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THE SONG DYNASTY

200

'From 1964 to 1970 this British songwriting duo churned out a record 21 Billboard No. 1 hits as a team'

Lenon & McCartney

400

'This songwriting duo's many classics include "Ruby Tuesday" & "Tumbling Dice"'

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

600

'Brian Holland, Eddie Holland & Lamont Dozier wrote 13 No. 1 hits for this label, including "Stop! In The Name Of Love"'

Motown

800

'"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" & "I'm Every Woman" were written by this man who died in 2011 & his wife Valerie Simpson'

(Nick) Ashford

1000

'With partner Gerry Goffin, she wrote 5 No. 1 hits, then 2 more without him'

Carole King

WEATHER GEAR

200

'In winter these are often connected by a string that runs through the sleeves of a child's coat'

mittens

400

'This hooded, fur-lined Inuit garment can also be called an anorak'

a parka

600

'This raincoat with a glossy name can be made of oilskin, plastic or rubber'

a slicker

800

'Its parts include ribs, stretchers & a crook handle'

an umbrella

1000

'These sunglasses were introduced in 1929; the "Who's that behind those..." ads began in the 1960s'

Foster Grants

STATE OF THE NOVEL

200

'"Twilight"'

Washington

400

'"Needful Things" &
"Salem's Lot"'

Maine

600

'"The Bridges of Madison County"'

Iowa

800

'"My Antonia"'

Nebraska

1000

'"The Yearling" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings'

Florida

THAT'S "UN" CALLED FOR!

200

'The 1935 Social Security Act established this type of insurance nationally'

unemployment

400

'Not shortened, like Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary'

unabridged

600

'To move gently up & down in a wavy pattern'

undulate

800

'To remove a no-longer-wanted computer program from your hard drive'

uninstall

1000

'There are even-toed & odd-toed orders of these hoofed mammals'

ungulates

PHYSICS

200

'Back around 100 A.D. Ptolemy studied the refraction of this through several media'

light

400

'A football position, or the point in a pendulum's arc at which it reaches maximum velocity'

the center

600

'In 1954 Charles Townes, James Gordon & Herbert Zeiger developed the first maser, the "M" standing for this'

microwave

800

'In some particle accelerators, particles can reach energies of over a trillion eV, which stands for this'

electron volt

1000

'Milk is an example of this suspension of tiny drops of one liquid in another'

an emulsion