F. Kennedy

400

'At the time of her 1937 disappearance she was married to publisher George Palmer Putnam'

Amelia Earhart

600

'In 1881 Louis Tiffany & others decorated the first floor of this author's mansion in Hartford, Conn.'

Mark Twain

800

'In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans'

Nelson Rockefeller

1000

'This attorney was the only representative of New York to sign the U.S. Constitution'

Alexander Hamilton

NATIONAL FOODS

200

'This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair'

Belgian waffles

400

'Thomas' is a brand of these, famed for their nooks & crannies'

English muffins

600

'This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin'

Canadian bacon

800

'Actually an American recipe, this condiment may have been given its name because caviar was once an ingredient'

Russian dressing

1000

'Its other names include Poor Knights of Windsor & Pain Perdu (lost bread)'

French toast

THE PLANET URANUS

200

'Observations by astronomer James Elliot in 1977 discovered 5 of these around Uranus'

rings

400

'Of 84, 184 or 284, the length in years of one orbit by Uranus around the sun'

84

600

'Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author'

William Shakespeare

800

'In 1846 astronomers found this planet from the effects it had on Uranus' orbit'

Neptune

1000

'He discovered Uranus as well as 2 of its moons'

William Herschel

PICTURE THIS

200

'One of the first printed books with illustrations was a collection of this ancient man's fables in 1476'

Aesop

400

'In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service'

Lady Bird Johnson

600

'In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life'

Mars

800

'Nose art, referring to pictures on the noses of these, really took off during WWII'

airplanes

1000

'The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold'

Marilyn Monroe

ALL MY Xs

200

'In 1968 the MPAA rated a film adult by giving it this many Xs'

1

400

'In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo'

3

600

'Claudia Silva starred in an L.A.-area theater production of "Cuatro Equis", this many'

4

800

'Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs'

5

1000

'Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game'

12