American Postal Abbreviations
U.S.A.
People in Entertainment
Statues
Sports Superstars
In Other Words That's Nifty
100
MO
Missouri
100
If you live in this city that was founded in 1718, you're an Orleanian
New Orleans
100
Educated at L.A.'s Lycee Francais & on film sets, this star of "Taxi Driver" graduated from Yale in 1985
Jodie Foster
100
A 31-foot-high statue of this mythical lumberjack stands on Bangor, Maine's main street; alas, no Babe the Ox
Paul Bunyan
100
1 of only 2 jockeys to ride to over 8,000 wins
Laffit Pincay or Willie Shoemaker
100
Simply "mallardlike", darling!
Ducky
200
MN
Minnesota
200
Peter Demens, who built a railroad to this Florida city, named it for his hometown in Russia
St. Petersburg
200
TV's Ally McBeal, she had viewers concerned about her weight in '98
Calista Flockhart
200
In March 1885 Joseph Pulitzer launched a campaign to raise funds for the completion of its pedestal
Statue of Liberty
200
Entering the 1998 season, this 49ers receiver had a record 155 TD catches, 55 more than his nearest rival
Jerry Rice
200
They're the "apian leg joints", sweetie!
Bee's knees
300
AR
arkansas
300
Stand atop the state capital steps in this city & you'll be exactly 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver, Colorado
300
This country singer of "Shut Up And Kiss Me" & "Passionate Kisses" has kissed off the hyphen in her 1st name
Mary Chapin Carpenter
300
Around 650 A.D. the bronze remains of this huge statue of Helios were sold for scrap
Colossus of Rhodes
300
In 1993, 1995 & 1996 this German star won 3 of the 4 major women's tennis titles
Steffi Graf
300
It's the "feline utterance", daddy-o!
Cat's meow
400
VI
U.S. Virgin Islands
400
The Fifth Avenue art museum named for this man opened a Soho branch in 1992
Solomon R. Guggenheim
400
In 1995 Edgar Bronfman Jr., president of this Canadian distiller, took over Universal Studios
Seagrams
400
Character depicted in Eatonton, Georgia, the hometown of author Joel Chandler Harris
Brer Rabbit
400
On May 6, 1954 he broke Gunder Hagg's mile record of 4 minutes, 1.4 seconds by 2 seconds
Roger Bannister
400
That's "channeled like a record", baby!
Groovy
500
Gu
Guam
500
This California city's name anagrams to "No Serf", though "No Surf" would be more appropriate
Fresno
500
This director left a party at the American embassy in Paris in 1998 after being reminded that he could be arrested
Roman Polanski
500
Statues of Kamehameha I & of this Belgian priest represent Hawaii in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall
Father Damien
500
She's the only woman named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2 sports: track & golf
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
500
It's "not liquid or gaseous", bro
Solid