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id Round Clue
Value
Daily
Double
category Answer Question Air
Date
6701 2 800 0 LITERATURE
He drew on his imagination for "The Portrait of a Lady\"
? Henry James
1985-04-22
6702 2 1000 0 LITERATURE
This British lord wrote of the Spaniard, Don Juan, to satirize English life & customs
? Lord Byron
1985-04-22
6703 2 200 0 INVENTIONS
In the late 1830s this painter invented the telegraph
? Morse
1985-04-22
6704 2 400 0 INVENTIONS
Geo. Washington invented a "barrel pow", with a barrel that dropped these at a steady rate
? seeds
1985-04-22
6705 2 200 0 COMPOSERS
Rimsky-Korsakov began composing while still an officer in this country's navy
? Russia
1985-04-22
6706 2 400 0 COMPOSERS
Composer whose name sounds like he was in the footwear business
? Robert Schumann
1985-04-22
6707 2 600 0 COMPOSERS
One of the "3 B's", as a youth he made money playing piano in Hamburg bordellos
? Johannes Brahms
1985-04-22
6708 2 800 0 COMPOSERS
Schubert's incomplete orchestral sonata
? the Unfinished Symphony
1985-04-22
6709 2 1000 0 COMPOSERS
Inspired by a friend's paintings, Moussorgsky wrote these piano sketches
? Pictures at an Exhibition
1985-04-22
6710 2 200 0 HERBS & SPICES
A member of mint family used in soups & salads, this herb can make a feline kittenish
? catnip
1985-04-22
6711 2 400 0 HERBS & SPICES
Related to celery & parsnip, it puts the pucker in pickles
? dill
1985-04-22
6712 2 600 0 HERBS & SPICES
English for Petroselinum crispum, Salvia & Rosmarinus officinalis & Thymus vulgaris
? parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
1985-04-22
6713 2 800 0 HERBS & SPICES
A mixture of dried flowers, herbs & spices kept in a jar & used for scent
? potpourri
1985-04-22
6714 2 1000 0 HERBS & SPICES
Not a blend of spices, it's the dried berries of the pimento tree
? allspice
1985-04-22
6715 2 200 0 MOVIES
Prequel to "The Empire Strikes Back\"
? Star Wars
1985-04-22
6716 2 400 0 MOVIES
Epic movie in which Kirk Douglas plays a revolting slave
? Spartacus
1985-04-22
6717 2 600 2000 MOVIES
Theme for this film about Harry Lime spaked brief popularity of zither music: [Instrumental music plays]
? The Third Man
1985-04-22
6718 3 0 0 GOVERNMENT
Since the Bill of Rights' ten amendments, only this many more have been added to the Constitution
? 16
1985-04-22
6719 1 100 0 WEATHER
While a cannon shot may be heard 50 or more miles away, this rarely heard beyond 20
? thunder
1985-04-23
6720 1 200 0 WEATHER
Direction of spin of a cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere
? anticlockwise (counterclockwise)
1985-04-23
6721 1 300 0 WEATHER
Term for frozen dew
? frost
1985-04-23
6722 1 400 0 WEATHER
This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting
? Leonardo da Vinci
1985-04-23
6723 1 500 0 WEATHER
It happened to W.C. Fields when he opened his door & said, "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast\"
? snow getting in his face
1985-04-23
6724 1 100 0 TV TRIVIA
The "Hollywood Squares" board symbol for the male contestant
? an X
1985-04-23
6725 1 200 0 TV TRIVIA
On "Captain Video", the imaginatively named "Tobor" was this
? a robot
1985-04-23