HISTORY
GEMS
AUTHORS
SOUL & FUNK MUSIC
ATLANTA BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
200
'After years of construction, this canal finally opened for business August 15, 1914'
Panama Canal
200
'Examples of this July birthstone found in Sri Lanka are typically a pale shade of red'
Ruby
200
'In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan'
Agatha Christie
200
'"Living In America" from "Rocky IV" helped revive the career of this "Soul Brother Number One"'
James Brown
200
'This soft drink company once owned "Jeopardy!"'
Coca-Cola
400
'In 1794 this hero of Trafalgar lost the sight in his right eye due to a wound suffered while taking Calvi, Corsica'
Lord Nelson
400
'The best tiger's-eye comes from Griqualand West in this country also known for its diamonds'
South Africa
400
'She wrote "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" & "Northhanger Abbey" between 1795 & 1798'
Jane Austen
400
'Funk major Robert Bell is better known by this name, especially when working with "The Gang"'
Kool
400
'In the 1980s it adopted the slogan "We Run the Tightest Ship in the Shipping Business"'
United Parcel Service (UPS)
600
'Around 1605 Dutchman Willem Jansz became the first European to sight this continent'
Australia
600
'This violet quartz gem was one of the most precious until large deposits were found in South America'
Amethyst
600
'In 1969 & 1970 this "Andromeda Strain" author was a fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies'
Michael Crichton
600
'She sang her hit song "Think" in 1980's "The Blues Brothers Movie"'
Aretha Franklin
600
'It was the official airline of the 1996 Summer Olympics'
Delta Airlines
800
'In February 1825 this "liberator" was elected president of Peru'
Simon Bolivar
800
'When this kind of opal is red, it's also known as cherry opal'
Fire Opal
800
'The Burr Oak, Iowa hotel in which this "Little House on the Prairie" author briefly lived is a museum'
Laura Ingalls Wilder
800
'He was a disc jockey on San Francisco's soul station KSOL before teaming on records with the Family Stone'
Sly
800
'He's the T of TBS'
Ted Turner
1000
'Founded in 1933, this Spanish political party was named for a Greek military formation'
Falange
1000
'Because of its resemblance to another golden gem, citrine is nicknamed "false" this'
Topaz
1000
'This author of "She" was an advisor to the British government on agriculture'
H. Rider Haggard
1000
'David Ritz' "Divided Soul" is a biography of this "Sexual Healing" singer'
Marvin Gaye
1000
'This papermaker owns or controls 6.2 million acres of woods in the U.S. & Canada'
Georgia-Pacific
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