The 90's
"Kick"ing
Stringed Instruments
Special "T"s
Pisa
100

In 1598 or 1599 the Burbage brothers dismantled this London theatre & reassembled it in Bankside

The Globe Theatre

100

It holds up your Harley when it's not moving

Kickstand

100

The OED says this word for a violin is "only in familiar or contemptuous use"

Fiddle

100

Patron silver is a premium type of this potent potable

Tequila

100

Pisa proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of this scientist in 1564

Galileo 

200

In a jingle, this line follows "in fourteen hundred and ninety-two"

"Columbus sailed the ocean blue"

200

A bribe paid to influence a transaction

Kickback

200

Compared to the violin, it has a low C string instead of a high E string

Viola

200

Hershey's Skor bar is this type of candy enrobed in chocolate

Toffee

200

During this war, Pisa suffered severe damage as a part of the Axis' Pesaro-Rimini defensive line

World War II

300

On August 6, 1890 William Kemmler became the first criminal forced to sit in one of these--& he only did it once

The electric chair

300

A second banana

Sidekick

300

A four-letter plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body shaped like a halved egg

Lute

300

These Spanish appetizers run the gamut from simple items like olives to more elaborate things like cold omelets

Tapas

300

Begun in 1173, the 8-story Leaning Tower of Pisa is clad in this stone

(White) Marble

400

This large Indian city on the Hooghly River was founded in 1690 by Job Charnak of the East India Company

Calcutta

400

A beginning for the Raiders, or a finale for the Rockettes

Kickoff

400

The modern harp has 47 strings & 7 of these to raise the strings' pitch

Pedals

400

The name of this Italian dessert means "carry me up" & many assume the unspoken continuation must be "to heaven"

Tiramisu 

400

Pisa survived the collapse of the Roman Empire to become the main urban center of this central Italian region

Tuscany

500

In 1793 this Irish college allowed Catholics to study for degrees for the first time

Trinity College

500

An online platform that allows people to crowdfund projects

Kickstarter

500

Jacqueline du Pre made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut May 14, 1965 playing Elgar's concerto for this instrument

Cello

500

he Minneola is a common variety of this hybrid citrus fruit

Tangelo

500

Internal struggles in Pisa led to the city's defeat & occupation by this neighboring city in 1406

Florence

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