NUMBER, PLEASE
CLASSICAL MUSIC
THE YEAR THAT WAS
MOVIE TRIVIA
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
100

American artist Archibald M. Willard came up with several versions of the "Spirit of..." this

76

100

His "Blue Danube" waltzes by his home in Vienna

Johann Strauss Jr.

100

The year Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba

1492

100

This country's Dingle Peninsula was the spectacular setting for "Ryan's Daughter"

Ireland

100

A water passage; Puget & the one off Long Island are examples

a sound

200

The standard game of solitaire is played with this many cards

52

200

Of tutti, frutti, or aw rootie, the one that is a direction in music

tutti

200

The year in which Richmond became capital of the Confederacy

1861

200

Actor Roddy McDowall was exec. prod. of the 1987 film in which Goldie Hawn went this, the film's title

Overboard

200

The Cascade Range was named after the cascades of this river

the Columbia

300

A square with one side measuring 4" long contains this many square inches

16

300

Nickname for Tchaikovsky's 3rd symphony, whose finale is "In Tempo Polacca"

The Polish Symphony

300

Each July 14th the French celebrate Bastille Day, which took place in this year

1789

300

Gregory Peck walked the line in "I Walk the Line", but this man wrote & sang the title tune

Johnny Cash

300

The seat of this county in Kansas is named Ulysses

Grant

400

Total of all the points on all the stars on the American flag

250

400

Verdi's tear-jerking tale of a tubercular trollop

La Traviata

400

John Smith said this was the year Pocahontas saved his life, shortly after he arrived in Jamestown

1607

400

1937 film in which aspiring star Janet Gaynor 1st sees fading star Fredric March at the Hollywood Bowl

A Star is Born

400

A river, mountain range, & gap were named for Wm. Augustus, duke of this English county

Cumberland

500

Number in the last line of the complete version of the poem which begins "30 days hath September"

29

500

In his "Black Key" etude, Op.10, No. 5, the right hand plays only on the black keys

(Frédéric) Chopin

500

By treaty, the British formally recognized U.S. independence in this year

1783

500

She played Eve in "All About Eve"


Anne Baxter

500

Macon-born poet Sidney Lanier has a large lake named after him in this, his native state

Georgia

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