National Landmarks
Children's Literature
Astrology
Colonial America
"I" Love Science
400

It's educating future army officers since 1802 & has been a national landmark since 1960

West Point

400

"Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in his 1894 collection "The Jungle Book"

Rudyard Kipling

400

It's known as the sexiest sign of the zodiac, but beware its sting

Scorpio

400

In the 1630s the are that's now this state was called Terra Mariae

Maryland

400

The bursting inward of something hollow

Implosion

800

As Pee-Wee found out in his "Big Adventure", this Texas landmark doesn't have a basement

The Alamo

800

This novel about a deer by Felix Salten was originally published in German

"Bambi"

800

This sign is related to Zeus, who became a bull to abduct Europa

Taurus

800

A tragic event happened on the lower part of this New York island 

Manhattan

800

Pumice is this type of rock formed by magma that stops being molten

Igneous

1200

Mt. Rushmore is located in this plains state

South Dakota

1200

E.B. White wrote this novel about a spider & a pig

"Charlotte's Web"

1200

It's the 3rd sign of the zodiac, but it's symbolized by 2 figures


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Gemini

1200

In 1776 he said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" He also invented the Rocking Chair

Benjamin Franklin

1200

From the Latin for "inactivity", it's the tendency of a body to resist change in its motion

Inertia

1600

The Old Faithful Inn in this state has a lobby made of logs that stands 7 stories high.

Wyoming

1600

He wrote the "Chronicles of Narnia" series

C.S. Lewis

1600

People born under the sign of Cancer are ruled by this heavenly body & are know as its "children"

The Moon

1600

This 1765 act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in America


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The Quartering Act

1600

It's the invisible part of the spectrum from about 800 nanometers to 1 millimeter in wavelength

Infrared

2000

South Dakota site of the last major confrontation between Indians & U.S. Troops

Wounded Knee

2000

Roald Dahl wrote this book about a boy with a golden ticket

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

2000

It's the sign of the water carrier

Aquarius

2000

The first theatre in the American Colonies opened in 1716 in this colonial capital of Virginia

Williamsburg

2000

In humans, the Hip bone is 3 fused bones: the Pubis, the Ischium & this one

Ilium

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