THE MIDDLE EAST
SCIENCE & NATURE
SONGS OF THE '60s
ABBREVIATIONS
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
200
'In 1967 this country lost the West Bank to Israel'
Jordan
200
'This air tube in the neck is held open by 16 to 20 C-shaped rings of cartilage'
Trachea
200
'"Queen of the House" by Jody Miller was a reply to this 1965 Roger Miller hit'
"King of the Road"
200
'A TV network:
ABC'
American Broadcasting Company
200
'Akiko Kojima became the first woman from this continent to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1959'
Asia
400
'In 1967 this country lost the Golan Heights to Israel'
Syria
400
'During this process, the opposite of photosynthesis, plants use oxygen & give up water & carbon dioxide'
Respiration
400
'"Ue O Miute Aruko" by Kyu Sakamoto was retitled this for the U.S.'
"Sukiyaki"
400
'In the National Football League:
AFC'
American Football Conference
400
'This Greek-American diva, born in 1923, was acclaimed for her portrayals of Norma & Anna Bolena'
Maria Callas
600
'These 2 rivers form the Shatt al Arab, which then flows into the Persian Gulf'
the Tigris & the Euphrates
600
'Once hunted for its pelt, this Australian monotreme is now protected by law'
Duck-billed platypus
600
'Both Simon & Garfunkel & Sergio Mendes found "thyme", parsley, sage & rosemary to make this hit'
"Scarborough Fair"
600
'An educators' group:
AFT'
American Federation of Teachers
600
'Muriel Spark was born in this capital city, the setting for her novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"'
Edinburgh
800
'This island, 1/3 of which is Turkish-controlled, is often considered part of the Middle East'
Cyprus
800
'Hidalgo, one of these objects, reaches the orbit of Saturn, but most are confined to a belt between Mars & Jupiter'
Asteroid
800
'Bob Dylan numbered them 12 & 35'
"Rainy Day Women"
800
'To a psychologist:
ADD'
Attention Deficit Disorder
800
'This Norwegian was a teenager in 1957 when she made her film debut in "Fjols Til Fjells" -- "Fools in the Mountains"'
Liv Ullmann
1000
'This country shook off the Ottomans in 1882 & the British in 1952'
Egypt
1000
'In 1960 Theodore Maiman built the first of these devices using a ruby'
Laser
1000
'"Love Is All Around" was this "Wild Thing" group's only other Top 10 hit'
The Troggs
1000
'A computer designer's goal:
AI'
Artificial Intelligence
1000
'David Bowie could tell you the name of this Somali-born supermodel is from the Arabic for "faith"'
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