MYTHOLOGY
ITALIAN ART
FOLKIES
DAYS
KNIGHTS
200
'Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal'
Gold
200
'Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired'
The Last Supper
200
'The times they were a-changin' when this folk icon went electric at the 1965 Newport Festival'
Bob Dylan
200
'Leap day date'
February 29
200
'Code of behavior for a knight to remember'
Chivalry
400
'In Australian myth, Ngunung-Ngunnut, one of these flying mammals, created the first woman'
Bat
400
'Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio'
The Magi
400
'In his hard youth, this Oklahoman who fathered Arlo & the Folk Revival had a job washing spittoons'
Woody Guthrie
400
'In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this'
Veterans Day
400
'This adjective, a synonym for "wandering", describes the type of knight satirized by Cervantes'
Knight-errant
600
'Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph'
Hermes
600
'For her 1997 calendar, singer Gloria Trevi recreated this artist's "Birth Of Venus" with herself as Venus'
Sandro Botticelli
600
'Her famed soprano is heard here in a '60s recording:'
Judy Collins
600
'In the U.S. the Jewish festivals of Hanukkah & Passover each last this many days'
8
600
'A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo'
Page
800
'This Norse god known for his great strength was a protector of peasants & farmers'
Thor
800
'"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this'
Donatello
800
'Peggy, sister of this co-founder of The Weavers, wrote the feminist anthem "Gonna Be An Engineer"'
Pete Seeger
800
'Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day'
Labor Day
800
'Women given the rank corresponding to knighthood are called this'
Dames
1000
'These fiendish feathered females swooped down over Phineus & befouled his food'
Harpies
1000
'In 1533 this Venetian was made court painter by Emperor Charles V, who also ennobled him'
Titian
1000
'Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows'
Michelle Shocked
1000
'The British have a real blast on this day, November 5'
Guy Fawkes Day
1000
'In the 12th C. these French minstrels began composing songs about knights called chansons de geste'
Troubadours
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