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THE AFRICAN EXPLORER

200

'Before beginning his famous search, this Welsh-born journalist covered the Indian campaigns in the American West'

Stanley

400

'On seeing one of these Paul du Chaillu wrote, "He was not afraid of us. He stood there, and beat his breast..."'

a gorilla

600

'In 1849 missionary Ludwig Krapf sighted the 2 snow-capped peaks of this "national" mountain but did not climb it'

Mt. Kenya

800

'Between 1420 & 1432 this prince sponsored many expeditions to round Cape Bojador; the 14th succeeded'

Henry the Navigator

1000

'On July 21, 1796 Mungo Park became the first European to sight this long West African river'

the Niger

"M"EDICINE

200

'This childhood disease is caused by a paramyxovirus that causes the parotid glands to swell up'

mumps

400

'This disease caused by a parasitic protozoan was once thought to be caused by swamp exhalations'

malaria

600

'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a laboratory at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) An artificial retina developed with the aid of North Carolina State University engineers may cure this type of degeneration named for a spot at the center of a retina'

macular

800

'The lower portion of the brain stem, its name means "long marrow" in Latin'

the medulla oblongata

1000

'This heart valve connects the left atrium & the left ventricle'

the mitral (valve)

OPERA

200

'Tenor Leo Slezak covered a staging mistake in "Lohengrin" by ad-libbing, "What time is the next" this graceful bird'

swan

400

'His new "Tosca" was the toasta Roma in 1900'

Puccini

600

'Verdi's first comic opera was a flop; it was 50 years before he wrote his second, about this Shakespeare character'

Falstaff

800

'This Mozart opera opens with the title character on the prowl for Donna Anna'

Don Giovanni

1000

'Fragments of the "Ode to Joy" appear in the libretto of this 1805 opera, the composer's only one'

Fidelio

GETTING ATTACHED

200

'If a girl gets a small charm, she'll most likely wear it attached to this piece of wristwear'

a bracelet

400

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from horseback in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) On the Western saddle, a cowboy can attach his lariat to the high one of these parts, also called the horn'

a pommel

600

'The calcaneofibular one of these bands of tissue attaches your fibula to your heel bone'

a ligament

800

'Fountains of Wayne sang of "working all day for a mean little man with" this kind of tie "and a rub-on tan"'

a clip-on tie

1000

'Actors attach false beards with this "ghostly" substance'

spirit gum

LAYING THINGS N TO N

200

'In book titles, it follows "Prozac" & "Fast Food"'

Nation

400

'An early motion picture theater, or a present-day cable network'

nickelodeon

600

'Vitamin B₃'

niacin

800

'This university's address is 633 Clark Street, Evanston'

Northwestern

1000

'This university's address is 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston'

Northeastern