MY SON, THE PAINTER
SINGING ACTORS
U.S. HISTORY
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
LABOR
200
'He was a successful sculptor; his son, also named Alexander, made a stable living out of mobile art'
Alexander Calder
200
'As a teenager this "Gladiator" star recorded the song "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando" under the name Rus Le Roc'
Russell Crowe
200
'The naval base the U.S. got on this island came out of the Platt Amendment we forced into its 1901 constitution'
Cuba
200
'He was elected president of Russia shortly before the Soviet Union broke up'
Boris Yeltsin
200
'Currently the federal government sets it at $5.15 an hour'
minimum wage
400
'This American illustrator of "Treasure Island" trained daughter Henriette as well as son Andrew'
N.C. Wyeth
400
'Actor heard here in the Broadway musical "Greenwillow" the same year he starred in a Hitchcock film'
Anthony Perkins
400
'Called "The Soldier's General", in 1949 he became the 1st permanent chairman of the new Joint Chiefs of Staff'
Omar Bradley
400
'When his play "The Sea Gull" premiered in 1896, it was a complete failure, & he vowed never to write drama again'
Anton Chekhov
400
'This founder of the Socialist Party of America was imprisoned for organizing an 1894 strike against the Pullman Company'
Eugene V. Debs
600
'This "Elder" of the art world was known for his silverpoint; his son was known for portraits of Henry VIII's wives'
Hans Holbein
600
'This "Goodfella" sang "Yo Cousin Vinny" on his "Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You" CD'
Joe Pesci
600
'Nickname of the area abandoned by the Okies & Arkies in the 1930s to go to California'
Dust Bowl
600
'He composed the familiar piece heard here
["Peter and the Wolf"]'
Sergei Prokofiev
600
'This union, the ILGWU, was a founder of the Liberal Party of New York state'
International Ladies\' Garment Workers Union
800
'Pieter Brueghel the Elder begot Pieter the Younger & this painter nicknamed "Velvet"'
Jan Brueghel
800
'In 2001 this Oscar winner sang "Angelina", a romantic tribute to his fifth wife, on his album "Private Radio"'
Billy Bob Thornton
800
'An ad for this oceanliner May 1, 1915 warned passengers there was a state of war; the ship was sunk May 7'
Lusitania
800
'This choreographer who left Russia in 1924 married 4 of his ballerinas, including Maria Tallchief'
George Balanchine
800
'This leader of the United Mine Workers was known as the "Labor Baron"'
John L. Lewis
1000
'5 of this American artist's 17 children, including Raphaelle & Rembrandt, became artists'
Charles Willson Peale
1000
'Fans of her "Star Trek" role as Uhura go into orbit when they listen to her "Out of This World" CD'
Nichelle Nichols
1000
'Popular name of the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944'
G.I. Bill of Rights
1000
'The first woman to fly in space, she later served in the Soviet parliament'
Valentina Tereshkova
1000
'Among the purposes of this 1947 act was to prevent major strikes that would cause public emergencies'
Taft-Hartley Act
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