Books & Authors
Theater History
Spanish Cities
Early America
The A Wrinkle in Time Quintet
40 & 50's Who is this (Song Writers)
500
John Bunyan's dreamlike allegory of Christian's journey to the celestial city
Pilgrim's Progress
500
The village of Oberammergau in this country is the home of a passion play first performed in 1634
West Germany
500
The zero km. mark from which all Spanish roads are measured is in the Puerta del Sol in this city
Madrid
500
On Nov. 11, 1620, 41 men aboard this ship signed a famous compact
the Mayflower
500
On the box of the series it says "It was a dark and stormy life" but this is the only book that starts with that line
A Wrinkle in Time
500
he wrote get happy
Harold Arlen
1000
"The Cancer Ward", in his novel of the same name, is thought to be an allegory of the Soviet state
Solzhenitsyn
1000
In Ancient Greece plays about these goat-legged men were performed after a trilogy of tragedies
satyrs
1000
Catalan is the language of this second largest city in Spain
Barcelona
1000
Jean Nicolet, who arrived at Green Bay in 1634, was the first European to visit what is now this state
Wisconsin
1000
The second book
A Wind in the Door
1000
He wrote God Bless America
Irving Berlin
1500
Ambrose Bierce wrote "The Cynic's Word Book" which was later published under this title
The Devil's Dictionary
1500
Maude Adams was known for starring in this author's plays, including "The Little Minister" & "Peter Pan"
(James) Barrie
1500
A Roman aqueduct brings water to this city that shares its name with a guitarist
Segovia
1500
He was looking for China in 1609 when he sailed his ship, the Half Moon, into New York Harbor
Henry Hudson
1500
The third book
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
1500
He wrote Ev'ry Time
Ralph Blane
2000
Some think his works, including "The Social Contract", inspired the French Revolution
Rousseau
2000
V. Nemirovich-Danchenko & K. Stanislavsky founded this theater company in 1898
The Moscow Art Theatre
2000
This capital of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain is on the cutting edge of swordmaking
Toledo
2000
In 1647, when it was still part of this colony, New Hampshire was required to develop a school system
Massachusetts
2000
The fourth book
Many Waters
2000
He wrote Let It Snow
Sammy Cahn
2500
If you've read his "A la recherche du temps perdu", then you know about the Madeleines
(Marcel) Proust
2500
This Roman comic playwright made fun of the gods in "Amphitryon", one of his comedies of errors
Plautus
2500
This northern port in the Basque region is called the "Pittsburgh of Spain"
Bilbao
2500
In 1790 John Carroll of this city became the 1st American appointed a Roman Catholic bishop
Baltimore
2500
The fifth book
An Acceptable Time
2500
He wrote Satin Doll
Duke Ellington