j-archive-4730-D-2005-03-11

AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

200

'Immigrants from this country named a South Dakota county Haakon, in honor of King Haakon VII'

Norway

400

'This Los Angeles suburb was named for a New Hampshire-born dentist, not the potato guy'

Burbank

600

'George Vancouver named this volcano for the baronial title of Alleyne Fitzherbert, a British diplomat'

Mount St. Helens

800

'This city's name is from the French for "strait"; it lies on a strait between Lake Erie & Lake St. Clair'

Detroit

1000

'This Penn. city was named for 2 members of the British parliament who were sympathetic to the American Colonies'

Wilkes-Barre

CROSSWORD CLUES "G"

200

'A luminous larva ("glimmer, glimmer")
(8)'

glowworm

400

'It precedes schnauzer & sequoia
(5)'

giant

600

'"Reptilian" thirst quencher
(8)'

Gatorade

800

'A glutton, or a male turkey
(7)'

a gobbler

1000

'Florentine artist Di Bondone
(6)'

Giotto

ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE

200

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) More than 2,000 years after this Aristophanes comedy debuted here in Athens, A musical version hopped onto Broadway'

The Frogs

400

'A genre of plays takes its name form these lusty creatures, shown as half-man & half-goat, whose antics it depicted'

satyrs

600

'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) When this man introduced his play "Medea" in a contest held here at the Theater of Dionysus in 431 B.C., he came in last'

Euripides

800

'Ancient Greek actors wore white lead paint on their faces before switching to this innovation'

masks

1000

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) Legend tells us that here on stage at the Theater of Dionysus, this man became known as the world's first actor'

Thespis

THAT'S MY ALBUM

200

'"Hearts and Bones",
"Graceland"'

Paul Simon

400

'This man "At San Quentin",
"More of Old Golden Throat"'

Johnny Cash

600

'This group "Sell Out",
this group "by Numbers"'

The Who

800

'"One of These Nights",
"Hell Freezes Over"'

The Eagles

1000

'"OU812",
"Balance"'

Van Halen

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

200

'Count Andrenyi, Mrs. Hubbard & Col. Arbuthnot are among the suspects in this 1934 train-set novel'

Murder on the Orient Express

400

'In 2004 CNN said a winning bidder for a toilet cubicle from this retired British Airways plane might use it as an outhouse'

the Concorde

600

'This car exec seen here put his name on an innovative automobile'

DeLorean

800

'1948's "car of tomorrow" was designed by this Ypsilanti, Mich. man; 51 were built, 47 are still around'

(Preston) Tucker

1000

'Although built at his urging, Alexander III didn't live to see the completion of this, the world's longest railway'

the Trans-Siberian Railway