Archie: 75 Years
An "IQ" Test
The Story of the 21st Century
Shakespearean Geography
Key
100

In 2013 Mac cosmetics introduced Archie's Girls, a line named for these 2 rivals for Archie's attention

Betty and Veronica

100

A distilled beverage like whiskey or tequila

Liquor

100

The 2011 great Sendai earthquake caused a series of these that in turn triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident

Tsunamis

100

This city's Boar's Head Inn is a favorite hangout of Falstaff & his friends

London

100

If you're shooting from the top of the key, you're trying to score in this sport

Basketball

200

Archie lives in this Midwestern town based on Hiawatha, Kansas, where creator John Goldwater once lived

Riverdale

200

It was Emily Post's specialty

Etiquette

200

He resigned in 2013, saying "due to an advanced age", he was no longer suited to lead the Petrine ministry

Pope Benedict XVI
200

Hometown of the Montagues & the Capulets

Verona

200

His most famous work was completed in a Baltimore hotel room in 1814

Francis Scott Key

300

In 1962 Archie comics introduced this teenage witch who sometimes helps Archie & the gang with their problems

Sabrina

300

It's a small block of compressed coal dust used for barbecue fuel

Briquette

300

Mike Piazza & this son of a Major Leaguer are the 2 sluggers joining the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016

Ken Griffey, Jr.

300

This Danish castle also called Kronborg is the setting for much of "Hamlet"

Elsinore

300

A tagline for this 1948 Bogart film read, "Gun fury in the tropics!"

Key Largo

400

An inspiration for Archie was this 1930s & '40s movie series starring Mickey Rooney as a typical teenager

Andy Hardy

400

It's a French term for an essay evaluating a literary work

Critique

400

(I'm New York Timesreporter Andrea Elliott.) I did extensive reporting on the scandal that broke in 2004 over the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at this prison near Baghdad

Abu Ghraib

400

The final 3 scenes of "Richard III" take place on this battle site

Bosworth Field

400

What the priest uses to lock doors after mass, or a slang term for a bottle opener

Church key

500

A straight "F" student, thisstar athlete is overly protective of his long-time girlfriend Midge

Moose (Mason)

500

Adjective for something that's been made obsolete or is just too old-fashioned

Antique

500

The over 150-year-old investment bank named for these brothers went under in the 2008 financial crisis

the Lehman Brothers

500

This city in northern Italy known for its university is the setting for "The Taming of the Shrew"

Padua

500

Golden Key is the college world's largest of this type of society that the Brits spell with a "U"

An honor society

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