PROJECT RUNAWAY
THE SECRET LIFE OF "B"S
CAPITAL
LETTERS
400

Nevada named its capital for this frontiersman who, at 16, ran away with traders who were bound for Santa Fe

Who was Kit Carson?

400

2-word term for the demographic surge in the U.S. from 1946 to 1964

What is the baby boom?

400

Early settlers of this northeast state capital lived in Charlestown before moving to the Shawmut Peninsula

What is Boston?

400

The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was passed after the Blackfoot sent a letter about injustices to this president

Who was FDR?

800

He ran away to England to do more printing before going back to Philadelphia to start his own business in 1726

Who was Ben Franklin?

800

Systematic stress technique used on American prisoners during the Korean War

What is brainwashing?

800

Rama I built Wat Phra Keo, the first temple in this capital, in 1785

What is Bangkok?

800

21 Bible books are this type of letter intended for many people

What are epistles?

1200

This No. 1 airport car rental brand is named for a man who ran away & started the Yellow Cab company

What is Hertz?

1200

Used as fodder, mangold is a type of this purplish root vegetable

What are beets?

1200

In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis vied to wield power from this state capital

What is Sacramento?

1200

He was upset to get a letter from Alfred Wallace about evolution theory, as he'd neglected to publish his own

Who was Darwin?

1600

This runaway was coached by Pop Warner & excelled in baseball & football as well as the decathlon

Who was Jim Thorpe?

1600

Drugs called these blockers diminish reaction to adrenaline, keeping things mellow & reducing cardiac problems

What are beta blockers?

1600

At the 50th anniv. of the Baltic Pact, 1 million people formed a human chain from Tallinn to this Lithuanian capital

What is Vilnius

1600

Letters of marque give private citizens the right to be corsairs, seizing the merchant these of another nation

What are ships?

2000

It was more romance than horror when, in 1814, she ran away with a married poet & became a novelist

Who was Mary Shelley?

2000

Field where Richard III fell

What is Bosworth?

2000

Don't mess with Liberty, which you'll find in this state's capital, The Lone Star state

What is Austin?

2000

Anne Bancroft has a letter-writing friendship with London bookstore employee Anthony Hopkins in this book-turned-film

What is 84 Charing Cross Road

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