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FILMS OF THE '40s
BODY LANGUAGE
LITERARY SEQUELS
ASIAN PERSUASION
SCIENCE & NATURE
200
'Van Heflin, Gig Young & Robert Coote played Athos, Porthos & Aramis in this "novel" 1948 film'
The Three Musketeers
200
'To know how many of you showed up for the 3-hour video of my trip to Manitoba, I'll take this "count"'
a head count
200
'"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" was one of Douglas Adams' sequels to this novel'
The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy
200
'Following college, Anderson Cooper studied Vietnamese at the University of this Asian capital city'
Hanoi
200
'In the U.S., alligators & crocodiles co-exist only at the southern tip of this state'
Florida
400
'At the end of 1949's "In the Good Old Summertime", Liza Minnelli made her screen debut as this woman's daughter'
Judy Garland
400
'Hyphenated adjective meaning so appetizing you salivate'
mouth-watering
400
'In 1959 Grace Metalious returned to this town, hoping to cash in on the success of her earlier novel'
Peyton Place
400
'Despite war & a U.S. invasion in 2001, this nation has the highest birthrate in Asia, 46 births per 1,000 citizens'
Afghanistan
400
'In 1991 radar images hinted that there was ice at the north pole of this inner planet'
Mercury
600
'(Film critic Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) This 1941 detective drama, a Bogart classic, is in my top 5; after all these years, it's still a challenge to figure out'
The Maltese Falcon
600
'A drink taken for ocular stimulation on waking up'
an eye-opener
600
'"Of Time and the River" was his sequel to "Look Homeward, Angel"'
Thomas Wolfe
600
'Growing only about 5-9 inches long, the amago salmon is native to the southern islands of this Asian nation'
Japan
600
'17th century Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens developed the wave theory of this'
light
800
'He made a cameo appearance as a man carrying a violin in his own film "Spellbound"'
Hitchcock
800
'Sir, to toy with a woman's affections makes you a cad, a bounder, this--technically a calcaneus'
a heel
800
'"Myron" was Gore Vidal's sequel to this novel'
Myra Breckenridge
800
'It's the Indian city that's the home to Eden Gardens, Asia's largest arena for cricket'
Calcutta
800
'Dinosaurs died out in this geological era that means "middle life"'
the Mesozoic era
1000
'The 1949 film about this big ape won a special effects Oscar (remember--we said 1949)'
Mighty Joe Young
1000
'This type of pork-barrel spending refers to funds directed to a member of Congress' pet project'
an earmark
1000
'"My Career Goes Bung" was Aussie author Miles Franklin's sequel to this novel'
My Brilliant Career
1000
'Because of its distinctive call, this central Asian bovine is known as the grunting ox'
a yak
1000
'In 1766 this English chemist discovered the properties of hydrogen, which he called "inflammable air"'
Henry Cavendish