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LITERATURE

200

'Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"'

The Scarlet Letter

400

'He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them'

Hans Christian Andersen

600

'Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"'

H.G. Wells

800

'This author of "The Good Earth" based the heroine of her 1938 novel "This Proud Heart" on herself'

Pearl Buck

1000

'In Wonderland, Alice comes across a large one of these with a snooty caterpillar atop it'

a mushroom

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

200

'A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game'

blackjack

400

'It's the most expensive property in the U.S. version of Monopoly'

Boardwalk

600

'On a basic playing board in this matching game, the numbers range from B-1 to O-75'

bingo

800

'"Acey Deucey" is a variation of this board game that was introduced to Europe by the Arabs'

backgammon

1000

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew uses sticks to toss a hoop back and forth with Kelly at Old World Wisconsin.) The 19th-century game we're playing got this name, because it taught players to have these; you might be in somebody's good ones'

graces

LANDMARK'S THE SPOT

200

'It's the landmark seen here in typical fog'

the Golden Gate Bridge

400

'If you're nosing around the landmark seen here, we knows you knows you're in this state'

South Dakota

600

'Oddly, Olivier & Handel lie in this area of Westminster Abbey, along with Browning & Tennyson'

Poets\' Corner

800

'Dating back to the 16th century, it's his namesake cathedral seen here'

Saint Basil

1000

'The 630-foot-high landmark seen here was designed by this European architect'

Eero Saarinen

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

200

'The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects'

y\'all

400

'A state capital since 1849, it showed Southern hospitality in 2005 as its population grew by 50% after Katrina'

Baton Rouge

600

'The Mississippi's oldest operating steamboat is this type of Southern lady "of Louisville"'

the Belle

800

'The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama'

Wild Turkey

1000

'Scenic traces include one along Lake Pontchartrain & a 500-mile one from Nashville to this city'

Natchez

INTO THE "WOOD"s

200

'Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz'

Woody Woodpecker

400

'1969 rock festival site'

Woodstock

600

'A heavyset rodent common in northern North America'

a woodchuck

800

'On an orchestral score, the music for this instrument group is at the top'

woodwinds

1000

'He's the Washington journalist & "Jeopardy!" stalwart seen here'

Bob Woodward