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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
COMPANIES
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
200
'In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1'
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
200
'A popular brand of orange juice'
Tropicana
200
'Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport'
wrestling
200
'This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo'
Costco
200
'We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster'
the Great Depression
400
'Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1'
Janet Jackson
400
'A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea'
the Sahara
400
'Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man'
Washington
400
'This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history'
Disney
400
'Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory'
bittersweet
600
'In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit'
"Dreams"
600
'A weapon removed from a stone'
Excalibur
600
'On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness'
Nancy Hanks
600
'This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A.'
May Company (May\'s Department Store accepted)
600
'Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops'
friendly fire
800
'Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film'
A League of Their Own
800
'Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881'
Treasure Island
800
'While serving in the Illinois legislature, Abe switched to this party of his political idol Henry Clay'
the Whigs
800
'Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor'
Consolidated Edison (ConEd)
800
'2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally'
an open secret
1000
'In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot'
Michael Bolton
1000
'A market town of Upper Egypt built on the ruins of Thebes'
Luxor
1000
'During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief'
Black Hawk
1000
'In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors'
Amway
1000
'This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"'
BASIC