MOVIE DEBUTS
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
WEST VIRGINIANS
ASTRONOMY
BRITISH AUTHORS
200
'He was 21 when he debuted as Jean Simmons' boyfriend in "The Actress"; 7 years later, he went "Psycho"'
Anthony Perkins
200
'This island in New York Harbor began operating as an immigration station January 1, 1892'
Ellis Island
200
'Arthur I. Boreman was the first to hold this office after West Virginia's admission to the Union'
Governor
200
'A seismometer aboard the Viking 2 lander failed to detect any quakes on this red planet'
Mars
200
'She introduced Hercule Poirot in her very first novel, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles"'
Agatha Christie
400
'His burning desire to act led to his debut in "The Burning" in 1981, 9 years before he played George Costanza'
Jason Alexander
400
'In 1856 John C. Fremont became this political party's first presidential nominee'
Republican
400
'This first person to fly faster than the speed of sound was a fighter ace during WWII'
Chuck Yeager
400
'The total mass of these minor planets in the solar system is less than that of our moon'
Asteroids
400
'This "Lord of the Flies" author was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1983'
William Golding
600
'Meg Tilly made her screen debut in a bit role in this film about NYC's High School For The Performing Arts'
"Fame"
600
'By 1857 he was producing 10,000 steel plows per year'
John Deere
600
'Jerry West played in 932 regular-season NBA games, all for this team'
Los Angeles Lakers
600
'In 1610 he published his discovery of 4 moons of Jupiter in "The Starry Messenger"'
Galileo
600
'In 1990 this "Satanic Verses" author published the children's book "Haroun & The Sea Of Stories"'
Salman Rushdie
800
'This "Indochine" actress was just 13 when she made her film debut in 1956 in "Les Collegiennes"'
Catherine Deneuve
800
'The Black Hawk War of 1832 was an attempt by the Fox & this Indian tribe to regain land in Illinois'
Sauk
800
'Labor leaders from the state include UMW head Arnold Miller & Walter Reuther, who headed this group'
UAW (United Auto Workers)
800
'In 1572 this Danish astronomer discovered a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia'
Tycho Brahe
800
'This "A Passage To India" author co-wrote the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd"'
EM Forster
1000
'He bounced onto the big screen in "The Big Bounce" in 1969, the year his TV series "Peyton Place" ended'
Ryan O\' Neal
1000
'This religion that promotes a universal faith was introduced to the U.S. from Persia around 1893'
Bahai Faith
1000
'This Carter Secretary of State had been deputy chief delegate to the Vietnam peace talks'
Cyrus Vance
1000
'Famous ones of these include the Perseids in August & the Leonids in November'
Meteor Showers
1000
'She was famous for her mystery novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey'
Dorothy Sayers
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