j-archive-6088-D-2011-02-16

NONFICTION

200

'In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"'

Laura Bush

400

'This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher'

The Blind Side

600

'The New Yorker's 1959 review of this said in its brevity & clarity it is "unlike most such manuals, a book as well as a tool"'

The Elements of Style

800

'Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this'

Staggering Genius

1000

'HBO's miniseries "John Adams" was based on this author's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography'

David McCullough

LEGAL "E"s

200

'In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney'

esquire

400

'One definition of this is entering a private place with the intent of listening secretly to private conversations'

eavesdropping

600

'This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will'

executor

800

'This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation'

eminent domain

1000

'This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living'

escalator

WHAT TO WEAR?

200

'This plain-weave, sheer fabric made with tightly twisted yarn is also used to describe a pie or cake'

chiffon

400

'A bit longer than a cocktail dress, one hemmed to end at the shins is this beverage "length"'

tea

600

'Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck'

halter

800

'If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these'

rainboots (or galoshes)

1000

'Throw on an outfit from the "Marc by" this designer line'

Marc Jacobs

U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

200

'Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym "of the Atlantic"'

a graveyard

400

'Appropriately enough, this New York metropolis is "Bison City"'

Buffalo

600

'This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"'

Las Vegas

800

'It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"'

Pittsburgh

1000

'"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state'

South Dakota

MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR

200

'Itchy (the mouse) & Scratchy (the cat) starred in "Skinless in Seattle" on a show within this Fox show'

The Simpsons

400

'In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes'

Mickey (Mouse)

600

'This 1959 Daniel Keyes novella about Charlie Gordon & a smarter-than-average lab mouse won a Hugo award'

Flowers for Algernon

800

'The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this'

Danger Mouse

1000

'Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world'

the Brain