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EVENTS IN THE OLYMPIC DECATHLON
WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME
AWARDS & HONORS
LETTER PERFECT
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'It's the running event that includes a series of obstacles'
the hurdles
200
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.) In 1968 he gave his last Sunday sermon from the Canterbury pulpit; a memorial service for him was held here 5 days later'
Dr. King
200
'Before you "coin" one of these, know it's from the Greek for "to speak"'
a phrase
200
'This "Arthur" star must have been a perfect "10"--the Queen made him a Commander of the British Empire in 2001'
Dudley Moore
200
'Crossword puzzle competitors save time by using the lower-case version of this most common English letter'
E
400
'It's the throwing event that uses the heaviest item'
the shotput
400
'The National Cathedral's official name is the Cathedral Church of St. Peter & him'
St. Paul
400
'From the Greek for "flow", this type of arthritis is characterized by painful swelling of the joints'
rheumatoid
400
'(Hi. I'm Gretchen Carlson of the CBS Saturday Early Show.) As a journalist I've been honored with 3 of these awards named for this TV legend, George Burns' famous partner'
Gracie Allen
400
'In Roman numerals, if you get a hit every time up, you're said to be batting this'
M
600
'It's the shortest of the running events'
100 meters
600
'Over 150 people are interred at the Cathedral, including this woman who lost her hearing and her sight at age 1 1/2'
Helen Keller
600
'This word is from the Greek for "wanderer"; the fact that the Earth was one wasn't figured out till later'
planet
600
'When this man won the Peace Prize, the Nobel chairman didn't expect "gratitude from the Polish authorities"'
Lech Walesa
600
'Alphabetically, the first letter that stands alone as the symbol of a chemical element'
B
800
'The 2 events with "jump" in their names'
long jump & high jump
800
'This Episcopal minister, ex-Missouri senator & U.N. Ambassador led the Reagan funeral service June 11, 2004'
John Danforth
800
'From the Greek for "to strike on one side", it's paralysis of both legs due to a spinal cord injury'
paraplegia
800
'In 1953 the Lenin Peace Prize went to this Chilean poet and diplomat'
Pablo Neruda
800
'A clever basketball coach is said to be good with these two letters'
X\'s & O\'s
1000
'The 2 events in which you use a long rod'
the pole vault & the javelin
1000
'The only president buried in Washington, D.C., his tomb was dedicated in 1956, the centennial of his birth'
Woodrow Wilson
1000
'From the Greek for "tongue", it's the opening in the larynx where consonants stop'
the glottis
1000
'In 2004, Zaha Hadid became the first woman to receive this prize, often called architecture's highest honor'
the Pritzker
1000
'To reverse direction in a car, hang a U-turn or this type of turn, also called a 3-point turn'
K-turn