THE 1890s
FRENCH CUISINE
ACTRESSES
LAMP PEOPLE
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
100

In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up

the Maine

100

Popeye might like epinards au beurre, which is this vegetable with butter

spinach

100

Annette Bening's pregnancy kept her from playing this "feline" role in "Batman Returns"

the Catwoman

100

He didn't dream of Genie, but of Badrul-Bodor, the Sultan of China's daughter

Aladdin

100

"Jim Smiley and His Frog" was the original title of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of" this place

Calaveras County

200

It was in the late 1890s that he first described the Oedipus Complex

Sigmund Freud

200

You can use the instant type of this beverage to make a souffle au cafe

coffee

200

In 1991 Bruce Willis rented Six Flags Magic Mountain for this actress's 29th birthday party

Demi Moore

200

Legend has it Diogenes carried a lighted lamp in daylight searching for one of these

an honest man

200

The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book

The Wind in the Willows

300

As an indoor alternative to other sports, James Naismith invented this game in 1891

basketball

300

Adventurous chefs can use these fungi to make an ice cream called glace au truffe

truffles

300

At age 82, she reunited with Sid Caesar for a 1991 stage show called "Together Again"

Imogene Coca

300

Sir Humphrey Davy won the Rumford gold & silver medals for the safety lamp he made for these workers

coal miners

300

In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos

Peter Pan

400

The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city

Chicago

400

If you want to order this ever-popular dessert in France, ask for gateau au chocolat

chocolate cake

400

Timothy Bottoms fell in love with her while making "The Last Picture Show"; so did Peter Bogdanovich

Cybill Shepherd

400

She wrote the 1883 poem that ends "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"

Emma Lazarus

400

In "Rumplestiltskin", it's the trade of the man whose daughter must spin straw into gold

Miller

500

In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890

the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

500

After you stuff this vegetable, you can call it chou-farsi

cabbage

500

One of this late actress's last films, "Dying Young", starred her son, Campbell Scott

Colleen Dewhurst

500

During the Crimean War, she used a lamp to light her way on rounds in the Scutari Hospital wards

Florence Nightingale

500

In an interview, Dr. Seuss said he modeled this domineering reptile on Adolf Hitler

Yertle the Turtle

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