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AS I RECALL

200

'In 2008 the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of this meat, though most of it had already been eaten'

beef

400

'In 2010 Legacy propane infrared plaque heaters were recalled due to the chance of poisoning by this odorless gas'

carbon monoxide

600

'Oops! DePuy Orthopedics had to recall defective implants for this 3-letter joint'

the hip

800

'A 2009 recall covered millions of window coverings, including Roman shades & roll-up these'

blinds

1000

'Millions of these made from 1995 to 2007 for kids were recalled; the MTV show of the same name is still safe'

cribs

ASIA

200

'It's the northernmost country in Asia'

Russia

400

'The popular sport muay thai is a type of this martial art'

kickboxing

600

'The modern cooking style called this landlocked country's "barbecue" was invented in Taiwan'

Mongolian

800

'The only U.S. mint ever outside the continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony'

the Philippines

1000

'Get high in the Himalayas in Thimphu, this nation's capital'

Bhutan

SARAH TONE IN...

200

'"Going Through The Motions" from the "Buffy" musical episode'

Sarah Michelle Gellar

400

'"Building A Mystery" & a TV ad for British Columbia tourism'

Sarah McLachlan

600

'A song to Jimmy Kimmel about Matt Damon'

Sarah Silverman

800

'"All I Ask Of You", by her onetime husband Andrew Lloyd Webber'

Sarah Brightman

1000

'Standards like "Lover Man" & "Misty"'

Sarah Vaughan

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS

200

'It's short for the room or building where experiments are done'

a lab

400

'It's the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea'

ebb

600

'Sn is the chemical symbol for this'

tin

800

'This unit of illumination shares its name with an old brand of soap & detergent'

lux

1000

'These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom'

an eon & an ion

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

200

'First & last name of the scout who's Cooper's most famous creation'

Natty Bumppo

400

'"The troops and rangers call me" this title, "inasmuch as I have never been known to miss one end of the trail"'

Pathfinder

600

'Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1'

the Deerslayer

800

'In "The Last of the Mohicans", he's Chingachgook's friend with a name out of "M*A*S*H"'

Hawkeye

1000

'In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness'

Leatherstocking