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THE INTERNET

200

'Use your digital jukebox software to connect to this No. 1 online music store'

iTunes

400

'Names for this keyboard symbol include "cat's tail" in Finnish & "Strudel" in Hebrew'

the @ sign

600

'Ordinary analog phone lines that deliver a low-cost broadband data connection use this 3-letter technology'

DSL

800

'This 4-letter certification is given for equipment that uses the IEEE 802.11 standard'

Wi-Fi

1000

'Tim Berners-Lee helped create the World Wide Web at this particle physics lab near Geneva'

CERN

"X" IN THE CITY

200

'It's the capital of Nova Scotia'

Halifax

400

'For over 75 years, a shrimp festival & blessing of the fleet have kicked off shrimping season in this Mississippi city'

Biloxi

600

'Famous for temple ruins, this city on the site of Thebes has been called "The World's Greatest Open-Air Museum"'

Luxor

800

'Averages for this U.S. city are 7.66 inches of rain, a daily high temperature of 85, & 325 sunny days per year'

Phoenix

1000

'Love to shop? This largest South Dakota city has the largest shopping center between Denver & Minneapolis'

Sioux Falls

5-LETTER WORDS

200

'You probably made your first entrance through this "canal"'

birth

400

'A command to your pooch to retrieve something'

fetch

600

'You have one of these, aka a heartbeat, I assume'

pulse

800

'To perform this kids' activity "inside the lines" is to conform; to do it "outside the lines" is to be a free spirit'

color

1000

'A form of matter--solid, liquid or gas'

state (phase accepted)

ANIMALS

200

'One in every 6 known bird species makes its home in this rainforest'

the Amazon

400

'Sputniks 5, 6, 9 & 10 also carried these animals into space, & most were recovered alive'

dogs

600

'Got one of these odorous animals also known as a polecat as a pet? Call your humane society to make sure it's legal'

a skunk

800

'Critters of the Pleistocene epoch include the mammoth & this "breast tooth" relative'

mastodon

1000

'"Dachs", as in "Dachshund", is German for this burrowing animal'

the badger

CELEBRITY AKA

200

'It's the real last name of Nicolas Cage--& of his famous uncle'

Coppola

400

'Destiny Hope Cyrus, Billy Ray's kid & star of TV's "Hannah Montana", now goes by this first name'

Miley

600

'Yes Sir, his real name is Reginald Dwight'

Elton John

800

'The movies' original "Alfie", he was originally named Maurice Micklewhite'

Michael Caine

1000

'When she's "got mail", we wonder if it's addressed to Margaret Hyra'

Meg Ryan