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I'M STARVING!

200

'Facing massive starvation during the Peloponnesian War, Athens surrendered to this rival city in 404 B.C.'

Sparta

400

'More than half of the first settlers of this American colony died of disease or starvation during the 1607-08 winter'

Jamestown

600

'After seceding from Nigeria in 1967, this region soon faced widespread starvation & surrendered'

Biafra

800

'On his deathbed, this English king remarked, "Let not poor Nelly starve"--referring to his mistress'

Charles II

1000

'This 1922 film subject "of the North" perished from starvation shortly after the film was completed'

Nanook

STATE FLAGS

200

'This monument is mentioned by name (but not depicted) on South Dakota's state flag'

Mt. Rushmore

400

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew explains an image of a state flag on a monitor.) The motto, "Union, Justice and Confidence" is on this state's flag, below a mother pelican feeding her babies'

Louisiana

600

'Yes, honey, one of these structures appears below the word "industry" on Utah's state flag'

a beehive

800

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew talks about an image of two state flags on a monitor.) On an alphabetical list of states, these two states with somewhat similar flags are next to each other'

Tennessee & Texas

1000

'You'll find a Seminole woman scattering flowers on this state's flag'

Florida

BIOGRAPHIES

200

'Fawn Brodie, niece of a president of the Mormon Church, wrote "No Man Knows My History" about this prophet'

Joseph Smith

400

'Horowitz & Collier wrote the family bios "The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty" & them: "An American Drama"'

the Kennedys

600

'Hollywood bios include Scott Eyman's life of Louis B. Mayer & Scott Berg's 1989 life of this Mayer associate'

Samuel Goldwyn

800

'A bio of Rosalind Franklin, whose photos were used by James Watson, is subtitled "The Dark Lady of" this molecule'

DNA

1000

'Eric Enno Tamm's "Beyond the Outer Shores" is about Ed Ricketts, the model for Doc in this 1945 Steinbeck novel'

Cannery Row

NAME THE MOTOWN ARTIST

200

'"Stop! In The Name Of Love" & "Love Child"'

Diana Ross & The Supremes

400

'"What's Going On" & "Let's Get It On"'

Marvin Gaye

600

'"Heat Wave" & "Jimmy Mack"'

Martha & The Vandellas

800

'"War" & "Twenty-Five Miles"'

Edwin Starr

1000

'"Shoo-be-doo-be-do-da-day" & "Overjoyed"'

Stevie Wonder

BARRE TENDERS

200

'In 1989 he again danced with the Kirov Ballet, the first time since his defection 28 years earlier'

Nureyev

400

'In 1939 she danced the role of Princess Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty"; 17 years later, she became a Dame of the British Empire'

(Margot) Fonteyn

600

'In 1990 he & choreographer Mark Morris founded a touring company called the White Oak Dance Project'

Baryshnikov

800

'Audiences fauned all over this Kiev-born dancer when he came to Paris with Diaghilev in 1909'

Nijinsky

1000

'This ballerina known for her "Dying Swan" role starred in the 1915 silent film "The Dumb Girl of Portici"'

Pavlova