BOOKS
8-letter words
newspapers and magazines
global organizations
Zero to Sixty
200

The first paragraph of this Dickens work says "Old Marley was nailed as a door-nail

Christmas Carol

200

Introduced in 1985, Jolt Cola said it had twice as much of this stimulant as other colas.

caffiene

200

Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Reymond, this newspaper is famously known for its editorial excellence.

New York Times

200

15 judges sit on the international court of justice as the principal judicial organ of this global body.

U.N.

400

Liesel Meminger steals "The Gravedigger's Handbook" & other tomes in this WWII set-novel narrated by death .

The Book Thief

400

<special> The curve of eggshells distributes this evenly.

Pressure, tough one

400

You can read The Times-Picayune in print or online at nola.com, nola is short for this city.

New Orleans

400

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela, an economist from Nigeria, is the first woman to head this, WTO for short.

World Trade Organization

600

Jean Louise Finch is the real name of the girl with this nickname in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Scout

600

In "Lolita", Humbert Humbert is an unreliable one; "Treasure Island" has a naive one.

narrator

600

Slugger Eddie Matthews of The Atlanta Braves (baseball) was on the cover of this first issue on August 16, 1954.

Sports Illustrated

600
Goals of the IMF include improving access to global investment & and stabilizing these currency trading scales

exchange rates

800

This H.G. Wells story says the title figure has googling spectacles and (a) ghastly bandaged face"

The Invisible Man

800

The name of a Norweigan Army officer lives on as a synonym for traitor

quisling

800

From 1889 until The Early Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business and economic news.

The Wall Street Journal

800

This group that now has 27 member nations is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

EU

800

Special edition 60th anniversary Wranglers and Cherokees gave fans of this brand the Willys.

Jeep

1000

12-year-old Jonas is the receiver of memories in this novel by Lois Lowry.

The Giver

1000

A song from "South Pacific" is about "a cockeyed" one of this type

Optimist

1000

In 2013, a go-to paper for expats in Europe changed its name from International blank to International New York Times

International Harold Tribune

1000

This agency, the IAEA, has been much in the news in recent years, with it's inspectors' attempts to monitor nuclear technology.

International Atomic Energy Agency