FILL IN THEIR DATES
CLIMATE
PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS
KOWALSKI, FILM ANALYSIS
POTPOURRI
200
Julius Caesar:
circa July 13, 100 B.C. -
March ____, 44 B.C.
15
200
With its own TV channel (US), this is the short term (minutes to weeks) manifestation of climate
weather
200
This breed takes its name from a valley along the River Aire in Yorkshire, England
Airedale Terrier
200
Walt Kowalski, played by Clint Eastwood, has this title car almost stolen by his neighbor Thao in a 2008 film
Gran Torino
200
This country, an enclave in Italy, is smaller than the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
the Vatican
400
Martin Luther King:
____ 15, 1929 -
April 4, 1968
January
400
Within these long periods in Earth's history are warmer interglacial cycles & colder glacial cycles
ice ages
400
On the Shannon River there's an Irish town that's given its name to this verse of renown
Limerick
400
Dan Fogler first showed up as Jacob Kowalski, a friend of Newt's, in this magical film from 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
400
It was first offered as a fountain beverage at Jacobs' pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886
Coca-Cola
600
Anne Frank:
June 12, 1929 -
the early part of this year
1945
600
Because a fair-skinned population moved to a sunny climate, Australians guard against this cancer of pigment-producing skin cells
melanoma
600
A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lends its name to this deadly virus
Ebola
600
In "Gravity", he plays Matt Kowalski, who leaves for a bit, but then it's as if he comes back again
George Clooney
600
This animal, a proverbial symbol of grace, also has pure speed: it can run about 50 miles per hour
(Grant's) gazelle
800
William Shakespeare:
Traditionally, April ____, 1564 -
April ____, 1616
23
800
Drought worsens the reduction of the land's productivity in arid & dry areas, a process known by this 15-letter word
desertification
800
The Moroccan city where The Sheltering Sky was written gave its name to this citrus fruit
tangerine
800
Marlon Brando was stellar as Stanley Kowalski in this 1951 film
A Streetcar Named Desire
800
The name of this 2-hulled boat is from the Tamil for "tied wood"
catamaran
1000
Elizabeth I:
September 7, 1533 -
March 24, ____
1603
1000
The EPA says in summer, pavement can be 90 degrees warmer than the air, so urban areas are called this type of "island"
a heat island
1000
Charles [this] was forced to hire armed guards to protect workers he imported from the north of Ireland to reap his crops, and his name soon became synonymous with the protest tactic employed against him.
boycott
1000
Big nose & all, this funnyman helps a friend woo Roxanne Kowalski in a 1987 movie
Steven Martin
1000
On Nov. 12, 1833 these meteor showers were seen across all of North America, sparking a serious study of meteor showers
the Leonids