j-archive-4486-D-2004-02-23

1953

200

'In 1953 the U.S. completed its air base at Thule on this island, causing the resettlement of over 100 Eskimos'

Greenland

400

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Overfishing has such bad effects that in 1953 Ike declared Alaska this, like in the aftermath of a flood or quake'

(federal) disaster area

600

'On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH'

(Chuck) Yeager

800

'Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world"'

the Korean War

1000

'On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie'

Dag Hammarskjold

FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

200

'James Cagney played Bottom & Mickey Rooney was Puck in a 1935 adaptation of this Shakespeare comedy'

A Midsummer Night\'s Dream

400

'This Amy Tan novel became a movie with Ming-Na & Tamlyn Tomita'

The Joy Luck Club

600

'Alan Alda starred as George Plimpton playing football for Detroit in this film based on Plimpton's book'

Paper Lion

800

'(Hi, I'm CCH Pounder from "The Shield") I starred in a TV movie of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", based on a novel by this African-American author'

James Baldwin

1000

'The Lady Chablis, a Savannah drag queen, played herself in this John Cusack film based on a bestseller'

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

TREES

200

'The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree'

South Dakota

400

'Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts'

chestnut

600

'The Douglas Fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family'

pine

800

'The inner bark of the slippery species of this tree has been used as a thirst quencher & for medicinal purposes'

elm

1000

'The nuts from this tree are also called green almonds'

pistachios

HOMOPHONIC PROPER NAMES

200

'A narrow opening in rock, or the last name of a "Star Wars" character'

fissure/Fisher

400

'Hey, man, what's the capital of Switzerland? This, baby, this'

Bern/burn

600

'The type of road seen here, or a Southern university'

two-lane/Tulane

800

'Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases'

Leeds/leads

1000

'This important French naval city is a homophone of an anatomical English word'

Brest/breast

HERE "WE" COME!

200

'To make cloth by interlacing threads'

weave

400

'To ease a baby animal off its mother's milk'

wean

600

'In basketball, it's the side away from the ball'

the weak side

800

'A sly & underhanded person, or a black-footed ferret for example'

weasel

1000

'From 1919 to 1933 Germany was known as this republic'

the Weimar Republic