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DAYTON PLACE

200

'This famous brother, the younger of the two, flew into the world in Dayton, Ohio on August 19, 1871'

Orville Wright

400

'Floridians might be surprised to find Dayton is on a low floodplain of this "Great" river'

the (Great) Miami (River)

600

'Life was "A Bowl of Cherries" for this Dayton-born author, who also penned a column called "At Wit's End"'

Erma Bombeck

800

'In 1879 Dayton's James Ritty made a "mechanical drawer" that was developed into NCR products; NCR, "National" this'

Cash Register

1000

'1995's Dayton Accords aimed to end the conflict in this double-named country'

Bosnia-Herzegovina

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS

200

'For "The Odd Couple"
(1965)'

Walter Matthau

400

'For "Cyrano de Bergerac"
(1947)'

Jose Ferrer

600

'For "Mister Roberts"
(1948)'

Henry Fonda

800

'For "A Man for All Seasons"
(1962)'

Paul Scofield

1000

'For "Amadeus"
(1981)'

Ian McKellen

"PH"UN WORDS

200

'Models of this British motorcycle include the Tiger, Bonneville & Daytona 600'

a Triumph

400

'This clear, watery, circulating fluid removes bacteria & certain proteins from tissues of the human body'

lymph

600

'Named for a god, it can simply be any touring car, or a light, 4-wheeled open carriage drawn by 2 horses'

a phaeton

800

'From the Arabic for "successor", he's the secular & religious head of a Muslim state'

the caliph

1000

'Written to an associate, it's the shortest of Paul's epistles'

Philemon

THE CIA

200

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks on the CIA seal in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.) On the CIA seal, the global directions from which information comes are symbolized by this sixteen-pointed star'

a compass rose

400

'Only the President can direct the CIA to start a covert action, & it's usually at the recommendation of this council'

the National Security Council

600

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a keyboarded box in a museum exhibit in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.) This code machine, whose name is from the Greek for "to speak in riddles", was cracked by the Poles in 1939'

the ENIGMA Machine

800

'This 1950s CIA director was a stern Cold Warrior like his brother the Secretary of State'

Allen Dulles

1000

'The atrium at CIA headquarters has a model of the plane in which this man was shot down by the Soviets in 1960'

Francis Gary Powers

PLANT PARENTHOOD

200

'The bulb used in cooking rarely produces seeds; most people break it into cloves & plant them'

garlic

400

'One of these on a rose plant may have over 300,000 stomata, or pores'

a leaf

600

'So named because some mimic animal sensibilities, this plant shares its name with a popular brunch potent potable'

a mimosa

800

'It's the genus of the plant known as marijuana'

Cannabis

1000

'If you'd like to produce your own saffron, you have to plant a species of this flower'

a crocus