HISTORY
BALLET
BIOLOGY
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
AMERICAN INDIANS
200
'In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty'
Egypt
200
'"Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953'
Elizabeth II
200
'Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this'
fly
200
'The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe'
squash
200
'In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war'
the Revolutionary War
400
'Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969'
Charles de Gaulle
400
'This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career'
Baryshnikov
400
'Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man'
smell
400
'This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree'
a pomegranate
400
'A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100'
Sacagawea
600
'In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic'
Weimar
600
'The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company'
New York (City Ballet)
600
'Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ'
the kidney
600
'Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots'
taro
600
'Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade'
Theodore Roosevelt
800
'The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth'
Fujimori
800
'This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet'
Don Juan
800
'Common "colorful" term for the eythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body'
the red blood cells
800
'A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit'
an apple
800
'When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam'
Powhatan
1000
'About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks'
cuneiform
1000
'First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird'
The Dying Swan
1000
'This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer'
RNA
1000
'This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip'
a rutabaga
1000
'This chief once called "The Apache Napoleon" died in the Arizona territory in 1874'
Cochise
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