The Classics
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Going on vacation
200
This political treatise by Machiavelli concludes that it's "safer to be feared than to be loved"
The Prince
200
In 2012 she surpassed Eminem, her "Love The Way You Lie" duet partner, as the celeb with the most likes on Facebook
Rihanna
200
A land mass surrounded on all sides by water
an island
200
Chloroform is an old-time anesthetic; this is the pigment that makes plants green
chlorophyll
200
This country's Amalfi Coast never fails to impress
Italy
400
This novel ends with the lines "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"
1984
400
On Facebook, Cristiano Ronaldo, a star in this sport, likes Real Madrid (his team) & Pepe (his teammate)
soccer
400
Ships usually "drop" this when they want to stay in place
an anchor
400
Prosaic means dull; this is a picture made of small bits of inlaid glass or stone
a mosaic
400
Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim
the Grand Canyon
600
"Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence", says Scout in this novel
To Kill a Mockingbird
600
She tweeted, "Can't sleep again tonight! Maybe it's because my baby" Kanye West "isn't here to cuddle"
Kim Kardashian
600
From the Greek for "soul", it's someone who can foresee the future or read minds
a psychic
600
Helicoid describes something shaped like a spiral; a helicon is a coiled brass type of this
a musical instrument
600
Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station
the Musée d'Orsay
800
Charles Dickens used material from an abandoned autobiography for this 1850 novel, which he wrote in the first person
David Copperfield
800
George Takei, who played Sulu on this '60s TV show, often posts about marriage equality & his book "Oh Myyy!"
Star Trek
800
February 2013 has 672 of these units
hours
800
Fellini, top, directed movies; he, bottom, in more ways than one, directed Italy as dictator during World War II
Mussolini
800
Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England
the Lake District
1000
Hopefully, he was content with "The Winter of Our Discontent"--it helped him win a 1962 Nobel Prize
John Steinbeck
1000
In 2012 she posted on Facebook in English & in Spanish that she was becoming a mom & a coach on "The Voice"
Shakira
1000
From the Latin for "body", the Marines are a formidable one
a corps
1000
Cobalt is a silver-white metal; this is a hard, dark volcanic rock, common in the earth's crust
basalt
1000
This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R
Bora Bora