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DRUGS IN THE MOVIES

200

'1983: starring Al Pacino as a drug-crazed & murderous Miami kingpin'

Scarface

400

'1978: Cheech & Chong in their first silly big screen comedy'

Up In Smoke

600

'1955: Frank Sinatra as dope addict Frankie Machine'

The Man With The Golden Arm

800

'1989: Matt Dillon as a junkie who with his crew robs pharmacies to support their habits'

Drugstore Cowboy

1000

'1991: Jason Patric & Jennifer Jason Leigh as undercover narcs who get hooked on drugs'

Rush

STUPID ANSWERS

200

'"Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods" was a 1988 TV movie based on his book'

Sidney Sheldon

400

'Traditionally, use 2 oz. gin, 5 oz. tonic water & 1 lime wedge to make this drink'

a gin and tonic

600

'Ozzy Osbourne was a no-show at this festival's Auburn, Washington stop July 12, 2003'

Ozzfest

800

'It seems like all things under the sun are considered on this radio program with Robert Siegel'

All Things Considered

1000

'Beer lovers rejoiced when he invented Pasteurization in 1864'

Louis Pasteur

THE 1870s

200

'Due to growing responsibilities of the Attorney General, Congress established this Cabinet dept. on June 22, 1870'

Justice

400

'It's the T in the WCTU, founded in Cleveland in 1874 with Annie Wittenmyer as its first president'

temperance

600

'On October 5, 1877 this Nez Perce chief surrendered to general Nelson Miles about 30 miles from the Canadian border'

Chief Joseph

800

'This state's 2nd black U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce was the first black senator to serve a full term, 1875-1881'

Mississippi

1000

'He purchased the St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 in 1878 & soon merged it with the St. Louis Post'

Joseph Pulitzer

POTPOURRI

200

'The Acme Thunderer is one of these used by many sports referees'

a whistle

400

'The potage this Biblical character sold his birthright for was made from lentils'

Esau

600

'North Dakota's state song is "North Dakota Hymn"; this state uses "The Old North State"'

North Carolina

800

'His frenzied female devotees were called maenads, or, from his other name, Bacchus, bacchantes'

Dionysus

1000

'Located about 8,500 feet up in the Andes is this judicial capital of Bolivia'

Sucre

RELIGIOUS HOMOPHONES

200

'Mother Teresa knew that this was the answer to the math problem of what 2 minus 2 equals'

none (nun)

400

'The bottom part of your foot, or a flatfish which may or may not go to heaven'

sole (soul)

600

'Minuteman & peacekeeper are versions of these, with or without hymns scrawled on them'

missile (missal)

800

'The type of "ego" Bruce Wayne is, you know, the guy who always sacrifices'

alter (altar)

1000

'Try not to talk about this vessel in which incense is burned during holy ceremonies'

censer (censor)