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Appendix A
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Answers and Clues to Pre-1953 Puzzle
Answers
Clues
Betsy Ross
made first American flag
Canada
country just north of US
tea party
protest by colonists on taxation without representation: Boston_________
Ford
invented Model T, first automobile
Revere
man who shouted “The redcoats are coming” in Revolutionary War
Gershwin
jazz and classical musician of Rhapsody in Blue
Ruth
baseball player in 1930s who captured the home run record
Civil
War between the States: _______ War
Washington
first president of the US
Columbus
explorer accredited with discovering the Americas
Easter
holiday in which children hunt for colored eggs
thirteen
number of original colonies in the US
stock market
crashed in 1929
seven
number of days in a week
Edison
invented the light bulb
Chaplin
famous entertainer in silent movies of the 1920s
World War I
the War to end all Wars
Gettysburg
_____Address began with “Four score and seven years ago”
Lincoln
president nicknamed Honest Abe
July
Independence Day: Fourth of ______
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Appendix B
Answers and Clues to Post-1953 Puzzle
S/U
Answers
Clues
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seven
number of continents
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Christmas
holiday celebrated on Dec 25
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian base bombed by Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941, during World War II
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twelve
number of months in a year
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Olympics
group of modern international athletic contests held every four years in a different city
U
hippocampus
part of brain responsible for storage of long term memory
U
Challenger
space shuttle that exploded, carrying first teacher into space
U
fifty
number of states in the US
U
Bratislava
capital of Slovakia
U
Spielberg
American film director whose works include ET and Raiders of the Lost Ark
U
Clinton
current president of the US
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Hargrove
manager of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
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Rosie
_____ O’Donnell, entertainer and current talk show host
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Titanic
recent movie starring DiCaprio about epic voyage
U
laptop
portable, personal computer
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JFK
husband of Jackie Onassis, assassinated while President of US
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Sarandon
actress famous for her roles in The Client and Dead Man Walking
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Wade
Roe vs _____: infamous legal battle over abortion
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virus
term for a computer program that damages a computer
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Diana
former Princess of England who died recently in auto accident
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Note
S = likely to be solvable by H.M.; U = likely to be unsolvable by H.M.
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Appendix C
Answers and Clues to Pre-post Puzzle #1 and Reordered-Puzzle (Words in italics are the pre-1953 clue
fragments)
S/U
Answers
Clue
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blue
color on American flag
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December
a winter month
S
Tuesday
weekday
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Connecticut
state whose capital is Hartford
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Halloween
fall holiday
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Russia
country who developed atomic bomb after the US
U
Elvis
known for such rock-n-roll songs as “Heartbreak Hotel” and
“All Shook Up,” this entertainer was the rave of the 1950s
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polio
childhood disease successfully treated by Salk vaccine
U
Ike
I like ____, nickname for US president who ended Korean War
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Hiss
in 1992, this American asked Russian officials to check newly
opened archives into his conviction as a Soviet spy
U
McCarthy
senator portrayed in film, Manchurian Candidate, who led a
campaign against Communist subversion in the US Dept.
of State
U
Warsaw
_____Pact, military alliance of 7 European communist nations
enacted to counter NATO
U
Little Rock
Arkansas city embroiled in 1957 crisis over integration of white
and black students
U
Gone with the Wind
this legendary Civil War love story starring Vivien Leigh and
Clark Cable had a theater revival this year
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St. Louis
popular for its Gateway Arch, this city on the Mississippi River
captured the 1946 World Series pennant
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Berlin
German city whose wall was a highly visible symbol of Cold War—the
same city once blockaded by Soviets
U
Ruth
a museum is built for this baseball legend in Baltimore
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Benny
his TV show was a spinoff of his 23-year career as popular radio
comedian
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Garland
actress, popular for her ruby slippers, who died from a drug
overdose
U
Truman
US President who died in 1953
Note: S = likely to be solvable by H.M.; U = likely to be unsolvable by H.M.
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Appendix D
Answers and Clues to Pre-post Puzzle #2 (Words in italics are the pre-1953 clue
fragments)
S/U
Answers
Clues
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August
month following July
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sixteen
sweet _____ birthday
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Atlantic
Ocean off the east coast
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Christmas
December 25 holiday
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four
number of seasons
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Astaire
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognized this
male American dancer with a lifetime Achievement Award in 1989
U
Hepburn
She won her second Academy Award for her 1967 performance in Gues
Who’s Coming to Dinner (actress)
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Einstein
A week before his death in 1955, he signed a manifesto urging all nation
give up nuclear weapons (man)
U
Casablanca
The 50th anniversary release of this Hollywood masterpiece included the
documentary “You Must Remember This”
U
Grace
Once hollywood actress, Princess _____ led Monaco with her husband
Prince Rainier
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Monroe
Actress married to Joe DiMaggio
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Lucy
Her success from TV and radio led to one of the most successful series i
TV history, “The _____ Show” (actress)
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Pearl Harbor
The USS Arizona National Memorial commemorates the Americans wh
died in the attack on this inlet (an attack on an inlet)
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Hitchcock
In 1960, this director scared national audiences with his thriller, Psycho
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Roosevelt
This first lady was appointed as US delegate to the United Nations after
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husband died
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moon
Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, was the first person to land here
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Eisenhower
This American military leader was elected 34th President of the United
States in 1953
U
Israel
The Gaza Strip and the West Bank were seized by this country during th
Six-Day War
U
Korean
The Panmunjom Peace Agreement ended this war
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Lewis
This actor is an active campaigner for charitable causes including muscu
dystrophy
Note: S = likely to be solvable by H.M.; U = likely to be unsolvable by H.M.