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I DID IT!

200

'Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim this in both directions; Gertrude Ederle swam it one way'

the English Channel

400

'13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,
E-U-O-N-Y-M'

the National Spelling Bee

600

'Check it out! In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship'

Bobby Fischer

800

'In 1957 this future astronaut set a speed record flying from L.A. to NYC in 3 hrs., 23 min., 8.4 sec.'

John Glenn

1000

'In 1884, the year of his death, he published the memoir "30 Years a Detective"'

(Allan) Pinkerton

CROSSWORD CLUES "S"

200

'Waldorf or Caesar
(5)'

salad

400

'City by the bay
(3, 9)'

San Francisco

600

'Teacher's long vacation
(10)'

sabbatical

800

'"Baby" bird
(5)'

stork

1000

'Before energy or plexus
(5)'

solar

'60s SITCOMS

200

'Senior counselor Spiffy at Camp Runamuck, Dave Ketchum was also Agent 13 on this show'

Get Smart

400

'In 1967 the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series went to this show'

The Monkees

600

'The 1962 TV drama "Seven Against the Sea" with Ernest Borgnine became this sitcom a few years later'

McHale\'s Navy

800

'One book calls this character "unctious & oily to adults ('Good evening Mr. & Mrs. Cleaver') but a bully to... kids"'

Eddie Haskell

1000

'Jackie Coogan's most famous TV role was this electrifying character on "The Addams Family"'

Uncle Fester

KING, QUEEN OR JACK

200

'In checkers, the dark squares farthest from a player form this row'

king

400

'In its first Top 20 hit, Queen sang about a "Killer" one'

Queen

600

'The one not mentioned in the title of the TV series starring Kevin James'

jack

800

'You don't have to call that salmon a Chinook, you can call it this'

king

1000

'The one flown on the bow of a British ship'

jack

GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS

200

'After its 1980 eruption, this volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height'

Mount St. Helens

400

'This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights'

San Antonio

600

'Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's second-longest river if you include the seaway'

the St. Lawrence

800

'The Diavolezza & the Piz Corvatsch are famous ski areas near this Swiss resort'

St. Moritz

1000

'This largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands was earlier owned by the Dutch, English, Spanish, French & Danes'

St. Croix