JAPAN-POURRI
MUSEUMS
DOUBLE "L" WORDS
WE'RE AN AMERICAN LAND
POTENT MEASUREMENTS
THE ANCIENT GREEKS
100
Integrating singing, dancing & music, this style of drama with a 1-syllable name is almost plotless
What is noh?
100
Treasures in this London museum include the Rosetta Stone & one of the oldest images of Christ
What is the British Museum?
100
You can't make s'mores without this confection
What is a marshmallow?
100
This Caribbean island that became a commonwealth in 1952 covers more than 3,400 square miles
What is Puerto Rico?
100
This 3-letter word that rhymes with sip once meant a half-pint of ale
What is a nip?
100
The first event in history recorded by the ancient Greeks were these contests that took place in 776 B.C.
What are the Olympics?
200
Chanko nabe is a high-protien stew that's traditionally cooked for those training for this sport
What is sumo wrestling?
200
The National Liberty Museum, with its own bell, is in this city
What is Philadelphia?
200
Often translated into English, "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" is this type of song
What is a lullaby?
200
2,300 miles SW of Hawaii, this territory that has "American" in its name is administered by the Interior Dept.
What is (American) Samoa?
200
In the U.S. ABV, or alcohol by volume, is half of this traditional measure of alcohol concentration
What is proof?
200
To the Greeks the "navel of the world" was in this town where the oracle of Apollo spoke
What is Delphi?
300
A Japanese edict of the 1630s restricted most foreign ships to this port where "Madame Butterfly" is set
What is Nagasaki?
300
The goggles seen here on display at the National Air & Space Museum were worn by her during the 1929 Women's National Air Derby
Who is Amelia Earhart?
300
Title shared by the heads of government of Austria & Germany & the chief administrator of a university
What is a chancellor?
300
This became a territory on Aug.1, 1950 & the focus of a possible nuclear confrontation in 2017
What is Guam?
300
Armand de Brignac offers a Midas bottle size that contains 30 liters of the brut gold type of this
What is champagne?
300
Impiety toward the gods & corrupting the young were on this philosopher's final rap sheet
Who is Socrates?
400
As a toast or a battle cry, in Japanese it means "may you live 10,000 years"
What is banzai?
400
Home to many Dutch masterpieces, it recently added an Asian pavilion that's surrounded by water
What is the Rijksmuseum?
400
It's another name for the esophagus
What is the gullet?
400
This term that precedes "Guinea" is also found before "Islands" that include U.S. possessions like Kingman Reef
What is equatorial?
400
This "equestrian" measure is equal to one once of booze
What is a pony?
400
In 335 B.C. he brought many more than seven against Thebes when it foolishly rose against his leadership
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
These pieces made to attach a purse or a box to a man's sash became prized works of art
What are netsukes?
500
The 45-acre campus o f this Jerusalem museum, Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, lies on the Mount of Remembrance
What is the Yad Vashem?
500
This bird os often hard to spot, but its song is easy to recognize
What is a whippoorwill?
500
Annexed in 1867, this island may be only 2 square miles but a 1942 battle there proved to be a key moment in the Pacific in WWII
What is Midway?
500
In the 19th century, the U.K. designated 14 ounces as the size bearing the name of this ship
What is a schooner?
500
In his comedy "The Clouds", this playwright poked fun at intellectuals like the sophists
Who is Aristophanes?