pianos/big screen classics
Pianos 200: the Smithsonian has one of this man's Yamaha KX88 keyboards marked with braille stickers
Who is Ray Charles?
help is on the way 400: a player who passes you the puck before you score is credited with one of these
what is an assist?
unusual looking animals 400: the griffon species of this bird has a featherless head, perhaps to keep blood from matting while eating a carcass
What is the vulture?
named for president 200: In 1998 congress wished him a happy 87th birthday by renaming Washington national airport in his honour
who is Ronald Reagan?
myths and legends 400: though by some to be in Cornwall, its the legendary site if king Arthur's palace and court
what is Camelot?
Pianos 600: the steinway on which John Lennon wrote this 1971 plea for peace was displayed outside a Texas prison before a 2007 execution
What is "Imagine"?
help is on the way 1200: this word for help can also be a performance or other event to raise funds for a charitable cause
what is a benefit?
playing in the band 1200: this brit band Johnny, Will, and Guy-oh and some guy named Chris
Who are Coldplay?
named for president 600: the department of commerce headquarters building is named for this president who once served as commerce secretary
who is Herbert Hoover?
myths and legends 1200: this voyeur who is struck blind has been connected with the legend of lady Godiva
Who is peeping tom?
Pianos 1000: the piano on which Dooley Wilson "played" this standard in Casablanca was a Warner Bros prop with just 58 keys
What is "As time goes by"?
1950s cinema double jeopardy
Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer, and a possible murderer
playing in the band 2000: John Cummings, Jeffery Hyman, and Douglas Colvin became this band's Johnny, Joey, and Dee Dee
Who are the Ramones?
named for president 1000: fittingly, a North Dakota national park is named for this president who backed legislation to create national parks and preserves
who is Theodore Roosevelt?
myths and legends 2000: makemake is the chief god of a divine race of bird being in the Rapa Nui mythology of this island
what is easter island?
big screen classics 1200: Charlie Chaplin faces the perils of technology in this 1936 film that was also the last appearance of "the tramp"
What is Modern Times?
all kinds of books 1200: In 1833 collection of nursery rhymes was called this character's "melodies"
Who is mother goose?
Unusual looking animals 1200: this ugly eel with a very long snout has 2 sets of jaws and teeth
what is the moray eel?
American museums 2400: LBJ signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.'s most popular
what is the national air and space museum?
architects 2000: this renowned architect designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Disney concert hall in LA
Who is Frank Gehry?
big screen classics 2000: It was about a general to be specific
What is Patton?
All kinds of books 2000: Reality Sandwhiches is a 1963 collection by this poet of the beat generation
Who is Allen Ginsberg?
unusual looking animals 2000: warthogs often use empty dens made by these "earth pigs" to hide from enemies and raise their young
what are aardvarks?
Russian authors 2000: when he didn't win the inaugural 1901 Nobel prize, 42 of his peer apologized to him, calling him "the most revered patriarch of today's literature"
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
Great Lakes 2400: this is the only Great Lake not mentioned in the Paris peace treaty of 1783 with Great Britain
What is Lake Michigan?