TITLES
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
MOUNTAINS
POLI SCI
PLAYWRIGHTS
200
'Dracula, the bloodsucking vampire of Transylvania, sported this title'
Count
200
'Literally "To God", it's Spanish for goodbye'
Adios
200
'The highest point in this state is Mount Elbert, not Pikes Peak'
Colorado
200
'The OAU is the Organization of African Unity, & the OAS the Organization of these'
American States
200
'Shaw called the universal unquestioning reverence for this playwright "Bardolatry"'
Shakespeare
400
'Title of address for bishops, abbreviated Exc.'
Excellency
400
'This Italian word is a musical direction for something you must play; it's obligatory'
Obligato
400
'If you search your atlas for the Atlas Mountains, you'll find them on a map of this continent'
Africa
400
'This term first referred to where the Conservatives sat in the French assembly'
Right wing
400
'He also wrote the stage version of "Catch-22"'
Joseph Heller
600
'This naval rank comes from the Arabic for "commander of the sea"'
Admiral
600
'This battle cry is Japanese for "10,000 Years", as in "May you live 10,000 Years"'
Banzai
600
'The Matterhorn isn't the tallest Alp in this country; Dufourspitze Peak is about 500 ft. higher'
Switzerland
600
'A group of party policy makers or the meeting they attend to set policies'
Caucus
600
'This actor-playwright played Dolly Parton's husband in "Steel Magnolias"'
Sam Shepherd
800
'This title once used only for men can now be used on letters sent to women, especially lawyers'
Esquire
800
'Originally applied to a follower of Lenin, it literally means "one of the majority"'
Bolshevik
800
'Climbers are challenged by the sheer face of this granite monolith rising 3,593 ft. above Yosemite Valley'
El Capitan
800
'They wrote, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"'
Marx & Engels
800
'Sophocles, Aeschylus & this man are regarded as the 3 greatest ancient Greek tragedians'
Euripides
1000
'This European title comes from the Latin for "leader" & ranks just below a prince'
Duke
1000
'Papier-mache means "chewed paper", & "papier colle", also known as collage, means this'
Glued paper
1000
'Mount Everest is located on an undemarcated border between these 2 countries'
Nepal & Tibet
1000
'Mao Tse-tung said, "All reactionaries are" these "...terrifying, but in reality are not so powerful"'
Paper tigers
1000
'19th Century Russian novelist who wrote the play "A Month in the Country"; "Fathers & Sons" might enjoy it'
Ivan Turgenev
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