Dina
DM
1986 Back in the USSR
Moscow
Libraries: Fact and Fiction
100
Joseph, Benjamin, Simeon, and Levi, are just some of Dina’s brothers. What was the name of her father?
Jacob
100
Storyteller and referee in a fantasy game
Dungeon Master
100
Assembly of this object, whose name is often translated as Peace, but can also mean “the World,” began in February of 1986.
Mir Space Station
100
This famous Moscow city square gives Russia it’s signature color.
Red Square
100
This president gave his personal book collection to start the Library of Congress.
Thomas Jefferson
200
The scientific name for this species is Dina lineata. What the hell is this thing?
Leech
200
This spy parody cartoon later spawned a spin-off, Count Duckula.
Danger Mouse
200
This new political philosophy promoted by Gorbachev is considered to have emerged at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, February 1986. Name either the Russian word or English translation
Glasonst/openness
200
In 1981 “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” won this coveted award.
Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film)
200
In 1926, Librarian Evelyn, played by Rachel Weisz, teams up with adventurer Rick O’Connell in this 1999 film.
The Mummy
300
Dina is all about fun and games. So was the Dina, released (just like Dina) in 1986. Unlike the real Dina, The Dina is practically identical to SG-1000 and Colecovision. What was The Dina?
A video game console
300
I don’t want to say it publicly on Twitter, so I’ll send a -----
Direct Message
300
The Chernobyl disaster happened just a little over a month before Dina was born, yet a baby born on the same day as Dina in Sweden would have had their health and DNA more significantly impacted by the radiation from Chernobyl than Dina would have. Why is that?
the wind carried most of the radiation west, not east
300
David Moscow famously played the role of David in this 1992 movie musical.
Newsies
300
In the cult film “Party Girl,” Parker Posey gets a job working for this library.
New York City Public Library
400
Dina isn't always good at keeping secrets, but DINA was all about being secret. DINA only lasted from 1973-1977 before being renamed, but the regime it served lasted until the 90s. In what country was DINA the name for the secret police?
(Chile - Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional)
400
Before the Euro, you’d use this in Berlin.
Deutsche Mark
400
Possibly the coldest location to match this bit of Cold War history, on October 11th and 12th, President Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in this European Capital.
Reykjavík
400
This Moscow may not be a capital city, but you could say we’ve got our potato eyes on it.
Moscow, Idaho
400
Leave it to the library to answer some major questions we all had. The main characters use the archives in this Star Wars movie to do exactly that.
Rouge One
500
In some languages, a dyne is called a dina. In this respect, there are 100,000 “dinas” in one Issac -----
Newton
500
Little is known about this astronomical substance, other than we believe it’s what holds the universe together. Also the fuel for the Planet Express Ship in Futurama.
Dark Matter
500
In December 1986, Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky died in Paris. One of his most famous films was remade in 2002 starring George Clooney as the lead in this sci fi drama.
Solaris
500
This monument outside of Moscow marks what December 1941 event that happened in this area?
Last Defense of Moscow (furthest point of German invasion into the Soviet Union)
500
LC (Library of Congress) call numbers contain this, which dewey decimal call numbers do not.
Letters