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POTPOURRI (REALLY)

200

'Yankee Scents of New England makes a red, white & blue potpourri named for this holiday'

Independence Day (the 4th of July)

400

'Eli Whitney probably knew that many potpourris use the fruit of this plant of the genus Gossypium'

cotton

600

'Potpourri is often used to fill these small scented packets with a French name'

sachets

800

'Though they can irritate skin, the red hot fruits of this edible plant, Capsicum annuum, are found in some potpourris'

jalapeño (Cayenne accepted)

1000

'The Royal Botanic Gardens at this London estate has a research collection of more than 700 types of potpourri'

Kew Gardens

GOING "PRO"

200

'10-letter word for the owner of an establishment'

proprietor

400

'Profusely productive, like some authors'

prolific

600

'This gas used primarily as a fuel is also called dimethylmethane'

propane

800

'This Titan was the father of Deucalion'

Prometheus

1000

'(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of three footprints on the monitor.) An imprint of your foot can determine if you have a normal, high or low arch; a low arch causes the foot to roll inward too much when running, called over- this'

pronating

MOVIES BY SONGS

200

'1997:
"My Heart Will Go On"'

Titanic

400

'1999:
"Blame Canada"'

South Park

600

'1976:
"Gonna Fly Now"'

Rocky

800

'1969:
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"'

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1000

'1983:
"Maniac"'

Flashdance

A YEAR ENDING IN '09

200

'Peary & Henson reach the North Pole'

1909

400

'Robert Fulton patents the steamboat'

1809

600

'The first major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches the Carolinas'

1709

800

'Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers'

1609

1000

'King Henry VII of England dies'

1509

INTO AFRICA

200

'These 2 oceans meet at South Africa's Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point in Africa'

the Atlantic & the Indian

400

'Stop at the Falls Bridge or the Boiling Pot when you visit this magnificent African waterfall'

Victoria Falls

600

'It's the North African capital considered the center of Coptic Christianity'

Cairo

800

'Dakar, the capital of this country, is the westernmost city in continental Africa'

Senegal

1000

'Aside from the Republic of the Congo, one of the 3 countries once known together as French Equatorial Africa'

(1 of) Chad, Gabon & the Central African Republic