Show:
D-DAY
LET'S DO "UNCH"
THE U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
SOUNDS GEOMETRIC
CHEVY CHASE ON SNL
200
'The deepest ground penetration on June 6 was not by Americans or Brits but by this country's forces at Juno beach'
Canada
200
'Let's have this mid-morning meal with a portmanteau name'
brunch
200
'The USBGN rarely approves the use of this punctuation mark, so it endorses names like Henrys fork & Pikes Peak'
an apostrophe
200
'You may facetiously call your wastebasket this "file"'
a circular file
200
'(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) On "Weekend Update", I announced "Our top story tonight: Generalissimo" this man "is still dead"'
Franco
400
'The decision to go on June 6 was due to James Stagg, chief adviser to Eisenhower on this atmospheric science'
weather
400
'Let's hit the gym & do these till our abs cry'
crunch
400
'D'oh! The USBGN's website says it's a myth that there's a community named this in each of the 50 states--there's one in only 34'
Springfield
400
'The Texas dept. of agriculture uses this geometric term for the nutritious food kids should eat--breakfast, lunch & dinner'
a square meal
400
'(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) In 1986, 10 years after I played at least a small part in denying this man a new term, I met him at a conference on humor & the presidency held at his museum'
Gerald Ford
600
'A counterattack by tanks called these, from the German for "armor", was barely turned back by British gunners'
panzers
600
'Let's get a pizza... & a couple of burritos... & some chips... I've got a bad case of these'
the munchies
600
'The USBGN shot down a recent proposal to change the name of this to the "Gulf of America"'
the Gulf of Mexico
600
'At the 1976 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci got a perfect 10 on this uneven equipment'
the parallel bars
600
'(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) When I checked into "Samurai Hotel", Richard Pryor & this actor argued with swords, over who'd carry my bags to my room'
John Belushi
800
'Visits to Longues-sur-Mer, the only coastal German one of these emplacements with guns intact, are " electrifying"'
batteries
800
'Let's have you prove me right by showing you know this term for an intuition'
a hunch
800
'The USBGN has been in the middle as Alaska's lawmakers have fought with Ohio's over the name of this mountain'
(Mt.) McKinley
800
'Rather than long-term care for chronic disorders, some hospitals give this type of care (the opposite of obtuse)'
acute
800
'(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) I played this "SNL" character who tried to gain entry into peoples' homes by claiming to be a plumber, a dolphin & a deliverer of a "candygram"'
the landshark
1000
'Rommel said, "the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...it will be" this, which became the title of a book & movie'
the longest day
1000
'Let's read "An American Dilemma", this Nobel Prize winner's 1944 study of race relations'
(Ralph) Bunche
1000
'The USBGN catalogs the locations of these but won't release them; if you want to spelunk, you're on your own'
caves
1000
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA.) Microsoft surface uses multiple cameras to find my finger position with this geometric technique where two known points lead to the location of an unknown'
triangulation
1000
'(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) I told Gilda Radner, "I don't know, Babs, but I do know this--you've really let" this small, fleshy item that hangs from the soft palate "go to the dogs"'
your uvula