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DESIGN SQUAD

200

'For a dragster, one team made a continuously variable type of this; in cars they come in automatic & manual'

transmission

400

'The Design Squad used only preindustrial materials to make one of these bridges hung from vertical ropes'

a suspension brdige

600

'To create a new bike, the Design Squad used TIG welding, the "T" standing for this metal'

tungsten

800

'By shortening an instrument's strings, the Design Squad raised this 5-letter word indicated in hertz'

pitch

1000

'Pancake machine? Easy, once they figured out how to generate this 6-letter force that's needed to rotate the belt'

torque

FUN WITH BALLET

200

'"Circus Polka" was originally choreographed for these huge circus animals; it's now danced by humans'

elephants

400

'In titles of ballets, this number precedes "Seasons", "Bagatelles" & "Norwegian Moods"'

Four

600

'John Cranko choreographed a ballet called "Harlequin in" this month--no fooling'

April

800

'Models, gendarmes & a Tour de France cyclist appear in the Gershwin ballet "An American in" this city'

Paris

1000

'Some featherbrain in Moscow was the first to stage this ballet, on March 4, 1877'

Swan Lake

ANCIENT ROME

200

'Rome captured this largest Mediterranean island in the First Punic War & made it the first Roman province'

Sicily

400

'King Ancus Marcius is said to have built the Sublician Bridge, the first bridge across this river, in the 7th c. B.C.'

the Tiber

600

'In 27 B.C. Octavian became the first Roman emperor & took this name that means "exalted"'

Augustus

800

'Members of Rome's oldest & richest families were called patricians; the rest of Rome's citizens were called this'

plebeians

1000

'The first book of this Roman poet's "Ars Amatoria", or "Art of Love", instructs its readers how to find a lover'

Ovid

"TEEN" ENTERTAINMENT

200

'Robin leads Beast Boy, Cyborg & the rest of this superhero group on Cartoon Network'

Teen Titans

400

'These 4 reptiles use a bow staff, kitanas, nunchucks & sai as weapons'

the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

600

'I have to make a "confession": I'm not quite as good a dancer as Lindsay Lohan was in this 2004 film'

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

800

'A hamburger patty, a pistachio milkshake & some fries do battle with Dr. Weird on this animated series'

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

1000

'The talking cat on this sitcom was appropriately named Salem'

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

NAME THAT AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY

200

'At the 2nd meeting of the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, he did his "Give me liberty or give me death" bit'

Patrick Henry

400

'In 1788 this hero of the American Revolution accepted an offer to serve as a rear admiral in the Russian navy'

John Paul Jones

600

'He spoke of the American Revolutionary era as "the times that try men's souls"'

Thomas Paine

800

'Benedict Arnold & this Green Mountain Boy captured Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775'

Ethan Allen

1000

'After the War of 1812, this 4th president asked Congress to declare war on Algiers'

Madison