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100

His term as dictator for life ended on the Ides of March 44 B.C.

Julius Caesar

100

In 1964 Jan & Dean had a hit with a song about "The Little Old Lady from" this California city

Pasadena

100

July 24 is a state holiday in Utah commemorating the 1847 day on which he entered the Salt Lake Valley

Brigham Young

100

They're classified by their shape & elevation

Clouds

100

Item in a proper place setting that can be presented in a ring

napkin

200

This frontiersman represented Tennessee in Congress first as a Democrat, then as a Whig

Davy Crockett

200

Her music video for "The Star Spangled Banner" sold over 100,000 units in 1991

Whitney Houston

200

It falls on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox

Easter

200

In the northeastern part of Honduras, this "season" lasts for most of the year

Rainy

200

Nautically speaking, it's the serving dish for your thickened meat juice

Gravy Boat

300

In 1993 a 12-page diary kept by this Siberian mystic was reportedly found in a Russian archive

Rasputin

300

"He rocks in treetop all the day long, hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song"

"Rockin' Robin"

300

Until 1971 this holiday was observed nationally on May 30

Memorial Day

300

The National Weather Service prepares 2 main kinds of these: short-range & extended

forecasts

300

A flute is a tall, slender one of these

Glass

400

While in Paris in 1804, this South American liberator attended Napoleon's coronation

Simon Bolivar

400

This ballad begins, "Wise men say only fools rush in"

"I Can't Help Falling in Love"

400

Cloverport, Ky. has an annual festival honoring this Shoshone who served as Lewis & Clark's interpreter

Sacajawea

400

These most violent of all storms can form in thunderstorms located inside hurricanes

tornadoes

400

Always used at very formal dinners, they're about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" & use courtesy titles

place cards

500

This philosopher who attended Plato's Academy later founded his own school, the Lyceum

Aristotle

500

Michael Bolton won a 1991 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal with this 1966 Percy Sledge hit

"When a Man Loves a Woman"

500

Around 740 Pope Gregory III first observed All Saints' Day on this date

November 1st

500

In terms of the 2 types of pressure areas, wind moves in this direction

high pressure area to the low pressure area

500

From the Latin for "earth", it's a deep serving dish for soup

tureen

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