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ODD PLACE NAMES

200

'Donna Summer could be the "queen of" this Illinois farming community with a musical name'

Disco

400

'Meaning 2-shelled, the name of this New Jersey town goes back to its oyster industry days'

Bivalve

600

'The ghost town of Adaven is in this state; holding "Adaven" up to a mirror might help'

Nevada

800

'You can cash in if you know there's a town in Texas with this name, the Spanish word for money'

Dinero

1000

'Drop the "Old" from Zachary Taylor's nickname & you'll have the name of this town in Northern California'

Rough & Ready

BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY

200

'"It Takes A Village" (1996)'

Hillary Rodham Clinton

400

'"Gracie: A Love Story" (1990)'

George Burns

600

'"It's Always Something" (1989)'

Gilda Radner

800

'"The Civil War" (1991)'

Ken Burns

1000

'"The Words Of Gandhi" (1984)'

Ben Kingsley

NONPOTENT POTABLES

200

'Gee, I could have had a Runner's Mark: Tabasco, Worcestershire, lemon & 4 ounces of this alphanumeric juice'

V-8

400

'Without this traditional liquor, a Bloody Mary becomes a Virgin Mary'

vodka

600

'An unfuzzy navel combines lemon juice, orange juice & this flavor fruit nectar'

peach

800

'For some real zing, try Zingerade, which combines lemonade with the Red Zinger type of this'

tea

1000

'The fresh fruit mocktail called a Flossy Aussie contains both kumquats & this fruit'

kiwi

THE EXECUTOR BRANCH

200

'Thomas Jefferson's veep, he killed a famous man in a famous duel'

Aaron Burr

400

'He shot & killed Charles Dickinson in an 1806 duel'

Andrew Jackson

600

'He personally killed a Spaniard at the Battle of San Juan Hill'

Teddy Roosevelt

800

'In 1754 he ordered his Virginia militiamen to fire on a group of unsuspecting Frenchmen, killing 10'

George Washington

1000

'As sheriff of Erie County, N.Y., Grover Cleveland personally hanged 2 criminals, earning him the nickname "Hangman of" here'

Buffalo

A FEW"GUE"

200

'Adjective meaning lacking clarity or distinctness'

vague

400

'A destructive elephant away from its normal range, or Sarah Palin in the title of her 2009 memoir'

rogue

600

'A congressman refers to another, even if he thinks he's useless, as "my distinguished" this'

colleague

800

'The opposite of a preface'

an epilogue

1000

'One foot is dragged on every step in this Caribbean dance favorite'

merengue