CUT!
BRITISH AUTHORS
HARK, IT'S ARKANSAS!
TECH-TONICS
"B"s ON BOTH ENDS
200
'To move text to another part of a computer document is called "cut and" this'
paste
200
'His professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, a master of diagnostic deduction, was his model for Sherlock Holmes'
Conan Doyle
200
'Like Tennessee, Arkansas has a city named this, but it isn't the "Country Music Capital of the World"'
Nashvillle
200
'On Jan, 27, 2010 this CEO announced his company's latest creation, the iPad'
Steve Jobs
200
'The opposite of a blockbuster at the box office'
a bomb
400
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When clipping a dog's nails, be careful not to clip this part of the nail--blood vessels & nerves there will create pain for your pooch'
the quick
400
'He originally wrote "The Hobbit" to entertain his kids'
Tolkien
400
'This presidential daughter was born in Little Rock, Arkansas February 27, 1980'
Chelsea Clinton
400
'The Bloggie one of these from Sony has a lens that swivels 270 degrees'
a camera
400
'Cratchit or Sideshow'
Bob
600
'Named for a NYC restaurant, this cut of beef contains filet mignon & New York separated by a big bone'
Porterhouse
600
'After a fatwa was issued against him in February 1989, he went into hiding under police protection'
Salman Rushdie
600
'A member of this illustrious & wealthy family was governor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971'
Rockefeller
600
'In 2000, tired of malware, Patrick Kolla came up with this "search & destroy" software & gave it away for free'
Spybot
600
'To divulge confidential info'
blab
800
'This "royal" cut of diamond is designed to get maximum brilliance from a square cut'
princess
800
'He helped cover the Apollo 12 & 15 space missions with Walter Cronkite & Wally Schirra'
Arthur C. Clarke
800
'The collapse of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan was at the heart of this Arkansas scandal'
Whitewater
800
'The GO 550 LIVE GPS from this double-talk company scouts both fuel prices & traffic problems'
TomTom
800
'Slang for a short, written promotional statement'
a blurb
1000
'The forte is the lower, sturdier part of a sword; this upper, weaker part of the blade also refers to any human flaw'
foible
1000
'In his memoir "Experience", he explores his relationship with his author-father Kingsley'
Martin Amis
1000
'State Line Avenue divides this city in Miller County from the same-named city in the Lone Star State'
Texarkana
1000
'The BlackBerry Bold 9000 by R.I.M., this Canadian company, has a 624 MHz processor'
Research In Motion
1000
'An early name for Google was this type of massage'
backrub