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THE MISFITS

200

'1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits'

The Three Stooges

400

'In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy'

Abbott & Costello

600

'Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy'

Jerry Lewis

800

'When these misfit brothers were "at the circus" in a 1939 film, "Lydia the tattooed lady" was there, too'

The Marx Brothers

1000

'He's the bawdy British TV misfit & comic genius seen here'

Benny Hill

ALL MY SONS

200

'Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial'

Mount Rushmore

400

'Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963'

Frank Sinatra

600

'Nickname of the "son" who terrorized NYC in the summer of '77'

Son of Sam

800

'Egypt is sometimes called the land of this fertile son of Noah'

Ham

1000

'This man whose surname means "hammer" counted Carloman & Pepin the Short as sons'

Charles Martel

THE CRUCIBLE

200

'Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high'

temperature

400

'Crucibles are sometimes made out of this ceramic material made by firing pure clay'

porcelain

600

'This element, Pt, is used in crucibles & tongs because of its inertness & high fusing point'

platinum

800

'Brass usually comes out of a crucible in this 5-letter form, more familiarly used with gold'

an ingot

1000

'A vertical crucible called a "skull" is used to make the gem called "cubic" this'

zirconium

"DEATH"

200

'Bubonic plague's more descriptive name'

the Black Death

400

'The 7 words that complete the speech Patrick Henry gave on March 23, 1775'

"Give me liberty or give me death"

600

'Napoleon's is seen here'

a death mask

800

'Suge Knight & Tupac Shakur's rap music record label'

Death Row Records

1000

'It's the title of the famous 1793 work seen here'

The Death of Jean-Paul Marat

OF A SALESMAN

200

'Sick of selling dry goods from a buggy, in 1872 Montgomery Ward issued a one-page one of these'

a catalog

400

'In the '80s this city's Old Vic Theater was refurbished by salesman "Honest Ed" Mirvish'

London

600

'This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners'

Amway

800

'When dealing with a car salesman, know that the MSRP, short for this, doesn't include taxes & registration'

manufacturer\'s suggested retail price

1000

'This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS'

Ross Perot