NAME IN COMMON
A YEAR ENDING IN 9
THE FIRST WINNER
ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS
(Alex: The correct response will be words made from the letters in "onomatopoetic".)
ALSO A FIRST NAME
100

A national anthem writer & an area on a basketball court

What is the Key?

100

Farrah Fawcett passed away & pilot Sully Sullenberger made a miracle landing on the Hudson

What is 2009?

100

In 1930 this competition kicked off as Uruguay triumphed 4-2 over Argentina

What is the World Cup?

100

Pigeon pen

What is a Coop?

100

It's a statement of how much you owe

What is Bill?

200

A Bach concerto & a Berlin gate

What is a Brandenburg?

200

The U.S. Constitution went into effect & the new Congress met for the first time

What is 1789?

200

Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost coached Michigan to a 49-0 win over Stanford in the first of these games in 1902

What is the Rose Bowl?

200

A witch's brew

What is a Potion?

200

In a familiar phrase the spoils belong to this guy

What is Victor?

300

A presidential birthplace in Arkansas & a really big diamond

What is a Hope?

300

Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule

What is 1989?

300


In 1903 Maurice Garin was its first winner in 94 hours, 33 minutes, 14 seconds

300

There's no knocking this gasoline rating number

What is Octane?

300

When this 3-letter word follows "down", the phrase means "know perfectly"; before "down", it's a synonym for frisk

What is Pat?

400

A London palace & a New York kennel club

What is Westminster?

400


A year before the Pilgrims even landed, a Thanksgiving of sorts was held by newly arrived settlers to Virginia

400

J.J. McDermott barely broke 3 hours getting from Ashland to the Back Bay as its first winner in 1897

What is the Boston Marathon?

400

The back of the neck

What is Nape?

400

It's the type of haircut seen here

What is a Bob?

500

Leander's girlfriend & a very large type of sandwich

What is a Hero?

500

The Second Boer War began & Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published

What is 1899?

500

On May 17, 1875 Aristides took it in 2 minutes, 37 seconds

What is the Kentucky Derby?

500

Cook apples in sugar until tender to make this crustless dessert served in a glass dish

What is a Compote?

500

If you lower someone's high opinion of himself, you take him down one of these, a wooden fastener

What is a Peg?