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WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER!
ALSO A BODY PART
MARCH MADNESS
THE THINGS YOU SAY!
& NEVER THE TWAINS SHALL MEET
200
'The verdict is in: a dozen unnamed & notably indignant jurors gave this drama its title'
Twelve Angry Men
200
'An inlet or cove, or to equip with weapons'
arm
200
'March 29, 1792:
King Gustav III of this nation is assassinated at a masquerade ball'
Sweden
200
'It's what you do when casually offering "a hint" or "a name", hoping someone picks it up'
drop
200
'Shania Twain was born on Aug. 28, 1965 in Windsor, Canada; Mark Twain, on Nov. 30, 1835 in this state'
Missouri
400
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the set of the Majestic Theatre, New York.) The Phantom of the Opera calls Christine a little viper when she does this to him here in his underground lair'
unmasks him
400
'One of the stretches in a relay race'
a leg
400
'March 5, 1770:
British troops gun down 5 American colonists in the event that would become known as this'
the Boston Massacre
400
'Powerful people may be surrounded by these "men" named for the syllable they often utter'
yes men
400
'Shania's given name is Eilleen Regina Edwards; Mark's was this (including his middle name)'
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
600
'Yikes! A flame device that uses liquid butane is part of this "Beauty and the Beast" character's costume'
Lumiere
600
'A card game participant, as in "Sir Nigel, we need a fourth" one "at whist"'
hand
600
'March 16, 1935:
Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of this treaty'
the Treaty of Versailles
600
'It's a 5-letter archaic word for "the truth"; a "sayer" of it speaks truth about the future'
sooth
600
'Mark first visited this city in 1872; in 1999 Shania played the Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park there'
London
800
'This musical features vaudeville cutie Baby June, who, in real life, grew up to be actress June Havoc'
Gypsy
800
'10 penny, 16 penny or 20 penny, for example'
a nail
800
'March 28, 1854:
The U.K. & France declare war on Russia, beginning this war'
the Crimean War
800
'"Make a clean breast" & "go to pot" are in the "American Heritage Dictionary of" these, which give ESL students fits'
idioms
800
'In 1870 Mark married the lovely Olivia Langdon; in 1993 Shania wed this adorable "mutt"'
Robert Mutt Lange
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the set of the Gerswhin Theatre, New York.) The name "Elphaba", the leading character in "Wicked", is derived from the initials of this famous author'
L. Frank Baum
1000
'To tease, or a primary vein of a leaf'
a rib
1000
'March 1967:
She, Joseph Stalin's last surviving child, asks for asylum at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi'
Svetlana Stalin
1000
'Solipsism says that the self is the only reality; this -ism is a general term for a verbal impropriety'
solecism
1000
'Shania's self-titled debut went gold in 1996; in 1873 Mark's first novel had this "golden"-sounding title'
The Gilded Age