j-archive-5735-J-2009-07-10

ZIP IT!

200

'To 58102, to send it to this biggest North Dakota city, you betcha'

Fargo

400

'To 99501, to send it to this largest Alaska city'

Anchorage

600

'To 86538, to send it to this Arizona town that was "too tough to die"'

Tombstone

800

'To 93308, to send it to this California city that gave its name to a country music "Sound"'

Bakersfield

1000

'To 97405, to send it to this Oregon college town, home of the Ducks'

Eugene

THE NIFTY 1930s

200

'This future baseball giant first said "Hey!" to the world when he was born in Alabama in 1931'

Willie Mays

400

'1934 was the first year for this Oscar category, & the winner was "The Continental"'

Best Song

600

'This ski-nosed comic broke out of Vaudeville & made his Broadway acting debut in the 1933 musical "Roberta"'

Bob Hope

800

'(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Tavern on the Green.) Tavern on the Green opened as a restaurant in 1934; this New York City mayor opened the door with a brass key & sampled the cuisine'

LaGuardia

1000

'Agatha Christie set Hercule Poirot afloat on a boat called the Karnak in this exotic 1937 novel'

Death on the Nile

THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHEN

200

'...the 9/11 attacks occurred'

Tony Blair

400

'...Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands'

Margaret Thatcher

600

'...World War II ended in Europe'

Churchill

800

'...World War II broke out'

Neville Chamberlain

1000

'...Queen Victoria was anointed Empress of India'

Benjamin Disraeli

YOU NEED A DRINK

200

'George Washington was a fan of this holiday drink but used whiskey & brandy as well as rum'

egg nog

400

'To be patriotic during WWII, this soda invented in 1898 adopted red, white & blue colors, still on its logo today'

Pepsi

600

'A person used to be smashed onto a new boat as a sacrifice; this effervescent drink is less painful'

champagne

800

'To make this 4-letter drink, the rice has to be milled because the starch, which ferments, is in the center of the rice'

sake

1000

'White & red wines differ in that the stems & these 2 other parts of the grape are not used for white'

the skins & the seeds

BALLET

200

'This Shakespeare play inspired Jose Limon to create "The Moor's Pavane", & he danced the lead role himself'

Othello

400

'We're not toying with you: one of Andersen's fairy tales inspired the ballet "The Steadfast Tin" this'

Soldier

600

'In "Western Symphony", dance hall girls & cowboys cavort to classic tunes like this "River Valley"'

"Red River Valley"

800

'It's the "little" French surname of choreographer Roland of the Ballets de Paris'

Petit

1000

'The jazzy ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" was originally part of the Broadway musical "On Your" these'

Toes