COLOR BEFORE & AFTER
ANNUAL EVENTS
ANIMALS
HISTORY
THE 1990's
100

This color precedes ____ ball, _____ mail, and ______ smith.

Black

100

Traditionally, the egg roll on the White House lawn is the held the day after this holiday

Easter

100

Lizards & these creatures, like pythons & cobras, make up the largest group of reptiles

Snakes

100

Only 7 prisoners were inside this fortress when it was stormed by French citizens July 14, 1789

The Bastille

100

Among the biggest media events of the '90s was the televised trial of this American football star

O. J. Simpson
200

This color precedes _____ pages and _______ jacket.

Yellow

200

There's a whole lot of shuckin' going on when Oyster Bay in this state hosts its annual oyster Festival

New York

200

Acacia leaves are the favorite food of this tallest mammal

Giraffe

200

In 1923 it replaced Constantinople as the capital of Turkey

Ankara

200

After 11 1/2 years in office, she resigned as British prime minister in 1990

Margaret Thatcher

300

This color precedes ______ fever and _______ letter.

Scarlet

300

Induction ceremonies & parades are part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival in this Ohio city

Canton

300

Found chiefly in Australia, the wallaby is a smaller type of this marsupial

Kagaroo

300

It's estimated that as many as 300,000 Ugandans were killed during his 1970s regime

IDI AMIN

300

After a long struggle, Estonia, Latvia & this Baltic republic gained their independence September 6, 1991

Lithuania 

400

 This color follows bowling ______ and olive _______.

Green

400

These 2 universities compete against each other in a annual regatta held in New London, Conn.

Yale and Harvard

400

A white whale & a large white sturgeon prized for its caviar share this name

Beluga

400

In 1975, the Himalayan country of Sikkim was absorbed by this country

India (now referred to as Bharat)

400

The world lost 2 of its greatest dancers: Margot Fonteyn in 1991 & this man, her partner, in 1993

Rudolf Nureyev

500

This color follows true _______, royal ______, and sky ________

Blue

500

The Color Purple Ball held in Eatonton, Georgia helps support a scholarship fund founded by this author

Alice Walker

500

These performing horses trained at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna are bred elsewhere for farmwork

Lipizzaner Stallions 

500

In January of 1926, Theodoros Pangalos declared himself dictator of this country - he was deposed in August

Greece

500

President of Czechoslovakia from 1989-1992, he was elected president of the Czech Republic in 1993

Vaclav Havel

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