j-archive-4877-D-2005-11-22

ALSO A STATE CAPITAL

200

'English cliff site'

Dover

400

'Indian tribe of the Great Plains'

Cheyenne

600

'Last name of Bob, who played Maynard G. Krebs'

Denver

800

'Another word for a peace treaty'

Concord

1000

'Plain where games were played in ancient Greece'

Olympia

GET A GRIP

200

'A strong grip may be compared to this clamping item that holds a piece in place for carpenters'

a vice

400

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows off a spray bottle of window cleaning fluid.) From its trigger & the way it fits in my hand, it's the term for this grip, even on a nonmenacing bottle of cleaning fluid'

a pistol grip

600

'You grab pressure points in a fierce grip in Eagle Claw, a Shaolin type of this martial art'

kung fu

800

'The everyday type of it is calcite; the type rock climbers use to get a grip is magnesium carbonate'

chalk

1000

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pretends to play ping-pong.) In table tennis, this grip named for the way you hold something else gives you a good forehand but an awkward backhand'

the penholder grip

SCULPTORS

200

'This master's works include the Florentine Pieta, the St. Peter's Pieta, & the Rondanini Pieta'

Michelangelo

400

'In the 1950s this American known for his mobiles began to devote more time to stabiles such as "Ticket Window"'

(Alexander) Calder

600

'There are Lincoln sculptures by him at a Newark, N.J. courthouse, the Capitol Rotunda & Mt. Rushmore'

Gutzon Borglum

800

'His bronze equestrian monument to Gen. Gattamelata was sculpted in Padua between 1445 & 1450'

Donatello

1000

'This Greek's "Aphrodite of Cnidus" from 350 B.C. was the first classical portrayal of a nude goddess'

Praxiteles

SOFT "G"

200

'A type of film, like Western or gangster, having similar elements of plot & character'

genre

400

'In Latin it means the guardian spirit of a place; in English it means someone of great talent & intelligence'

genius

600

'Meaning "fitting" or "pertinent", it's a homophone of a famous pop quintet member'

germane

800

'The lines & shapes on ancient Greek pottery like the item seen here gave the art of the period this name'

Geometric

1000

'The blue type of this flower seen here is common in the Eastern U.S.'

gentian

AUSSIE ENTERTAINERS

200

'Born in Hobart, he became a Hollywood swashbuckler but was undone by his "wicked, wicked ways"'

(Errol) Flynn

400

'Naomi Watts is described in the press as the best friend of this Oscar-winning Aussie actress'

Nicole Kidman

600

'Toddlers worship Greg, Murray, Jeff & Anthony, this singing & dancing quartet'

The Wiggles

800

'This Sydney-born actress, now on U.S. TV, has sisters named Rosie, Lily, Daisy & Marigold'

Poppy Montgomery

1000

'Dave Navarro & Brooke Burke hosted the 2005 show "Rock Star", which aimed to get a new singer for this group'

INXS