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MOUSE PADS

200

'To no surprise, Basil, "The Great Mouse Detective", resides on this London street'

Baker Street

400

'In "Alice in Wonderland" this rodent is seen dozing at the tea party & is rudely awakened'

the Dormouse

600

'In this "royal" 1987 movie, the "Rodents Of Unusual Size" are living it up big-time in the Fire Swamp'

The Princess Bride

800

'A cat named Oil Can Harry was the nemesis of this rodent who was introduced in the 1940s & lived in Terrytown'

Mighty Mouse

1000

'"Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents'

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME

200

'In Exodus 3:2 it "burned with fire and...was not consumed"'

the bush

400

'Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire'

Cleveland

600

'In 1907 Murray Spangler invented a "suction sweeper" that led to this company's formation the following year'

Hoover

800

'Perforate'

pierce

1000

'To bestow or confer, especially by a formal act'

to grant

NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS

200

'Canada's coat of arms contains depictions of a Scottish unicorn, gold fleur-de-lis & sprig of these leaves'

a maple leaf

400

'A banner reading "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here" tops this West African nation's coat of arms'

Liberia

600

'This country's coat of arms dates back to the 13th century, when an ax & the crown of St. Olaf were added to a lion'

Norway

800

'The white lion with a double tail on its coat of arms was granted to Bohemia in the 1100s'

the Czech Republic

1000

'This country's coat of arms is framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which are topped by crowns'

Spain

"AMP" IT UP

200

'It's the
&
in this clue'

an ampersand

400

'Oval auditorium with tiers of seats around a central open area'

an amphitheater

600

'Describes military forces trained to fight on both land & sea'

amphibious

800

'By definition, your AM radio modulates it'

amplitude

1000

'Scientist who wrote "Memoir on the Mathematical Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena"'

(André-Marie) Ampère

WHAT'S UP, CLOCK?

200

'In a Mother Goose nursery rhyme, these 3 words precede "the mouse ran up the clock"'

hickory dickory dock

400

'In "Peter Pan", it swallowed Captain Hook's right hand & an alarm clock, so you could hear it coming'

the crocodile

600

'In "My Cousin Vinny", Marisa Tomei complains about the ticking of this type of "clock" specific to women'

a biological clock

800

'You can recognize Germany's House of 1000 Clocks by its water wheel & this type of clock on the side of the house'

a cuckoo clock

1000

'It's a rigid body, on a fixed horizontal axis, that is free to rotate under the influence of gravity'

a pendulum