18th CENTURY EUROPE
POT LUCK
PEOPLE ON STAMPS
FAMILIAR PHRASES
COMPLETES THE '60s HIT
200
'On Nov.1, 1755 an earthquake devastated this Portuguese capital, killing tens of thousands'
Lisbon
200
'Catoctin Mountain Park in northern Maryland is the site of this presidential retreat'
Camp David
200
'The small green light on this writer's stamp represents a symbol he used in "The Great Gatsby"'
F. Scott Fitzgerald
200
'It follows "When in Rome..."'
"Do as the Romans do"
200
'The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't..."'
Cry
400
'In 1717 Danes settled on St. John in this Caribbean island group; 16 years later Denmark bought St. Croix'
Virgin Islands
400
'Clark Mills' statue of this U.S. president stands in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter'
Andrew Jackson
400
'Amelia Earhart appears on a 1963 issue of this type of special purpose stamp'
Air Mail
400
'Long ago this was "as good as an ell"; now it's "as good as a mile"'
A miss
400
'Herman's Hermits' "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely..."'
Daughter
600
'As early as the 1730s cuckoo clocks were made in this "woodsy" region of southwest Germany'
Black Forest
600
'This breed of chicken is Rhode Island's state bird'
Rhode Island Red
600
'Though living presidents can't appear on U.S. stamps, this living 40th president is on Grenada's stamps'
Ronald Reagan
600
'It precedes "And master of none"'
"A jack of all trades"
600
'Tommy James & The Shondells' "Hanky..."'
Panky
800
'In 1719 this small principality was formed by consolidating the counties of Vaduz & Schellenberg'
Liechtenstein
800
'This Latin motto on our coins can be traced back to Virgil's "Moretum" in the first century B.C.'
E Pluribus Unum
800
'On June 24, 1996 this actor's stamp premiered on the Warner Bros. lot, where he made "East of Eden"'
James Dean
800
'It's another way to "add insult to injury" using a common seasoning'
"Rub salt in one\'s wound"
800
'Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Them..."'
Goodbye
1000
'In 1745 she became the mistress of Louis XV, serving as his executive secretary for about 20 years'
Madame du Pompadour
1000
'In 1955 he was elected to the first of 12 2-year terms as president of the AFL-CIO'
George Meany
1000
'Tanzania wanted to print stamps honoring this Steven Tyler band but didn't, at the band's request'
Aerosmith
1000
'The phrase "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" sprang from his "Essay on Man"'
Alexander Pope
1000
'Elvis Presley's "Suspicious..."'
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