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RECENT BOOKS

200

'Severus Snape turns out to be this title person in a Harry Potter novel'

the Half-Blood Prince

400

'"The Assassins'Gate" & "Fiasco" are histories of this recent conflict'

the Iraq War

600

'This restaurant chain is the title of Catherine Gilbert Murdock's novel about D.J. Schwenk, a girl on a Wisconsin farm'

Dairy Queen

800

'Father & son travel a futuristic wasteland in this Cormac McCarthy novel that's not much like Kerouac'

The Road

1000

'This British author of "About a Boy" turned to young adult fiction with "Slam"'

Nick Hornby

NAME THEIR CENTURY

200

'William the Conqueror'

the 11th

400

'Prussian king Frederick the Great'

the 18th

600

'Frederic Chopin'

the 19th

800

'Caligula'

the 1st

1000

'John Milton'

the 17th

THE SCIENCE OF AUTUMN

200

'To change color, leaves slow down & stop production of this green pigment'

chlorophyll

400

'Because the Earth orbits faster when it's closer to the sun, the vernal & autumnal these are not exactly 1/2 year apart'

equinoxes

600

'The migratory formation of the waterfowl named for this nation gives the trailing birds easier flying'

Canada (Canadian geese accepted)

800

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a sports physics animation on the monitor.) World Series sluggers try to get backspin on the ball making it go farther, because the air moves faster over the upper surface providing this elevating force on the underside'

lift

1000

'Different from astronomical autumn, meteorological autumn begins on the first of this month, as did WWII'

September

VIDEO GAMES

200

'Play as Anakin Skywalker or Jango Fett in the Lego game based on this film series'

Star Wars

400

'In "Dark Tomorrow", you can battle crooks as this Caped Crusader'

Batman

600

'"Hottest Party" is an installment in the Wii game called this "Revolution"'

Dance Dance

800

'"Hot Date" & "Teen Style Stuff" are part of this series in which you create characters & manage their lives'

The Sims

1000

'Fight as Anderson Silva or Brock Lesnar in the 2009 "Undisputed" version of this mixed martial arts game'

UFC

ANAGRAMS

200

'Serve it with eggs:
NO CAB'

bacon

400

'A fruit:
ONE RAG'

orange

600

'A book of the Old Testament:
OX DUES'

Exodus

800

'Big beast of Africa:
THE PLANE'

elephant

1000

'A South American country:
RAIN AGENT'

Argentina