GARGOYLES
TONS OF FUN
SMOKEY BEAR: 80TH YEAR PREVENTING WILDFIRES
YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS
POTPOURRI
400
On rooftops grotesque statues aren't gargoyles unless they serve as one of these for rain
a downspout
400
It's estimated that some of these, literally "terrible lizards", stood about 50 feet tall & weighed as much as 85 tons
DINOSAURS
400
Timber was needed for battleships & gun stock, so Smokey Bear was created during this war to warn of the dangers of forest fires
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
400
Four months after "The Simpsons" launched in December of 1989, this Eye on the Universe was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery
THE HUBBLE
400
Chemists say roasting is the key factor driving bitter taste in this beverage; wake up & smell it!
COFFEE
800
The singing gargoyles in this 1996 Disney cartoon are named Victor, Hugo & Laverne
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
800
Mostly copper & weighing just over a ton, it was cast for the Pennsylvania Statehouse in the 1750s
THE LIBERTY BELL
800
Smokey was named for Smokey Joe Martin, a member of this famed urban force for 46 years & a hero of the "Greenwich Volcano" blaze
THE NY FIRE DEPARTMENT
800
This video-sharing service premiered in 2005 & was sold to Google a year later for $1.6 billion
YOUTUBE
800
One who appears on a document transferring the title to realty may be "a friend in" this
DEED
1200
Some of the earliest known gargoyles are these animals on the Temple of Zeus; maybe they're the Nemean type
lions
1200
Buoys may be anchored in place with these that weigh 9 tons, a bit heavier than the same-named weight on a fishing line
A SINKER
1200
Prior to Smokey Bear's debut in 1944, the U.S. Forest Service used this Disney deer in ads
BAMBI
1200
This pro sport introduced wild card teams into its playoff system in 1995
BASEBALL (MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL)
1200
You can climb the Hangayn Mountains in this country that's sandwiched between China & Russia
MONGOLIA
1600
Paisley Abbey in Scotland added a new gargoyle likely inspired by this 1979 horror film
Alien
1600
3,500 years old & weighing 220 tons, one of NYC's oldest artifacts is the Central Park Obelisk known as her Needle
CLEOPATRA
1600
In 1950 Smokey got a living symbol: a bear cub that survived a forest fire in this state; his burns were treated in Santa Fe
NEW MEXICO
1600
Rumbacise was the original name of this exercise program introduced in the 1990s by Colombian dancer Beto Pérez
ZUMBA
1600
This Boston store's "Basement" was famous for its 1-day wedding gown sale dubbed the "Running of the Brides"
FILENE'S
2000
The gargoyles on this Manhattan building named for an auto executive are less earthbound--they're eagles
the Chrysler Building
2000
She's a hefty 70,327 tons, 963 feet long, and is now a floating hotel in Dubai
THE QE2
2000
This deep-voiced actor who played Bradley Cooper's brother in "A Star Is Born" has been the voice of Smokey for over a decade
"Only you can prevent wildfires."
SAM ELLIOT
2000
Robert James Waller got the idea for this bestselling book when he was taking pictures in Iowa in the early 1990s
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
2000
This little metal piece at the front of a gun barrel acts as a sight; marksmen "draw" it when they line up a target
A BEAD