LESSER-KNOWN POEMS
THE "US"
NAME THE OLYMPIC CITY
OSCAR NIGHT FASHION
PICK YOUR POISON
200
'This poet's "La Vita Nuova" was just a warmup for his "Divine Comedy"'
Dante
200
'Step on a rusty nail & you better hope you've had your booster shot for this'
tetanus
200
'1896 summer games
(an obvious choice)'
Athens
200
'Her see-through outfit the night she won for "Funny Girl" inspired a few "On A Clear Day..." jokes'
Barbra Streisand
200
'The death cup & destroying angels are poisonous ones of these'
mushrooms
400
'One of Whittier's many works attacking this begins, "Our fellow-countrymen in chains!"'
slavery
400
'In ancient times, it was an elaborate stone coffin fit for a king'
sarcophagus
400
'1936 summer games
(Marty Glickman was pulled from the U.S. team)'
Berlin
400
'In 2001 this Icelandic singer appeared in a much talked-about swan dress'
Bjork
400
'Fatal to Socrates, this foul-smelling plant now grows in the U.S. & can be seen along roadsides'
hemlock
600
'George Herbert's pattern poem about this religious structure is seen here'
altar
600
'The Sutlej & Ravi are major tributaries of this river'
Indus
600
'1984 winter games
(a war zone in the 1990s)'
Sarajevo
600
'In 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. was swinging in love beads & this "Indian"-style jacket'
Nehru jacket
600
'The nonpoisonous tomato & the poisonous belladonna both belong to this family of plants'
nightshade
800
'In a poem on this Italiah city, Wordsworth wrote, "She must espouse the everlasting sea"'
Venice
800
'Based partly on Plutarch's "Lives", it's Shakespeare's one-word-title tragedy about an ancient Roman warrior'
Coriolanus
800
'1952 summer games
(kayakers Wires & Hietanen win homeland gold)'
Helsinki
800
'"Boys Don't Cry" star seen here in Versace, in 2001'
Hilary Swank
800
'The leaves of the purple species of this plant contain a powerful poison used to make digitalis'
foxglove
1000
'At 21, Shelley wrote a poem about this queen, the subject of a speech in "Romeo and Juliet"'
Queen Mab
1000
'Remember the Titans? They were cast into this region below Hades by Zeus'
Tartarus
1000
'1980 winter games
(southeast of St. Regis Falls)'
Lake Placid, New York
1000
'"Boys Don't Cry" co-star seen here in Yves Saint Laurent, in 2000'
Chloe Sevigny
1000
'This weed with poisonous juices gets its name from the first permanent English settlement in North America'
Jimsonweed (Jamestown weed)
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