THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
ALL I WANT FOR ISTHMUS
KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS
HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES
STARTS WITH "R"
200
'The war began during Thomas Gage's tenure as the last British governor of this colony'
Massachusetts
200
'This country's states of Chiapas & Tabasco are connected to Oaxaca & Veracruz by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec'
Mexico
200
'Department store merchant James Cash...'
J.C. Penney
200
'"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"'
Casablanca
200
'Nice, Cannes & St. Tropez are in this French resort area'
the Riviera
400
'John Glover & his marines, using borrowed boats rowed troops across this river on Christmas, 1776'
the Delaware
400
'This isthmus was explored by Columbus in 1502 & crossed by Balboa in September 1513'
Isthmus of Panama
400
'Financier John Pierpont...'
J.P. Morgan
400
'"Nobody gets the best of Fred C. Dobbs!"'
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
400
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from FBI Headquarters in Washington.) Known as this, the grooves cut into the barrel help investigators match a bullet to a gun'
the rifling
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds some lamps.) On the night of April 18, 1775, in Boston's Old North Church, it's what Robert Newman signalled like this'
the British were coming
600
'Africa & Asia are joined by this isthmus that separates the Red Sea & the Mediterranean Sea'
Suez
600
'Behaviorist Burrhus Frederic...'
B.F. Skinner
600
'"It'll be you at the tiller and me at the engine, just like it was from the start"'
The African Queen
600
'Many icebergs are birthed in this sea between Victoria Land & Marie Byrd Land'
the Ross Sea
800
'James Armistead, a slave who served as a spy for this Frenchman, took his name after the war'
Lafayette
800
'At about 40 miles in width, the Isthmus of Kra in southwest Thailand lies on this peninsula's narrowest part'
the Malay Peninsula
800
'Humorist Sidney Joseph...'
S.J. Perelman
800
'"I don't lose arguments aboard my ship"'
The Caine Mutiny
800
'Italian river that made Caesar cross'
the Rubicon
1000
'Ebenezer Denny wrote a famous description of the British surrender in October 1781 at this battle site'
Yorktown
1000
'To travel from this country's mainland to Sevastapol in the Crimea, traverse the Isthmus of Perekop'
Ukraine
1000
'Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis...'
M.C. Escher
1000
'"One Rocco more or less isn't worth dying for"'
Key Largo
1000
'A large circular one made of stained glass sits above the west facade of Reims Cathedral'
a rose window
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