ADVENTURES IN THE AIR
FLOWERS
FISH & SHIPS
LITERATURE
MEET THE ROBINSONS
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HITTING A SPEED OF ABOUT 800 MILES PER HOUR, CHUCK YEAGER BROKE THIS BARRIER IN OCTOBER 1947
What is SOUND BARRIER?
200
HOLDING RESERVES THROUGH WINTER, THIS GLOBULAR UNDERGROUND BUDS LET FLOWERS LIKE NARCISSUS BLOOM EARLY
What are BULBS?
200
THE MORAY VARIETY OF THIS FISH IS SHARP TOOTHED & CAN BE VICIOUS IF PROVOKED
What is EEL?
200
IN CHAPTER 52 OF THIS NOVEL, A BOISTEROUS CROWD IS GATHERING FOR FAGIN'S EXECUTION
What is OLIVER TWIST?
200
IN 1947 HE SHATTERED BASEBALL'S COLOR LINE
Who is JACKIE ROBINSON?
400
IN 1907 PAUL CORNU BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO FLY FREELY IN ONE OF THESE HORIZONTALLY ROTORED AIRCRAFT
What is HELICOPTER?
400
THIS LARGE GROUP OF FLOWERING PLANTS ATTRACTS SERIOUS DEVOTEES, LIKE THOSE WHO PAY $10,000 FOR ONE PERUVIAN PLANT
What are ORCHIDS?
400
THE ABILITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY EXOCOETIDAE TO GET AIRBORNE EARNED THEM THIS 2-WORD NAME
What is FLYING FISH?
400
19th C. AUTHOR KNOWN FOR WRITING ABOUT A "VENERABLE MANSION" WITH "SEVEN ACUTELY PEAKED GABLES"
Who is NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE?
400
LIKE A FAMOUS "MR." OF SONG, IT WAS THE NICKNAME OF TAP DANCER BILL ROBINSON
What is BOJANGLES?
600
AUGUST 1983 SAW THE FIRST NIGHT LAUNCH OF THIS REUSABLE U.S. ORBITAL VEHICLE
What is SPACE SHUTTLE?
600
THIS MAY FLOWER OF THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY HAS A "SEA" VERSION, TOO
What is ANEMONE?
600
Who is CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS?
600
PEOPLE FROM THE PAST APPEAR TO A BROTHER & SISTER IN "REWARDS & FAIRIES" BY THIS AUTHOR OF "THE JUNGLE BOOK"
Who is RUDYARD KIPLING?
600
THIS MOTOWN LEGEND CO-WROTE "MY GIRL" & "TEARS OF A CLOWN"
Who is SMOKEY ROBINSON?
800
TAKING 16 HOURS, IN 1919 BRITISH AVIATORS ALCOCK & BROWN BECAME THE FIRST TO CROSS THIS LARGE BODY OF WATER NONSTOP
What is ATLANTIC OCEAN?
800
A BOUQUET OF A DOZEN CINQUEFOILS OUGHT TO HAVE A TOTAL OF THIS MANY PETALS
What is 60?
800
SMALL FRESHWATER FISH OF THE FAMILY PTEROPHYLLUM ARE KNOWN BY THIS "HEAVENLY" NAME
What is ANGELFISH?
800
DAILY DOUBLE:
MODERN NOVELS WITH BIBLICAL TITLES INCLUDE JANE HAMILTON'S "THE BOOK OF RUTH" & TONI MORRISON'S "SONG OF" HIM
What is SOLOMON?
800
IN 1951 HE DEFEATED JAKE LaMOTTA TO BECOME MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP
Who is SUGAR RAY ROBINSON?
1000
IN 1909 LOUIS BLERIOT BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY IN A PLANE OVER THIS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN & FRANCE
What is ENGLISH CHANNEL?
1000
L. VULGARE IS THE OXEYE TYPE OF THIS COMMON FLOWER
What is DAISY?
1000
BUILT IN 1816, THE FIRST PRIVATE YACHT TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC SHARED ITS NAME WITH THE BARGE OF THIS QUEEN
Who is CLEOPATRA?
1000
EVEN GRENDEL WOULD LOVE SEAMUS HEANEY'S NEW TRANSLATION OF THE ANGLO-SAXON EPIC ABOUT THIS TITLE GEAT
Who is BEOWULF?
1000
EMANUEL GOLDENBERG WAS THE REAL NAME OF THE ROBINSON WHO USED THIS FIRST NAME ON THE STAGE
What is EDWARD?