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NO, IT'S IOWA
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY
YO, JIMMY!
IS THIS HEAVEN?
TOP 40 HITMAKERS
200
'In 1942 the first training base for the WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, opened in this capital'
Des Moines
200
'Laszlo Biro was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007 for developing this type of pen in the 20th century'
a ballpoint pen
200
'In the comics, Jimmy Olsen was this hero's cub reporter pal'
Superman
200
'Mmm... a big plate featuring this sea-dweller, prepared Newburg or Thermidor... pass me the bib'
lobster
200
'"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" & "California Dreamin'"'
The Mamas & The Papas
400
'The Mississippi forms all of Iowa's eastern boundary, & this river, with a tributary, bounds the west'
the Missouri
400
'Smile! In 1888 this American introduced the first simple consumer camera to use roll film'
(George) Eastman
400
'The Jimmy was a popular SUV from this American automaker'
GMC (or General Motors)
400
'Short answer--yes; seen here is Hanauma Bay in this state'
Hawaii
400
'"Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" &
"Sweet Caroline"'
Neil Diamond
600
'The largest of the "Quad Cities", this city shares its name with a type of large sofa'
Davenport
600
'Patented in 1965, this stadium ground covering was first used commercially on a large scale in Texas'
AstroTurf
600
'From 1957 to 1971, Jimmy Hoffa was the president of this labor union; today, his son is'
the Teamsters
600
'The name of this Japanese massage technique that uses acupressure sounds a bit like a Tibetan toy dog breed'
shiatsu
600
'"What Would You Say" &
"Crash Into Me"'
The Dave Matthews Band
800
'You've hit a Bumppo in the road: it's the name of the University of Iowa's sports teams'
the Hawkeyes
800
'Setting 5 on the 1935 model of this Sunbeam appliance was "Whipping Potatoes"; setting 6 was "Cream"'
Mixmaster
800
'A book by former president Jimmy Carter compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to this policy of white South Africa'
apartheid
800
'Motor Trend said this car company's 380-hp Testarossa could hit 60 mph in 5.29 seconds; a test drive could be fun'
Ferrari
800
'"Saturday Night Special" &
(Woohoo!) "Free Bird"'
Lynyrd Skynyrd
1000
'Named for a Native American tribe, this city of 85,000 lies near where Iowa, Nebraska & South Dakota meet'
Sioux City
1000
'Named after its inventor, a large one of these coils can wirelessly power lights 50 feet away'
a Tesla coil
1000
'He's Jerry Lee Lewis' famous evangelist cousin'
Jimmy Swaggart
1000
'In 1935 Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house seen here'
Fallingwater
1000
'"Harry Truman" &
"25 Or 6 To 4"'
Chicago