ENGLISH LITERATURE
MUSIC
WARS
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
THE WHITE HOUSE
200
'Milton's "Paradise Lost" is based on this book of the Bible'
Genesis
200
'To perform Prokofiev's "Romeo & Juliet" an orchestra needs a pair of these gourd rattles'
Maracas
200
'Of 20 years, 30 years or 40 years, the length of time the Wars of the Roses lasted'
30 years
200
'The Koran quotes Allah as saying he gave Moses the law, Jesus the Gospels & this man the Koran'
Mohammed
200
'She said she enjoys using Franklin Pierce's china in the White House because he's a distant relative'
Barbara Bush
400
'The 1st major work of English literature, this poem about a brave hero is by author or authors unknown'
"Beowulf"
400
'Mozart dedicated 6 string quartets to this Austrian composer of "The Creation"'
Franz Josef Haydn
400
'This N. American conflict which began in 1754 led to the outbreak of the 7 Years War in Europe in 1756'
French And Indian War
400
'Catholic tradition holds that Jesus gave him the keys to heaven'
Peter
400
'This president had the interior gutted & completely restored, & added a balcony'
Harry Truman
600
'Called John Dryden's best comedy, his play about intrigue & adultery is titled "Marriage A La" this'
A La Mode
600
'He composed ragtime music in addition to the ballets "The Firebird" & "Petrushka"'
Igor Stravinsky
600
'Baklava is a pastry, but Balaklava was the site of a major battle of this war in 1854'
The Crimean War
600
'Nanak, who lived c. 1500, was the first guru of this religion which sought to unite Islam & Hinduism'
Sikhism
600
'It has been a tradition since 1902 to adorn the ground floor corridor with their portraits'
First Ladies
800
'It wasn't until 1825 that his diary of the 1660s, written in shorthand, was deciphered'
Samuel Pepys
800
'Soprano born in Stockholm October 6, 1820; her last public performance was in 1883'
Jenny Lind
800
'The Indian "king" for whom this war was named was tracked down & killed in 1676'
King Philip
800
'American evangelist Dwight, who founded a church & a bible institute now named after him'
Dwight Moody
800
'Large press conferences are usually held in this room, the largest in the White House'
The East Room
1000
'"The Fifth Child" is a recent work by this English author of "The Golden Notebook"'
Doris Lessing
1000
'In 1989 this Scottish military pipe, drum & dance corps celebrated its 250th anniversary'
The Black Watch
1000
'The War of the Austrian Succession erupted when she became archduchess of Austria in 1740'
Maria Theresa
1000
'Minister who founded the Martyr's Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast in 1969'
Rev. Ian Paisley
1000
'He was the first president to live in the White House after it was burned down & rebuilt'
James Monroe
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