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FAMOUS TOMBS

200

'Workers of all lands are addressed on his London tombstone'

karl Marx

400

'A statue from this groundbreaking singer & actor's Los Angeles gravesite really jazzes up our category'

Al Jolson

600

'"Faithful to the cause of prohibition" begins this sometimes-violent woman's epitaph'

Carry Nation

800

'The headstone of this Hollywood legend is seen here, doc'

Mel Blanc

1000

'There's no name in the inscription on this much-visited tomb'

the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

ALSO A BODY PART

200

'It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency'

the shoulder

400

'Hitch a ride'

thumb

600

'Florida's state tree is a species of this'

the palm

800

'It's a collection of supplementary material at the end of a book'

the appendix

1000

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew spins the dreidel on the monitor.) When it's your spin of the dreidel, hopefully you don't land on this 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, or you'll have to add to the pot'

shin

FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES

200

'Said before a toast & after a sneeze, it means health in German'

Gesundheit

400

'Someone who takes the opposite side of an argument for argument's sake is "advocatus diaboli", or this'

Devil\'s advocate

600

'While nom de plume is a pen name, this phrase, "war name", is simply any pseudonym'

nom de guerre

800

'Italian for "the sweet life", it was popularized by a 1960 Fellini film'

la dolce vita

1000

'This Greek word is also used in English & means a cleansing of the emotions, especially pity & fear'

catharsis

SOUP ALPHABET

200

'"B" is for this thin soup; Swanson's makes beef, chicken & vegetable varieties'

broth

400

'"S" is for this soup base made by boiling meat or vegetables'

stock

600

'"P" is for this label founded in 1927 that makes beef barley & Italian-style wedding soup'

Progresso

800

'"T" is for this classic; Martha Stewart says to make it with the whole plum variety'

tomato (soup)

1000

'"M" is for this Japanese soup made from a paste & often served with rice at breakfast'

miso soup

SCIENCE TERMS

200

'This measure of acidity & alkalinity tends to range between 0 & 14'

pH

400

'O₂ is a diatomic one of these units of a pure substance; H₂O is polyatomic'

a molecule

600

'Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns'

the pivot

800

'Factor VIII is missing in the A type of this hereditary coagulation disorder'

hemophelia

1000

'This life stage in the development of an insect occurs between the larva & the imago'

the pupa