THE 1971 EMMY AWARDS
ARCHAEOLOGY
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400

For Outstanding Children's Programming, this PBS show won; it's still on the air today

Sesame Street

400

Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini, is known as the Greek Pompeii, because it was also destroyed by this type of event

A Volcano

400

In this novel an inmate named Abbe Faria helps Edmond Dantes plot his escape from prison

The Count of Monte Cristo

400

Perhaps to ward off vampires or other evil spirits, bulbs of this have been found in the tombs of ancient Egyptians

Garlic

400

"Written with one's own hand"

Autograph

800

This sitcom won big, for Best New Show, for Best Comedy Series & for Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker

All in the Family

800

The Bruker Tracer 5 helps archaeologists with soil analysis: iron means the former presence of this, as at an altar or slaughterhouse

Blood

800

In this drama by Sophocles, the Oracle of Delphi has bad news for the person who murdered Jocasta's first husband

Oedipus Rex

800

With some living more than 150 years, these slow-movers have the longest lifespan among reptiles

Giant Tortoises  

800

"Of one color"

Monochromatic 

1200

This host of the "Tonight Show" emceed the awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles

Johnny Carson

1200

Found in 1982, a ship that sank off turkey c. 1300 B.C. carried 1 ton of tin & 10 tons of copper, the perfect mixture to make this alloy

Bronze

1200

Siddhartha Mukherjee wrote a biography of cancer called this "of All Maladies"

The Emporer

1200

First hitting the streets in 2010, this company completed its 10 billionth ride in 2018

Uber

1200

"Having the same name"

Homonym 

1600

Jack Klugman won for Lead Actor in a Comedy series for his role as this half of "The Odd Couple"

Oscar Madison

1600

An instrument, named for this larger bone of the lower leg, has been reconstructed & as in the ancient artwork, it still bulges your cheeks

Tibia

1600

This story by Hans Christian Andersen served as an inspiration for the movie "Frozen"

The Snow Queen

1600

A new stamp in 2020 celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of this number amendment

the 19th Amendment

1600

"Mother city"

Metropolis

2000

For playing Rhoda Morgenstern, Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series went to her

Valerie Harper

2000

Her friendship with Robert Baden-Powell inspired her to establish the Girl Scouts

Juliette Low

2000

James Clavell set "Tai-Pan" in China; this 1975 novel of his is set in Japan in 1600

Shogun

2000

Queen Maud Land in Antarctica is a dependency of this country where Maud was queen consort

Norway

2000

In mythology, "round-eyed"

Cyclops

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