ETYMOLOGY
KWANZAA
BEVERLY HILLS
HITS OF THE '40s
BLASTS FROM THE PAST
200
'This veggie's name is from the Italian for sprout, "brocco"'
broccoli
200
'The 1965 riots in this Los Angeles neighborhood inspired Prof. Maulana Karenga to create Kwanzaa in 1966'
Watts
200
'Gucci, Louis Vuitton & Giorgio Armani are always in fashion on this chic shopping street'
Rodeo Drive
200
'Glenn Miller could have opened a jewelry store in 1942 with his "String of" these'
"Pearls"
200
'Praise the gods! It's the city where you'll find the majestic ruins seen here (The Parthenon)'
Athens
400
'Roman numerals at first represented human fingers, hence this word for numbers 1-9'
digits
400
'Kwanzaa's kinara holds 7 of these; a menorah holds 8'
candles
400
'This famous ZIP code reportedly has the largest number of bathrooms per household in the U.S.'
90210
400
'Completes the title "Beat Me Daddy..."'
"Eight To The Bar"
400
'A product of about 20,000 B.C., you'll find the art seen here in this country (cave drawings)'
France
600
'A Chinese farmer named Bing developed his own species of these in Oregon in 1875'
cherries
600
'Kwanzaa derives its name from a phrase meaning "first fruits" in this African language'
Swahili
600
'When it comes to fine dining, this chef has 2 Beverly Hills restaurants to choose from'
Wolfgang Puck
600
'The Beatles' "Anthology" includes a version of this '40s tune whose title is Spanish for "Kiss me much"'
"Besame Mucho"
600
'Many treasures have been excavated from this royal valley (in Egypt)'
Valley of the Kings
800
'Jeremy Bentham coined the terms maximize & minimize as well as this 13-letter word meaning "of many countries"'
international
800
'The Kwanzaa feast table is decorated with one ear of corn for each of these in the household'
children
800
'Nicknamed the "Pink Palace", it's home to the world famous Polo Lounge -- check in & check it out'
Beverly Hills Hotel
800
'"You're nobody 'til somebody loves you" so do this'
find yourself somebody to love
800
'They're the ancient South American people who built the lost city seen here (Machu Picchu)'
Incas
1000
'H.L. Mencken went to the Greek for "molting" to come up with this term for a stripteaser'
ecdysiast
1000
'Gifts are given on the last day of Kwanzaa, which falls on this public holiday'
New Year\'s Day
1000
'All kidding aside, this humorist was Beverly Hills' first honorary mayor in the 1920s'
Will Rogers
1000
'Duke Ellington took "The A-Train" in 1941 & Frankie Laine rode out the decade on this train in 1949'
"Mule Train"
1000
'Remants of this historic British fortification are seen here:'
Hadrian\'s Wall
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