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SCIENCE & NATURE
RUN, RUN, RUN
MILITARY SLANG
SCULPTURE
BUSINESS BUDDIES
200
'In June 1991 weightlessness experiments were conducted on about 2,500 jellyfish aboard this'
the Space Shuttle
200
'If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast'
an inside-the-park home run
200
'This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School'
Top Gun
200
'In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic'
the Mayo Clinic
200
'S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914'
Decker
400
'The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides'
the Department of Agriculture
400
'In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "run for" these'
the roses
400
'"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet'
altitude
400
'This country's 12th century sculptor Unkei is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples'
Japan
400
'This maker of optical products borrowed money from his good friend Henry Lomb, but it turned out okay'
Bausch
600
'Despite the fierce appearance of
this
plated beast, scientists believe it to have been an herbivore'
a Stegosaurus
600
'Due to an increase of endorphins in the brain, it's a state of euphoria experienced by exercisers'
runner\'s high
600
'"SAR" stands for this, the effort to extract a downed aircrew in a combat zone'
search and rescue
600
'Bartolommeo Ammannati designed this city's Fountain of Neptune & the courtyard of the Pitti Palace'
Florence
600
'Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner'
(George) Mifflin
800
'Platinum, atomic number 78, is worth more than this other metal, atomic number 79'
gold
800
'This 2-word hoops term is an offensive rush to beat the defense to the hoop'
a fast break
800
'A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship'
the equator
800
'An art museum on Madison Avenue is named for this sculptress who created the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.'
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
800
'Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur'
(Walter) Bowes
1000
'In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years'
Lucy
1000
'In the modern pentathlon, athletes go 3,000 meters in this hyphenated type of running'
cross-country
1000
'A "ROAD" scholar is "retired on" this (coasting until actual retirement)'
active duty
1000
'This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain'
Henry Moore
1000
'A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner'
Schuster