'Sergey Korolyov was instrumental in the success of this first artificial satellite of the Earth'
Sputnik
200
'One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies'
Calgary
200
'Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean'
the Atlantic
200
'The poem called the "Garibnameh" contains 11,000 masnavi, which we know as these rhymed 2-line units of verse'
couplets
200
'This first sign is a nocturnal animal; those born under it work best in quiet hours; oo, you dirty...'
rat
400
'Rehovot in this country has an institute named for Russian-born Chaim Weizmann, who synthesized acetone'
Israel
400
'Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards'
three
400
'Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city'
Georgetown
400
'A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph'
Muhammad
400
'This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led'
a rabbit
600
'In the mid-18th c. Mikhail Lomonosov became the first scientist to record the freezing of this liquid metal'
mercury
600
'French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched'
rouge
600
'Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10'
Edward
600
'Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution'
the Young Turks
600
'This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!'
the dog
800
'Lev Landau won a 1962 Nobel Prize for working in low-temperature physics, also known as this'
cryogenics
800
'This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times'
Doug Flutie
800
'One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City'
New Amsterdam
800
'Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird'
Hawk
800
'1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle'
the sheep
1000
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows the periodic table on the monitor.) In devising the periodic table, Mendeleev laid out the elements in rows & columns to show the different relationships when read each way; he's said to have been inspired by a version of this card game'
solitaire
1000
'The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university'
McGill
1000
'Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast'
Suriname
1000
'Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi wrote 2 of these poetry collections, also a word from Turkish for a couch'
divan
1000
'The only 2-letter sign, it represents solid dependability, method & routine'