GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES
MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s
GEORGIA
THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
EXPLORERS & TRAVELERS
200
'"Dialogues Des Carmelites" ends in 1790s Paris, so it's no surprise when much of the cast is killed with this device'
Guillotine
200
'To supply someone with the necessary tools'
Equip
200
'From 1936 to 1991 the region was the Georgian SSR, SSR standing for this'
Soviet Socialist Republic
200
'Convicted of treason, 1536'
Anne Boleyn
200
'It's the passage sought but not found by Cartier, Frobisher & Franklin'
Northwest Passage
400
'In a modern opera based on an 1870s novel, this woman loses her train of thought & throws herself in front of a train'
Anna Karenina
400
'Multiply by 4'
Quadruple
400
'Sukhumi & Batumi are Georgian resort cities on this body of water'
Black Sea
400
'The Spaniard'
Catherine of Aragon
400
'This Venetian traveler believed he found the kingdom of legendary King Prester John'
Marco Polo
600
'Dr. Miracle tricks Antonia into singing herself to death in "The Tales Of" this author'
Hoffmann
600
'Agreeably pungent, like many a spice'
Piquant
600
'It's an ob-skewer fact that Georgians enjoy shashlik, also known by this 2-word name'
Shish kebab
600
'The German (who outlived them all)'
Anne of Cleves
600
'In 1799 Alexander Von Humboldt set out to prove the Orinoco connects to this longer river'
Amazon
800
'Brutus Jones shoots himself with a silver bullet in the opera based on this Eugene O'Neill play'
The Emperor Jones
800
'In this craft you cut out pieces of one material & sew or paste them on to another'
Applique
800
'Meliton Balanchivadze, a major Georgian composer, was the father of this choreographer'
George Balanchine
800
'Delivered the male heir'
Jane Seymour
800
'Vitus Bering was born in Denmark, but explored the Arctic for this European power'
Russia
1000
'Poisoned pastry made by a witch kills a prince & a goose-girl in "Die Konigskinder" by this German composer'
Engelbert Humperdinck
1000
'This herbicide used on marijuana plants was in the news in the '80s'
Paraquat
1000
'Seen here, he was president when Georgia became independent, but was then deposed'
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
1000
'Twice widowed & the last'
Catherine Parr
1000
'19th century world traveler Isabella Bird was the first female member of this British society founded in 1830'
Royal Geographical Society
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