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Five Facts
HOPEFUL HISTORY
100


It's when a term paper is supposed to be submitted or a baby is expected to be born 

a due date

100


The young orphan protagonist in "Great Expectations" is known by this 3-letter name 

pip

100

Puerto Rico & Cuba are known for light-bodied forms of this liquor; Jamaica goes heavier

rum

  

100


In the 1960s this U.S. port city was the place where Haight became love & the Dead, Grateful 

san fransisco
100


Starting in the 19th c., these agreements named for a Swiss city set humane norms for prisoners & noncombatants during wartime 

The Geneva Convention

200

This flower/body part mash-up describes a coward

lily livered

200

"Dragonfly in Amber", a sequel to this novel, finds Claire back in the 1960s, seeking what happened to Jamie in the 1740s

outlander

200

This blue ribbon beer company also provides hard coffee & stronger seltzer

pabst

200

2020 obituaries of football Hall of Famer Fred Dean noted he was 68 & had 13 of these, 3 generations removed from him

great-grandchildren

200

This disease that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone was declared eradicated in 1980

small pox

300

This North American bird went the way of the dodo in 1914

passenger pidgeon

300

In the title of a Seth Grahame-Smith parody novel, Abe Lincoln has this unusual title job added to his traditional duties

vampire hunter

300

Mexicans drink the most per capita of this spirit named for a Jalisco town; Americans, the most overall

tequila

300

Paid $200K to play this "Untouchables" role if De Niro said no, Bob Hoskins asked, "You got any more films you don't want me to be in?"

al capone
300

Now held in the same host cities as the related games, these international athletic competitions began in 1960

the paralympics

400

Parsley, tarragon & chives give this salad dressing the color that's in its name

green garden

400

Daphne du Maurier described it as "the influence of a first wife on a second... until wife 2 is haunted day and night"

Rebecca

400

Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans is famous for this stormy cocktail that has its own tall glass

hurricane

400

Straight out of sci-fi, the pharyngeal jaws on this type of eel enable it to eat prey whole

a moray eel

400

The Magna Carta's guarantee of no punishment "without the lawful judgment of his peers" led to this right also in the Sixth Amendment

Trial by Jury

500

Shelley's ode to this calls it "thou breath of autumn's being"

west wind

500

A Confederate Army deserter takes a long walk home to his beloved Ada in this Charles Frazier novel

cold mountain

500

I'll take Manhattan ..and this spirit in this classic recipe

bourbon

500


This war started in 1337 & ended in 1453 

the hundred years war

500

Starting in 1901, this steel man's philanthropic efforts distributed about $350 million to help schools, libraries & others

carnegie

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