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SOUSED

200

'It's suggested to eat snacks known as mezedes while consuming this traditional anise-tinged Greek aperitif'

ouzo

400

'This 190-proof grain alcohol shares its name with a "Wonderful" Art Alexakis rock band'

Everclear

600

'This tequila relative can make you see things, but isn't the same as the similarly spelled hallucinogen'

mescal

800

'From the Latin for "wormwood", it can be 68% alcohol by volume'

absinthe

1000

'A town from Italy's Veneto region shares a name with this strong brandy made from the pomace of a wine press'

grappa

U.S. HISTORY

200

'In 1884 the Central Labor Union selected the first Monday in this month for their "workingmen's holiday"'

September

400

'This president's second inaugural address was 135 words long; he had us at "Fellow citizens"'

Washington

600

'The 1914 Bryan-Chamorro Treaty gave the U.S. the right to build a canal across this country NW of Panama'

Nicaragua

800

'1967 saw the amendment on presidential succession pass & this future V.P. become governor of Maryland'

Spiro Agnew

1000

'William McGuffey compiled his first one in 1836'

a reader

INVEST

200

'These 2 beastly symbols are used to describe advancing & declining stock markets'

the bull & the bear

400

'It's the income from your investment, or a triangular street sign'

the yield

600

'If you invest in a "CD" down at the bank, it's not music, but one of these'

a certificate of deposit

800

'From the Latin for "year", it's an investment or retirement fund that pays out yearly'

an annuity

1000

'To determine a company's performance before you invest, check out its P/E ratio, this'

price to earnings

SPORTS TERMS

200

'A runner must be on base for one of these violations to be called on the pitcher'

a balk

400

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew jumps to it.) While flatfooted, reach your arm up & make a mark, then hop as high as you can & mark the wall at your apex; the difference between the two numbers is this sporting ability'

your vertical leap

600

'Grass court tennis favors this 3-word technique because the ball stays low, making it tough on the receiver'

serve and volley

800

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated hockey rink diagram on the monitor.) In hockey, this infraction that sounds like a football penalty occurs when an attacker crosses the blue line before the puck'

offsides

1000

'This dexterous type of dribble seen in the NBA also refers to a movie or song that has broad appeal'

a crossover

"EAST"

200

'An elaborate meal well prepared & greatly enjoyed'

feast

400

'It was the capital city of the former German Democratic Republic'

East Berlin

600

'Madame de Beaumont's classic tale "La belle et la bete" is known as this in English'

"Beauty and the Beast"

800

'One of the statues excavated by Thor Heyerdahl here is more than 30 feet tall'

Easter Island

1000

'Charles & Maximillian Fleischmann started marketing this around 1870'

yeast