j-archive-5478-J-2008-06-04

COMMON BONDS

200

'Diddley,
Peep,
Derek'

Bo

400

'Bread,
Chatter,
Pandora's'

box

600

'Cotto,
Genoa,
Pepperoni'

salami

800

'Shoelaces,
Tongues,
Scores'

things that are tied

1000

'Codes,
Songs,
Southern Florida'

keys

CELEBRITY LIVES

200

'In titles of biographies, he's referred to as a "Comic Genius", a "Genius of the Cinema" & a "Tramp"'

(Charlie) Chaplin

400

'In "Lucky Man", he talks about his childhood in Canada, stardom on TV & in film, & his battle with Parkinson's'

Michael J. Fox

600

'"Kate Remembered" by A. Scott Berg was published only 13 days after her 2003 death'

Katharine Hepburn

800

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In her book "Out On A Limb", this actress visits the Peruvian Andes, where she learns about astral projection & that she is all the people she has ever lived'

Shirley MacLaine

1000

'"Long Live the King" & a book subtitled "Portrait of A Misfit" are bios of this legendary actor'

Clark Gable

BRITISH ART & ARTISTS

200

'The aptly named Terry Frost created a painting called this season of the year "1956, Yorkshire"'

Winter

400

'John Hoppner, a favorite royal portrait artist of the late 1700s, was rumored to be an illegitimate son of this king'

George III

600

'You can barely make out the elephants in J.M.W. Turner's painting of this man "Crossing the Alps"'

Hannibal

800

'A 1790s engraving by Robert Dodd shows this "bountiful" captain & some of his officers being set adrift'

Captain Bligh

1000

'This contemporary Brit has long been in the swim with paintings such as "Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool"'

(David) Hockney

5 "G"s

200

'The wooden frame upon which condemned persons are executed by hanging'

a gallows

400

'In 1992 the Catholic Church admitted it erred in condemning this man 359 years before'

Galileo

600

'2-syllable adjective that precedes "bodily harm" in the crime designated GBH in the U.K.'

grievous

800

'Flavoring syrup made from pomegranates'

grenadine

1000

'This U.S. president won his election by fewer than 2,000 popular votes'

Garfield

COLD HARD CASH

200

'Scheduled for release in late 2008, the last of the commemorative state quarters will honor this state'

Hawaii

400

'Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a woman that went into general circulation'

Susan B. Anthony

600

'His quincentenary was celebrated with a coin in 1992'

Columbus

800

'In 1997 this Brooklyn Dodger got a commemorative coin as quick as you could say his name'

Jackie Robinson

1000

'A "Benjamin" issued by it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its sec'y of state Judah P. Benjamin'

the Confederate States of America