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JAMES

200

'According to Forbes, this actor who died in a 1955 car crash still managed to earn $5 million in 2003'

James Dean

400

'This captain set out on his third voyage in 1776, one from which he'd never return'

James Cook

600

'He came up with a copier machine & a clothes dryer as well as a famous engine'

James Watt

800

'Richard Wright helped this "Go Tell It On The Mountain" man win a literary fellowship'

James Baldwin

1000

'Federalist turned Democrat Chief of State seen here'

James Buchanan

CHARADES

200

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew.) 1980s TV show, 2 words:'

Dance Fever

400

'(Sofia of the Clue Crew.) 1986 Meryl Streep movie, one word:'

Heartburn

600

'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew.) A James Bond movie, three words:'

Diamonds Are Forever

800

'(Sofia of the Clue Crew.) An Elton John classic, four words:'

"Candle In The Wind"

1000

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew.) A 1960 John Updike book, two words:'

Rabbit, Run

CONTRACTIONS

200

'New York pedestrian traffic signs that used to include this contraction are being replaced by an upheld hand'

don\'t

400

'Contraction in the title of the following'

I\'ll

600

'The American Heritage Dict. says this nonstandard contraction was attacked in the 19th C. "for being a vulgarism"'

ain\'t

800

'It's the contraction that often begins a toast, like one in "Casablanca"'

here\'s

1000

'If you're unable, use "can't", if you would rather not, use this word that rhymes with "can't"'

shan\'t

19th CENTURY WOMEN

200

'At her husband James' inauguration party in 1813, she served ice cream'

Dolley Madison

400

'His mother, Marie-Letizia, seen here, had special status as Madame Mare'

Napoleon

600

'Known as "The Peerless Lady Wingshot", She was with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for 17 years'

Annie Oakley

800

'The Atlantic Monthly paid her $5 in 1862 for her "Hymn"'

Julie Ward Howe

1000

'Early on, she was a disciple of Dr. Phineas Quimby & wrote that he "heals as never man healed since Christ"'

Mary Baker Eddy

DR. SEUSS MEETS THE BARD, REDUX

200

'"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ear; I must say something you've just got to hear!"'

Julius Caesar

400

'"Life's... full of sound and fury, why must we always hurry, hurry, hurry?"'

Macbeth

600

'"Once more unto the breach, but first allow me to eat this peach"'

Henry V

800

'"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! I haven't been this cold in weeks!"'

King Lear

1000

'"If you tickle us, do we not laugh? Let's take a ride on that green giraffe!"'

The Merchant of Venice