j-archive-5203-J-2007-04-04

PAGE BURNERS

200

'The Koran was burned to protest the Taliban's 2001 destruction of giant statues of this teacher'

Buddha

400

'After the British burned down the Library of Congress in 1814, it was restocked with this man's collection'

Thomas Jefferson

600

'For 3 days in 1992 nationalists supporting this country burned Bosnian books'

Serbia

800

'The Book of Revelation inspired a group to burn R.E.M. CDs & books about this title Wizard of Hogwarts'

Harry Potter

1000

'Burned & banned, this 1939 novel was particularly unwelcome in California's agricultural communities'

The Grapes of Wrath

SLIPPERY AS AN "EEL"

200

'When sailing properly, you're on an "even" one of these'

keel

400

'In the Bessemer process, pig iron is converted into this'

steel

600

'Acrobatic feat in which you propel yourself sideways onto your hands & then back onto your feet'

a cartwheel

800

'These short films of current events played in movie houses in the '40s'

newsreels

1000

'This adjective means polite & refined'

genteel

COMMON BONDS

200

'Butter,
Carving,
Steak'

knives

400

'Panama,
Porkpie,
Pillbox'

hats

600

'Reel,
Hora,
Habanera'

dances

800

'Shirts,
TV remote controls,
Telephones'

things with buttons

1000

'Ritz,
Club,
Goldfish'

crackers

AROUND THE USA

200

'The Kona region of this island is famous for its coffee'

Hawaii

400

'Each summer, this South Dakota city reenacts the trial of Jack McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok'

Deadwood

600

'(Sarah of the clue crew reading off the clue in front of a sports stadium.)
This city has the NFL's only publicly owned team, and no one may own more than 200,000 shares to avoid individual control'

Green Bay

800

'It's the largest of the Florida Keys'

Key Largo

1000

'One of the people who helped make Yosemite a national park was this designer of Central Park'

(Frederick Law) Olmsted

POLITICAL LINGO

200

'In the mid-1800s Samuel Ward was the "King of" this, soliciting legislative support for his causes'

lobbying

400

'Meaning "of whom", it's the Latin term for the minimum number of Congress members needed to transact business'

a quorum

600

'"Inside" this road, literally Interstate 495, is a reference to Washington political culture'

the Beltway

800

'(Cheryl of the clue crew giving the clue from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.)
I'm in the nation's only 1-house state legislature known by this 1-word term. Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s'

unicameral

1000

'A legislator trading his vote for reciprocal support on a future vote is doing this, like in a lumberjack game'

logrolling