DESERTS
THE 1750s
INSECTS
FILM EPICS
ART & ARTISTS
200
'The Gibson desert lies between the Great Sandy & Great Victoria deserts on this continent'
Australia
200
'This bell was first hung in 1753 in the Pennsylvania state house'
Liberty Bell
200
'Recent DNA studies indicate that cockroaches & these wood eaters evolved from a common ancestor'
Termites
200
'Warren Beatty portrayed John Reed, author of "Ten Days That Shook the World" in this 1981 epic'
"Reds"
200
'From 1899-1904 Claude Monet created a series of paintings of this English river'
Thames
400
'The central part of this desert is crossed by the Jining-Ulan Bator Railway'
Gobi
400
'In 1755, at age 23, he was appointed Commander-In-Chief of all the Virginia forces'
George Washington
400
'The firefly is not a true fly but one of these insects like a junebug'
Beetle
400
'Mel Gibson charges into battle as Scottish avenger William Wallace in this 1995 epic'
"Braveheart"
400
'Samuel Morse's 1825 painting of this marquis is one of the finest American romantic portraits'
Lafayette
600
'This Calif. desert extends from the San Jacinto & San Bernardino mountains east to the Colorado river'
Mojave
600
'Great Britain & its colonies adapted this calendar in 1752'
Gregorian Calendar
600
'The Oriental & Mediterranean types of this insect are serious agricultural pests'
Fruit Flies
600
'Cecil B. De Mille directed this biblical epic twice, once as a silent, the other in 1956 as a talkie'
"The Ten Commandments"
600
'Manfredi, Saraceni, & other followers of this artist were known as the Caravaggisti'
Caravaggio
800
'The southern part of this desert extends into South Africa's Cape province'
Kalahari
800
'In 1756 this Prussian leader invaded neighboring Saxony, sparking the Seven Years War'
Frederick the Great
800
'Introduced circa 1868 in New England, this destructive moth has been found in the western U.S.'
Gypsy Moth
800
'James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, & Henry Fonda were among the stars of this 1962 epic about a pioneer family'
"How the West Was Won"
800
'In 1482 Leonardo Da Vinci moved to this city to become its court artist to Ludovico Sforza'
Milan
1000
'This Chilean desert's main source of revenue is copper mining'
Atacama
1000
'Robert Clive recaptured this city from the Nawab of Bengal in 1757'
Calcutta
1000
'Leaf cutter ants cut this, which they grow on masticated green leaves'
Fungi
1000
'In a 1961 film, Charlton Heston portrayed this legendary Spanish hero'
El Cid
1000
'This Italian painted a characteristically elongated self-portrait in 1919, shortly before his death'
Modigliani
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