FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
THE MIDDLE AGES
PRE-MED
TV LAW
THOSE AMAZING MAMMALS
200
'This title character's sister Gretel wins the silver skates (so why isn't the book named for her?)'
Hans Brinker
200
'He was elected to Parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later'
Geoffrey Chaucer
200
'Comparative Anatomy:
The male fiddler crab's small one is used for feeding; the large for signaling'
Claw
200
'In 1999 this show spun off a "Special Victims Unit"'
Law & Order
200
'Guinness reports a specimen of this land mammal at over 13 feet in height & over 13 tons in weight'
Elephant
400
'In stories by J.D. Salinger, Franny Glass' brother Zachary is better known by this nickname'
Zooey
400
'In 1208 in Assisi he gathered 12 disciples who became the original brothers of his religious order'
Saint Francis
400
'Latin:
If your Latin class seems to go on ad infinitum, it goes on this way'
Infinity/forever
400
'In 1999 Fox tried a 1/2-hour version of this hour show about the law firm of Richard Fish'
Ally McBeal
400
'Pandas have an enlarged wristbone that functions like this digit in humans'
Thumb
600
'4-letter name shared by a character in Dickens' "Bleak House" & a Jules Verne captain'
Nemo
600
'In 1232 A.D. the Mongols were repulsed by "arrows of flying fire", or rockets, at Kaifeng-Fu in this country'
China
600
'General Chemistry:
It's the main branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds'
Organic chemistry
600
'It features Ms. Brenneman on the bench'
Judging Amy
600
'Discovered in 1901, a single colony of these "canines" of the Western U.S. contained about 400 million individuals'
Prairie dogs
800
'In a Dostoyevsky novel, it's the "silly" title nickname of Prince Myshkin, whose love for 2 women leads to tragedy'
"The Idiot"
800
'In 814 Louis the Pious succeeded this "Magne" man, his father, as Holy Roman Emperor'
Charlemagne
800
'Basket Weaving:
Materials used include reed & rush, which is used to make these Japanese mats'
Tatami
800
'Series seen here:
(starring Dixie Carter)'
Family Law
800
'Newly born calves of this "colorful" mammal can measure 28 feet in length & weigh up to 3 tons'
Blue whale
1000
'In "Absalom! Absalom!", it's the "mythological" name of Thomas Stupen's daughter, known as Clytie for short'
Clytemnestra
1000
'"Dark" nickname of Edward, the hero of the Battle of Crecy'
"The Black Prince"
1000
'Physics:
Helmholtz formulated the first law of this, a statement on the conservation of energy'
Thermodynamics
1000
'Ed Koch made him a criminal court judge; now he's replaced Koch on "The People's Court"'
Jerry Sheindlin
1000
'Known for its mass migrations, this rodent of Scandinavia can become pregnant at the age of 14 days'
Lemming
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