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"W"HODUNNIT?

200

'He was the first U.S. president to be unanimously elected'

George Washington

400

'She's the 1982 Pulitzer Prize author seen here early in her career'

Alice Walker

600

'His last complete novel, 1974's "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen", involves further adventures of Wooster & Jeeves'

P.G. Wodehouse

800

'This former CEO of General Electric titled his autobiography "Jack: Straight from the Gut"'

Jack Welch

1000

'This envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury was held hostage in Lebanon for 5 years until 1991'

Terry Waite

____FOR____

200

'A familiar phrase meaning retaliation in kind'

an eye for an eye

400

'Supplied with everything you need to, say, shoot a grizzly'

loaded for bear

600

'Use up all your resources in one last attempt to do something'

go for broke

800

'I read this Shakespeare comedy word for word'

Measure for Measure

1000

'Truffaut's "La Nuit Americaine" is known as this in America'

Day for Night

NAUTICAL TERMS

200

'Seamen dread something that could "shiver" these, the ribs in the ship's frame'

the timbers

400

'A worm gear transmits motion from the steering wheel to this direction controller at the stern'

the rudder

600

'This type of Coast Guard vessel, seen here, used to have "Revenue" before its name'

cutter

800

'As the name says, this spar from which the jib is set is found in the bow'

the bowsprit

1000

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) As well as cancelling, the name of this pin can also mean fastening'

belay/belaying

BJORN AGAIN

200

'He won 5 straight Wimbledon titles from 1976 to 1980'

Bjorn Borg

400

'This island country broke away from Denmark in 1944 with Sveinn Bjornsson as its first president'

Iceland

600

'In 1857 Bjornstjerne Bjornson succeeded this playwright as the head of Norway's Bergen Theater'

Henrik Ibsen

800

'The seaport of Bjorneeborg in this northern European nation rests on the Gulf of Bothnia'

Finland

1000

'After this prime minister's 1986 assassination, journalist Bjorn Ranelid lamented, "Suddenly anything seemed possible"'

Olof Palme

AT THE BALLPARK

200

'It may be found in a program, little diamonds appear all over it & "You can't tell the players without" it'

the scorecard

400

'At the June 4, 1974 game in Cleveland, this refreshment only cost 10 cents; that's a promotion you won't see again'

beer

600

'The top level of the stands, or a popular baseball card brand'

Upper Deck

800

'Parks where this "territory" is large hurt hitters because popups get caught by opponents instead of fans'

foul territory

1000

'The left-field wall of Miami's Pro Player Stadium is called the "Teal" this'

Monster