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Charming

  Prince

  Tut

  Ace

  Latifah

  Deuce

  Ventura

  4. “Can you hear me now?”

  McDonalds

  “I’m lovin’ it!”

  Coca-Cola

  “Love the skin you’re in.”

  Dove

  “My life. My card.”

  Verizon

  “It’s the real thing.”

  American Express

  5. porifera

  The Simpsons

  hominid

  Charlotte

  ungulate

  Mickey Mouse

  arachnid

  Rudolph the Red-Nosed

  rodent

  Reindeer

  SpongeBob SquarePants

  6. Catherine

  Love in the Time of Cholera

  Isabel

  The Old Man and the Sea

  Nick

  Portrait of a Lady

  Tom

  The Great Gatsby

  Santiago

  Wuthering Heights

  Florentino

  The Grapes of Wrath

  7. Grandpa

  Blonde

  Herman

  Frankenstein’s monster

  Eddie

  Vampire

  Spot

  Fire-breathing dragon

  Marilyn

  Werewolf

  8. Wilbur

  mouse

  Buck

  dog

  Mickey

  pig

  Kermit

  rabbit

  George

  frog

  Misty

  pony

  Peter

  monkey

  9. Holden

  To Kill a Mockingbird

  Pip

  Gone with the Wind

  Scarlett

  Great Expectations

  Scout

  The House of Mirth

  Selden

  Catcher in the Rye

  10. Jo

  Little House on the Prairie

  Hester

  Treasure Island

  Jim

  The Scarlet Letter

  Laura

  A Christmas Carol

  Ebenezer

  Little Women

  11. Jerry

  Hot Lips

  Hawkeye

  Darrin

  Chandler

  Elaine

  Niles

  Maris

  Tabitha

  Monica

  12. Democratic Republic of Congo

  Rhodesia

  Benin

  Dahomey

  Burkina Faso

  Bechuanaland

  Lesotho

  Upper Volta

  Botswana

  Zaire

  Zimbabwe

  Basutoland

  13. Fred Basset

  Chic and Dean Young

  Garfield

  Bill Watterson

  Dilbert

  Scott Adams

  Blondie

  Jim Davis

  Calvin and Hobbes

  Alex Graham

  14. Brad

  Katie

  Tom

  Spencer

  Humphrey

  Lucy

  Desi

  Lauren

  Katharine

  Angelina

  15. Johnny Hart

  Andy Capp

  Chester Gould

  Archie

  Reg Smythe

  B.C.

  Charles Schulz

  Dick Tracy

  Bob Montana

  Peanuts

  16. “Never mind.”

  Mike Myers

  “I’m Gumby dammit!”

  Dana Carvey

  “It’s better to look

  fabulous than

  to feel fabulous.”

  Gilda Radner

  “Isn’t that special?”

  Dan Akroyd

  “Now is the time

  on Sprockets

  vhen ve dance!”

  Eddie Murphy

  “Jane, you ignorant slut.”

  Billy Crystal

  17. “I’m a little verklempt.”

  Garrett Morris

  “You could be living in

  a van, down by

  the river.”

  John Belushi

  “Buh BYE!”

  David Spade

  “Acting!”

  Mike Myers

  “Cheeburger, cheeburger,

  cheeburger . . .

  Pepsipepsipepsi!”

  Jon Lovitz

  “Base-a-ball been a berra

  berra good to me.”

  Chris Farley

  18. Orson Bean

  Archibald Alexander Leach

  Jack Benny

  Leslie Hornby

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Caryn Elaine Johnson

  Cary Grant

  Benjamin Kubelsky

  Twiggy

  Dallas Frederick Burrows

  19. Col.

  Plum

  Miss

  Peacock

  Mr.

  Green

  Professor

  Mustard

  Mrs.

  Scarlet

  20. Herman

  Louise

  Mike

  Edith

  Archie

  Debra

  Ray

  Carol

  Paul

  Jamie

  George

  Lily

  21. Mick

  Aerosmith

  Gordon

  Police

  Paul

  Van Halen

  David

  U2

  Steven

  Rolling Stones

  22. Gladys

  Teenagers

  Smokey

  Supremes

  Diana

  Romans

  Franky

  Miracles

  Little Caesar

  Pips

  23. KC

  E Street Band

  Bob

  Wailers

  Bruce

  Raiders

  Bruce

  Sunshine Band

  Paul

  Range

  24. Roger

  Grateful Dead

  Paul

  The Who

  Freddie

  KISS

  Jerry

  Queen

  25. Bono

  Reginald

  Sting

  Marvin

  Elton

  Richard

  Ringo

  Gordon

  Sonny

  Paul

  Meat Loaf

  Salvatore

  26. Woody Allen

  Betty Joan Perske

  Alan Alda

  Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo

  Bea Arthur

  Frederick Austerlitz

  Fred Astaire

  Allen Stewart Konigsberg

  Lauren Bacall

  Bernice Frankel

  27. Siam

  Sri Lanka

  Formosa

  Taiwan

  Ceylon

  Iraq

  Hellas

  Iran

  Persia

  Thailand

  Mesopotamia

  Greece

  28. Julius

  Rockets

  Kareem

  Lakers

  Larry

  Celtics

  Michael

  Knicks

  Patrick

  76ers

  Hakeem

  Jazz

  John

  Bulls

  29. Valencia

  cherry

  Rainier

  apple

  Fuji

  orange

  Bosc

  grape

  Concord

  pear

  30. Georgia

  pineapple

  Maine

  orange
/>   Florida

  blueberry

  California

  apple

  Washington

  peach

  Massachusetts

  cranberry

  Hawaii

  raisin

  31. stickleback

  dog

  flying fox

  bat

  blue-footed booby

  fish

  Manx

  cat

  muntjac

  bird

  whippet

  deer

  32. azure

  pink

  magenta

  green

  vermilion

  brown

  sienna

  blue

  olive

  red

  33. C

  fist

  Au

  weight

  Fe

  digger

  Ag

  sign

  Pb

  copy

  Ne

  lining

  34. patella

  collarbone

  larynx

  shoulder blade

  scapula

  kneecap

  clavicle

  windpipe

  trachea

  voice box

  35. Eureka

  Wyoming

  Live Free or Die

  Wisconsin

  Industry

  California

  Forward

  New Hampshire

  Equal Rights

  Utah

  36. Starry Night

  Mary

  My Mother

  James

  American Gothic

  Winslow

  Water Lilies

  Grant

  Mother and Child

  Vincent

  Sunlight on the Coast

  Claude

  37. Barbera

  Croatia

  Merlot

  Germany

  Zinfandel

  Italy

  Concord

  America

  Riesling

  France

  Find the Misfit

  First find out what these things have in common, and then find the TWO misfits.

  answers on pages 363–368

  1. 2¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda

  1 teaspoon salt

  1 tablespoon olive oil

  1 cup (2 sticks, ½ pound) butter, softened

  ¾ cup granulated (white) sugar

  ¾ cup packed brown sugar

  1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  2 eggs

  2 cups (12-ounce package) chocolate chips

  1 cup chopped nuts

  1 cup raisins

  2. Rat Ox

  Donkey

  Tiger

  Rabbit

  Dragon

  Snake

  Horse

  Goat

  Monkey

  Bear

  Rooster

  Dog

  Pig

  3. Alberta British Columbia

  Windsor

  Manitoba

  New Brunswick

  Newfoundland and Labrador

  Nova Scotia

  Ontario

  Victoria

  Prince Edward Island

  Quebec

  Saskatchewan

  4. rope ice pick

  lead pipe

  revolver

  wrench

  chainsaw

  candlestick

  knife

  5. Dizzy Charlie

  Miles

  Louis

  Chet

  Glenn

  Wynton

  6. Dog Shoe

  Racecar

  Mouse

  Thimble

  Hat

  Wheelbarrow

  Cow

  7. Hayes Garfield

  McKinley

  Buchanan

  Pierce

  Franklin

  Harding

  Taft

  Hamilton

  8. Juneau Denver

  Augusta

  Boston

  Olympia

  New York

  Albuquerque

  9. John Paul

  Mark

  Matthew

  George

  Luke

  10. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Canterbury Tales

  Cymbeline

  The Tempest

  Twelfth Night

  Titus Andronicus

  Two Gentlemen of Verona

  A Tale of Two Cities

  Love’s Labour’s Lost

  Othello

  11. The Moon Jupiter

  Saturn

  Earth

  Pluto

  Mars

  Mercury

  12. Poseidon Ares

  Aphrodite

  Hades

  Apollo

  Zeus

  Demeter

  Hermes

  Hephaestus

  13. Giant slalom Figure skating

  Crew

  Ice hockey

  Ski jumping

  Biathlon

  Luge

  Curling

  Triathlon

  14. Apricot Ice

  Bittersweet

  Sea green

  Brick red

  Burnt sienna

  Mud

  Cornflower

  Thistle

  Salmon

  Atomic tangerine

  Timberwolf

  Inchworm

  15. Benin Burkina Faso

  Papua New Guinea

  Gabon

  Niger

  Paraguay

  Chad

  Togo

  16. Firefly Spider

  Butterfly

  Cockroach

  Mosquito

  Dung beetle

  Centipede

  Termite

  Ant

  Dragonfly

  Flea

  17. Forrest Gump Mrs. Miniver

  West Side Story

  Chicago

  Terms of Endearment

  Gladiator

  Star Wars

  An American in Paris

  On the Waterfront

  The Sting

  The Color Purple

  18. June 14 January 14

  March 17

  October 31

  October 12

  October 24

  April 22

  February 2

  November 11

  September 7

  19. Oriole Heron

  Cardinal

  Blue jay

  Eagle

  Hawk

  Seagull

  Falcon

  Raven

  Penguin

  20. Abraham Lincoln George Washington

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Benjamin Franklin

  John Adams

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Andrew Jackson

  William McKinley

  Grover Cleveland

  21. Oboe Trombone

  Bassoon

  Clarinet

  Saxophone

  Harp

  English horn

  Bagpipes

  22. Zeus Jupiter

  Venus

  Mars

  Pluto

  Mercury

  Athena

  Neptune

  Juno

  Diana

  23. Salty Dog Pink Lady

  Hairy Navel

  Cha Cha Cha

  Sex on the Beach

  Nixon

  Royal Arrival

  Flight to Mars

  24. Bronco Wrangler

  Cowboy

  Dakota

  Yukon

  Frontier

  Tundra

  Gold Rush

  Explorer

  25. Jaguar Tapir

  Toucan

  Sloth

  Macaw

  Lion

  Kinkajou

  Porcupine

  Boa constrictor

  Morpho butte
rfly

  Coatamundi

  Memory Box #6

  Want to blow the dust out of the old noggin? Trying to remember stuff and coming up dry? Well heat up your hippocampus with this sizzling hot visual puzzle and let the sun shine in again.