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A FEW GOOD MEN

200

'Thomas Mallon's book "Henry and Clara" concerns Henry Rathbone, wounded by this man at Ford's Theater'

John Wilkes Booth

400

'Starting out in 1865, this man famous for his cowboy hats became the leading hatmaker in the U.S.'

Stetson

600

'One of the first U.S. presidents to have his picture taken, James Polk was photographed by this man in 1849'

Mathew Brady

800

'The world's largest diamond bears the name of this man who was head of South Africa's Premier Mine in 1905'

Sir Thomas Cullinan

1000

'He was the last of several U.S. presidents who graduated from a military academy'

Jimmy Carter (from the Naval Academy)

THE TRUTH

200

'This syrup brand comes in a distinctive grandmother-shaped bottle'

Mrs. Butterworth\'s

400

'In a game of Monopoly, 2 ways you can get out of jail are by rolling doubles or by paying this amount of money'

$50

600

'As a senator, Andrew Johnson suggested the abolition of this body in choosing the president'

the Electoral College

800

'Flip Wilson endowed a scholarship for African-American journalism majors at this New Jersey state university'

Rutgers

1000

'St. Martin is one of these "Lesser" islands in the Caribbean Sea'

the Antilles

THE MAUREEN CORPS

200

'Maureen McCormick played this sitcom girl who had hair of gold like her mother'

Marcia Brady

400

'Born in Ireland in 1911, she played Jane to Tarzan & wife to John Farrow'

Maureen O\'Sullivan

600

'Born in Ireland in 1920, she appeared in several John Ford films, starting with "How Green Was My Valley"'

Maureen O\'Hara

800

'Maureen Tucker played drums for this '60s band led by Lou Reed'

the Velvet Underground

1000

'In 1995 she began taking "Liberties" on the New York Times op-ed page'

Maureen Dowd

YOU CAN'T

200

'New thermometers containing this may not be sold in Minnesota'

mercury

400

'Per the Alabama Code, section 13A-12-1, it's when card playing is illegal'

Sunday

600

'In Massachusetts you can get 5 years for hiding one of these, like the one Grandma cut you out of'

a will

800

'Under the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, you can't send the junk type of these'

faxes

1000

'In 1835 Britain's parliament banned this so-called amusement that set dogs on a large carnivore'

bear-baiting

SEMPER "FI"

200

'This classic name for dogs comes from the Latin for "faithful"'

Fido

400

'A book on the making of "Heaven's Gate", or the approved edited version of a motion picture'

final cut

600

'Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is the chairman of this U.S. Senate committee'

Finance

800

'Predatory insect invader seen here'

fire ant

1000

'Countable, with an end or limit'

finite