j-archive-5179-J-2007-03-01

FIX THE MALAPROPISM

200

'To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand'

concentrate

400

'The score was so close in the Lakers game last night; it was a real cliff-dweller right to the end'

cliff-hanger

600

'Following the robbery, the police rounded up several auspicious characters'

suspicious

800

'When my daughter grows up, I suspect I'll see plenty of illegible young men at my front door'

eligible

1000

'By definition, countries right next to each other are contagious'

contiguous

MY MAINE MAN!

200

'In 1966 this Portland-born author published his first short story, "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber"'

Stephen King

400

'Listen, my children, & you shall hear, he was born Feb. 27, 1807 in Portland (hey, he was the poet, not me)'

Longfellow

600

'Born in Bar Harbor on July 8, 1908, he succeeded Gerald Ford as VP'

Rockefeller

800

'Raised in Maine, this Bowdoin alumnus hired Matthew Henson in 1887 to assist a Nicaraguan survey'

(Admiral) Peary

1000

'The 1st Democrat elected to the Senate by Maine voters, he was Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter'

Edmund Muskie

RECONSTRUCTION

200

'By the end of Reconstruction, production of this "king" crop in the South was nearly equal to pre-war levels'

cotton

400

'In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto'

Andrew Johnson

600

'The Freedman's Bureau aided in establishing black colleges, including this Washington, D.C. school'

Howard

800

'Once a term for a worthless farm animal, it referred to white Southerners who supported the Republicans'

scallywags

1000

'Reconstruction produced 2 black senators: Hiram Revels & Blanche Bruce, both from this state'

Mississippi

MATH PROBLEMS

200

'If one bus can hold 50 tourists, then at least this many buses are needed for 210 tourists'

5

400

'The total number of yards on an NFL football field, goal line to goal line, plus the number of minutes in an NFL game'

160

600

'To pay $200 in rent, a worker getting 50 cents per bucket of tomatoes must pick this many buckets'

400

800

'A $2, 3-piece carton contains 1 breast & 2 legs; if breasts cost twice as much as legs, this is the price of 1 leg'

50 cents

1000

'If you fought 5 6-packs of beer & drank 80% of it before halftime, you have this many beers left for the second half'

6

GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY

200

'Bill Haley ran down a full 12-hour cycle in this 1955 No. 1 hit'

"Rock Around The Clock"

400

'Elton John sang, "She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, 9 A.M." in this hit song'

"Rocket Man"

600

'Debbie Harry sang "It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive" fronting this band'

Blondie

800

'"Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream" begins this 1986 Bangles hit'

"Manic Monday"

1000

'Matchbox 20 sang "She says baby, it's" this title time "I must be lonely"'

3 A.M.