Show:
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
WELCOME TO WYOMING
REVOLUTIONS
"KING" OF THE TOP 40
TECHNOLOGY
200
'In 2003 she became the first New York senator ever appointed to the Senate Armed Services Committee'
Hillary Clinton
200
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outstanding in his field, complete with dilapidated barn and mountain range, in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) The Grand Tetons are an impressive part of the northen section of this much larger mountain chain'
the Rockies
200
'This leader's Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976, eliminated political rivals & threw Chinese cities into chaos'
Mao Zedong
200
'"It's Too Late" & "So Far Away" were 1971 hits for her'
Carole King
200
'Until Matsushita & Sony marketed these devices, people had to race home to catch "Police Woman"'
videotape recorders
400
'(Hi, I'm Ari Fleischer.) In 1999, after this woman left the Red Cross, I was communcations director for her presidential campaign'
Elizabeth Dole
400
'The scandalous Teapot Dome is part of the area that got Casper into this business in the 1890s'
the oil business
400
'His "New Diet Revolution" was on the mass-market paperback bestseller list over 2 years'
Atkins
400
'This group's "Louie Louie" made 1963 very interesting'
The Kingsmen
400
'A basic electronic calculator does multiplication by translating it into a series of this simpler operation'
addition
600
'She was serving as New Jersey's 50th governor when George W. Bush tapped her to head the EPA'
(Christie Todd) Whitman
600
'(Jon of the Clue Crew writhes his palm in a lovely pink raft in the Snake River, Bridger-Teton Nat'l Forest, Wyoming.) The Snake River may have gotten its name from a Shosone gesture, but it didn't mean "snake"; it meant the river was full of these'
fish
600
'From 1963 to 1978 this country had a "White Revolution": in 1979, partly as a backlash, it had an Islamic one'
Iran
600
'"Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 & 1986'
Ben E. King
600
'In 2003 Billboard magazine started this new chart; the first No. 1, "Crazy In Love", had a total of 1,500'
music downloads
800
'She's the governor pictured here in 1994 with her then-opponent'
(Ann) Richards
800
'(Kelly reports from horse country, horse in hand, in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) While living in Wyoming, Mary O'Hara created a classic equine literary character: "My Friend" this horse'
Flicka
800
'Economist Arnold Toynbee popularized this term to describe England's 18th & 19th c. economic development'
the Industrial Revolution
800
'"The Thrill Is Gone"--at least it was for him in 1970'
B.B. King
800
'This machine for patients with faulty kidneys was developed during WWII; today some models fit under an airplane seat'
a dialysis machine
1000
'This playwright & Vanity Fair editor served in the House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947'
Clare Booth Luce
1000
'Wyoming's scenery has inspired many artists, so it's fitting that the state flower is the "Indian" this'
paintbrush
1000
'Leaders of the 1989 Czech revolution, given this fabric-ated name, also led a '99 antigovernment protest'
the Velvet Revolution
1000
'In 1979 this potent (potable) singer gave us "I Don't Know If It's Right"'
Evelyn "Champagne" King
1000
'It's the basic geographic unit of wireless phone service'
a cell