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"DIS" FUNCTION

200

'In 1956 Al Oerter tossed one of these 184' 11"'

a discus

400

'It means to declare ineligible or unfit'

disallow (or disqualify)

600

'The "federal" one in Mexico contains the country's capital'

district

800

'This adjective means "tactful"; spelled -ete instead of -eet, it means "separate"'

discreet or discrete

1000

'It was the Roman name for the troublesome Greek goddess Eris, whose shenanigans led to the Trojan War'

Discord

THREE OF A KIND

200

'Tiger,
mako,
thresher'

sharks

400

'Tap,
square,
hustle'

dances

600

'Dredd,
Judy,
Mike'

judges

800

'Vezina,
Outland,
Naismith'

trophies

1000

'The Seychelles,
a literary "Gulag",
the Aleutians'

archipelagoes

PASS THE TURKEY

200

'This capital is Turkey's second-most populous city, with about 3.5 million people'

Ankara

400

'The majority of the country belongs to this branch of Islam'

Sunni

600

'Banned by Ataturk for political reasons, this hat with a 3-letter name was once the national hat of Turkish men'

a fez

800

'Turkey's longest land border is with this Arab neighbor to its south'

Syria

1000

'This Turkish peak is said to be where Noah's Ark came to rest'

Ararat

POETRY

200

'Some believe this epic poet was born in Ionia in the 9th century B.C.'

Homer

400

'Keats wrote this kind of serious poem "On Melancholy"'

an ode

600

'He wrote, "An echo murmured back the word, 'Lenore!' --merely this and nothing more"'

Edgar Allan Poe

800

'This Pulitzer Prize winner read poetry at JFK's presidential inauguration'

Robert Frost

1000

'4-word German first line of the August Heinrich Hoffmann verse that became Germany's national anthem'

"Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles"

THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

200

'(Jon of the Clue Crew walks near a larger-than-life statue.) This statue brings to life one of the greatest athletes the world has known; he won gold in the 1912 Olympics & played football & baseball for New York Giants teams'

Jim Thorpe

400

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a photo of a Dallas Cowboys player.) At the Pro Football Hall of Fame, you can try to catch 22, but this Cowboy was so explosive, he danced his way to the NFL's all-time rushing record'

Emmitt Smith

600

'(Jon holds a football while delivering the clue.) Standing in the end zone, his feet almost out of bounds, the Chargers' Antonio Cromartie returned this ball an NFL-record this many yards in 2007'

109 yards

800

'(Jon sits in a section of red stadium seats.) These chairs are from this team's Ralph Wilson Stadium--you can almost see Jim Kelly throw & Thurman Thomas run'

the Buffalo Bills

1000

'(Kelly stands in front of a bust.) The only player to make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame here in Canton, Ohio & the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton, Ontario is this man whose name sounds like a heavenly body'

Warren Moon