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POETS

200

'In 1957 a judge ruled that this poet's "Howl" was not obscene & had redeeming social value'

Ginsberg

400

'Many of the poems of his 1896 collection "A Shropshire Lad" were written prior to his ever having visited the county'

Housman

600

'He was professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School when he wrote "The Chambered Nautilus"'

Oliver Wendell Holmes

800

'On April 6, 1327, Good Friday, this Italian lyric poet saw a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon'

Petrarch

1000

'This Maine poetess wrote a group of love sonnets that were published in the collection "Fatal Interview"'

Edna St. Vincent Millay

BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS

200

'Every month has a birthstone as well as a birth flower; January has this one'

the carnation

400

'March gives you the option of the jonquil or this flower, with which it is often confused'

the daffodil

600

'Choices for August include this flower; don't fall asleep in a field of them'

poppies

800

'For February, you can choose this flower whose color matches the month's birthstone'

the violet

1000

'As Popeye's adopted baby could tell you, April brings this flower'

the sweet pea

CLASSICAL SOUND EFFECTS

200

'We don't know if this river flows in E-flat, but that's how Wagner depicted it'

the Rhine

400

'In a 1924 work Respighi called for an actual recording of a bird, this famed singer'

a nightingale

600

'The title of Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" means this person's "life"; we hear his enemies carp & snarl'

hero

800

'This Russian patriotic work features 16 cannon shots'

the 1812 Overture

1000

'The atmospheric Strauss polka heard here; it's "Unter Donner und Blitz" in German'

the "Thunder and Lightning" Polka

3-LETTER WORDS

200

'This word for a buddy or chum is often followed by "around"'

pal

400

'Sushi-wise, uni is this from sea urchins'

roe

600

'The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting'

ska

800

'In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986'

Mir

1000

'These homophones are both 3 letters long; one refers to a grain, while the other means "bitterly amusing"'

rye/wry

BOGEY MEN

200

'This lefty finished second in the 2009 U.S. Open after a bogey on the 17th hole'

Phil Mickelson

400

'Though he got a bogey on the first hole, this "Golden Bear" proved his mettle by winning his fifth Masters in 1975'

Nicklaus

600

'A bogey on the final hole cost this 59-year-old the 2009 British Open'

(Tom) Watson

800

'He had 15 bogeys in the 2009 Shell Houston Open, but proved he's still the Shark by sinking a 63-foot putt for birdie'

(Greg) Norman

1000

'In Hindi, his first name means "victory", but he started off the 2009 season with a double bogey at Kapalua'

Vijay Singh