'In 1954 the U.S.S. Nautilus became the first of these vessels powered by nuclear energy'
submarine
200
'Accurate to 750 yards, the M21 was used in Vietnam by this type of concealed, sharpshooting soldier'
a sniper
200
'In 2004 it was high "time" Delaware's Winterhur Museum paid $1.65 million for a 9-foot-tall one of these'
a grandfather clock
200
'Cancel long periods praciticing with this string instrument or your fingers will get tired'
cello (in Cancel long)
200
'"Imagine" 9 different actors playing this man & singing his songs & you've got the 2005 musical named for him'
(John) Lennon
400
'This protest technique became common in 1960 when black students wouldn't leave a N.C. lunch counter'
sit-in
400
'In 1934, as the rat-at-at of these filled the streets, Congress passed a law whose full title specifically restricted them'
machine guns
400
'In 2002 McTear's, founded in this country in 1842, sold a bottle of 62-year-old Dalmore whiskey for over $40,000'
Scotland
400
'When told he'd be playing these drums with the band, Tim panicked'
timpani (in Tim panicked)
400
'This "Frasier" co-star is appearing knight-ly as Sir Robin in "Monty Python's Spamalot"'
David Hyde Pierce
600
'Roh Moo-hyun is its president'
South Korea
600
'Shotgun pellets are generally divided into 2 animal terms: buckshot for big ones & this for small ones'
birdshot
600
'Hawthorne burned the manuscript, but a set of proofs of this work was auctioned in 2004 for $545,000'
The Scarlet Letter
600
'Barabas soon learned this Western instrument was like nothing he had ever seen before'
bassoon (in barabas soon)
600
'"The Light in the Piazza" features a Tony-winning score by Adam Guettel, grandson of this "Carousel" composer'
Richard Rogers
800
'This city-state is found a mere 85 miles north of the equator'
Singapore
800
'In the 1880s a windmill company started giving promotional BB guns to farmers; it's now this airgun company'
the Daisy Company
800
'In May 2002 a Brancusi brought $18 million, then a record auction price for one of these'
a sculpture
800
'Carefully replace the strings on this ancient instrument'
lyre (in carefully replace)
800
'Albin sings "A Little More Mascara" while transforming himself into Zaza in this Jerry Herman musical'
La Cage aux Folles
1000
'This semimetallic element is the second-most common element on Earth after oxygen'
silicon
1000
'Napoleon was the first to mass artillery in a "Grande" or "Big" one of these; we're positive it was a negative for the enemy'
a battery
1000
'"The Inverted Jenny", a stamp that shows an upside-down one of these, recently sold for over $500,000'
an airplane
1000
'Neither Bilbo nor Gandalf knew any cool tunes on this'
organ (in nor gandalf)
1000
'(Hi. I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.) My new musical is called "The Woman in White" and it's based on a 19th century novel by this author of "The Moonstone"'