COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS
A RATION OF FASHION
RECENTLY DISCOVERED ANCIENT ROMANS
200
'Yitzhak Rabin was this country's first native-born prime minister'
Israel
200
'On Oct. 28, 1492 this captain was in the Bay of Bariay off Cuba & not near the Asian mainland'
Columbus
200
'No. 1 on the list is his "Johnny B. Goode"'
Chuck Berry
200
'One book said this '80s NBC cop show "started a fashion trend for those into the macho/grubby look"'
Miami Vice
200
'This guy, a strong coffee prepared by forcing steam under pressure through ground beans, was quite lively'
Espresso
400
'From 1380 to 1918 Iceland was ruled by this country'
Denmark
400
'In 674 King Charles II made this captain the lt. governor of Jamaica: raise a glass of his rum to that'
Captain Morgan
400
'At No. 2 is this colorful classic from Jimi Hendrix'
"Purple Haze"
400
'It seems to be the hardest word for this garment seen here'
a sari
400
'Downing a plate of brisket & ribs, he lived up to his adjectival name, from the Latin for "flesh eating"'
Carnivorous
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map of Southeast Asia on the monitor.) Malaysia consists of two regions--West Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula, & East Malaysia, which occupies the northern part of this large island'
Borneo
600
'The "news" is that a Virginia city bears the name of this captain who brought over the Jamestown colonists'
(Christopher) Newport
600
'"Put another dime in the jukebox, baby" for this song, No. 89'
"I Love Rock \'N Roll"
600
'This Philippine first lady had 1,060 pairs of shoes'
Imelda Marcos
600
'He got enjoyment through imagined participation in the experience of others, as in a "thrill"'
Vicarious
800
'More than half of this country is covered by the Alps & the Jura mounitains'
Switzerland
800
'In 1610 he set sail on his ship the Discovery; a strait & bay would later be named for him'
Henry Hudson
800
'No. 64 is this song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that Rolling Stone calls "the ultimate Southern-rock anthem"'
"Free Bird"
800
'Associated with a duke, it's a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie'
a Windsor knot
800
'This nut of the cashew family contains an edible, greenish kernel; alas, I knew him... a fellow of infinite cashews'
Pistachio
1000
'Honoring the country's liberator, "La Dessalinienne" is this country's national anthem'
Haiti
1000
'In the 1770s he & his crew became the first Europeans known to have visited Hawaii--didn't end well, though'
Captain Cook
1000
'One of the newer songs is his 2006 hit "Gravity"'
John Mayer
1000
'You'll never see photos of me in these wide, MC Hammer "jump" pants; can't touch this!'
parachute pants
1000
'He was 'living in" this 8-letter state of being completely forgotten or unknown'
Oblivion