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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

200

'This school's Buckeyes made the 2007 & 2008 national champ. games--Good--but lost by a combined 79-38--Bad'

Ohio State

400

'Letter formations include the "T" & this one with the running backs in a line behind the quarterback'

I

600

'Coaches go gray from these plays that the players "hear" at the line of scrimmage rather than in the huddle'

audibles

800

'The BCS, created to pit the top teams in the nation against each other, stands for this'

Bowl Championship Series

1000

'Ian Johnson's 2-pt. conversion won the '07 Fiesta Bowl for this school, then his on-field wedding proposal won his GF's heart'

Boise State

ESOTERICA

200

'This Poe poem has a scholar seeking solace in ancient, esoteric writings, but he's disturbed by a "rapping at my chamber door"'

"The Raven"

400

'Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, brought esoteric Shingon Buddhism to this country'

Japan

600

'This "Old" publication bases its weather forecasts on esoteric interpretations of natural phenomena'

the Old Farmer\'s Almanac

800

'This art of transmuting metals broke up into branches; the esoterics drew away from lab practices'

alchemy

1000

'This esoteric tradition of Jewish mysticism involves 10 divine numbers or emanations'

Kabbalah

THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

200

'To see the Monteleone chariot made by those darn Etruscans, head for this 5th Avenue museum'

the Metropolitan Museum

400

'Let's "sea"--Nethuns was the Etruscan equivalent of this Roman god'

Neptune

600

'Maecenas, a leading adviser to this first Roman emperor, was descended from Etruscan rulers'

Augustus

800

'Artsy Etruscans enjoyed working with this type of clay whose name is Italian for "baked earth"'

terra cotta

1000

'The Etruscans mined iron on this island centuries before Napoleon was exiled there'

Elba

THE ONION'S GLOSSARY OF ELECTION TERMS

200

'It's "a contest to see which candidate can answer the fewest questions"'

a debate

400

'This type of ballot doesn't "involve... having to get up off the couch & walk to a high school gymnasium"'

an absentee ballot

600

'This "-ist" is defined as "a better-paid legislator"'

a lobbyist

800

'This is referred to as a "process by which Americans are quadrennially reminded of Iowa's existence"'

the Iowa caucuses

1000

'This company's voting machine "electronically changes your vote into a vote for Mitt Romney"'

Diebold

ABBREV.

200

'Of concern to typists:
WPM'

words per minute

400

'A unit of energy:
kWh'

kilowatt-hours

600

'A bus or van, for example:
HOV'

high-occupancy vehicle

800

'In the military:
NCO'

non-commissioned officer

1000

'Often seen in classifieds:
EOE'

equal-opportunity employer