Lakes and Rivers
Inventions
Animals
Actors and Roles
4-LETTER WORDS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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River mentioned most often in the Bible

The Jordan

100

Marconi's wonderful wireless

Radio

100

These rodents first got to America by stowing away on ships

Rats

100

Video in which Michael Jackson plays a werewolf & a zombie

Thriller

100

Pulled the trigger or what's in a jigger

Shot

100

Aesop character that won by a "hare"

Tortoise (or turtle)

200

Scottish word for lake

Loch

200

In 1869 an American minister created this "asian" transportation

Rickshaw

200

There are about 40,000 muscles & tendons in this part of an elephant's body

The trunk

200

2 "Saturday Night" alumni who tried "Trading Places"

Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy

200

Basketball defense or Serling's twilight area

Zone

200

Crusoe named him for the day they met

Friday

300

River in this famous song:

Volga

300

A 1920's hunting trip to Canada inspired Birdseye's food preserving method

Freezing

300

Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse"

Hippopotamus

300

He may "Never Say Never Again" when asked to be Bond (in 1984)

Sean Connery

300

Little girls do it with a rope, Van Halen did it in a song

Jump

300

They called Robin Hood's companion this, though he was over 7' tall

Little John

400

American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi

Missouri

400

This fastener gets its name from a brand of galoshes it was used on

Zipper

400

"Eager" animal that symbolizes Canada

Beaver

400

The blonde preferred in the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

Marylin Monroe

400

It's the first 4-letter word in "The Star Spangled Banner"

What

400

Gulliver's tiny people

Lilliputians

500

World's largest lake, nearly 5 times as big as Superior

Caspian Sea

500

Country credited with invention of pasta, porcelain, & paper

China

500

Tibetan ox used to carry travelers and mail

Yak

500

Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff"

Chuck Yeager

500

The president takes one before stepping into office

oath

500

In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister

Snow White