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id Round Clue
Value
Daily
Double
category Answer Question Air
Date
12451 2 600 0 WORD ORIGINS
From German town, Nieder Selters, which had an effervescent spring
? seltzer
1985-02-07
12452 2 800 0 WORD ORIGINS
From Persian "Shir-o-shakar" meaning milk & sugar, it's a puckered, striped cloth
? seersucker
1985-02-07
12453 2 1000 1000 WORD ORIGINS
Murderer of a prominent person, from Arabic term for hashish addict
? assassin
1985-02-07
12454 2 200 0 TOUGH TRIVIA
What a Moscow resident is properly called
? Muscovite
1985-02-07
12455 2 400 0 TOUGH TRIVIA
It is said that for every living one of these, there are about 30 dead & buried
? human beings (people)
1985-02-07
12456 2 600 0 TOUGH TRIVIA
What phobophobes fear
? everything
1985-02-07
12457 2 800 0 TOUGH TRIVIA
The 2 U.S. states that have no snakes naturally
? Alaska & Hawaii
1985-02-07
12458 2 1000 0 TOUGH TRIVIA
In 1899, Henry H. Bliss had dubious honor of being 1st to die on NYC street as result of this
? an automobile accident
1985-02-07
12459 2 200 0 AMERICAN HISTORY
Miners headed for the Rockies vowed to make it this far "or bust\"
? Pike's Peak
1985-02-07
12460 2 400 0 AMERICAN HISTORY
America's 1st national flag had this country's flag in its upper corner
? England
1985-02-07
12461 2 600 0 AMERICAN HISTORY
The camel was appropriate 1920 symbol for the party pushing for this
? prohibition
1985-02-07
12462 2 800 0 AMERICAN HISTORY
When the Antebellum period occurred in American history
? before the Civil War
1985-02-07
12463 2 1000 0 AMERICAN HISTORY
Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes to support this war
? Mexican-American War
1985-02-07
12464 2 200 0 JOURNALISM
Host of TV's "Firing Line", his syndicated column is called "On the Right\"
? William F. Buckley
1985-02-07
12465 2 1000 0 JOURNALISM
In "Continental Divide", John Belushi played character modeled on this Chicago columnist
? Mike Royko
1985-02-07
12466 2 200 0 CLASSICAL MUSIC
Eugene Ormandy conducts this famous Pennsylvania symphony
? the Philadelphia (Orchestra)
1985-02-07
12467 2 400 0 CLASSICAL MUSIC
Aaron Copland's ballet music keeps this outlaw on his toes
? Billy the Kid
1985-02-07
12468 2 600 600 CLASSICAL MUSIC
Geographical subtitle for this Dvorak symphony [Instrumental music plays]
? \"Symphony From The New World\"
1985-02-07
12469 3 0 0 PRESIDENTS
Last President to appoint a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
? Richard Nixon
1985-02-07
12470 1 100 0 POLITICS
1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
? Election Day
1985-02-08
12471 1 200 0 POLITICS
Traditionally speaking, as this state goes, "so goes the nation\"
? Maine
1985-02-08
12472 1 300 0 POLITICS
\"Shrill" name for train tour electioneering
? a whistle stop
1985-02-08
12473 1 400 0 POLITICS
The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870
? the Democrats
1985-02-08
12474 1 500 0 POLITICS
He called himself "the plain people's pres. against the privileged people's Congress\"
? Harry S. Truman
1985-02-08
12475 1 100 0 BASEBALL
The Atlanta Braves are in this division of the National League
? the Western division
1985-02-08