BAHRAIN
POP CULTURE
BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE
GREAT BRITS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME
200
'This Iberian power occupied Bahrain from 1521 until the locals asked for Persian help in 1602'
Portugal
200
'Appropriately, Stephen King is the creator of this 2004 series based on a Danish TV production'
Kingdom Hospital
200
'The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge project will connect Maryland & Virginia across this river'
the Potomac
200
'In 1852, this poet laureate & lord wrote his "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington"'
Tennyson
200
'Thyme honey from the Iblei Mtns. on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries'
Sicily
400
'Bahrain is known as this "of the Arabian Gulf", although cultured ones are banned in the market of the same name'
the Pearl
400
'Debuting in 1982, it was the arcade follow-up to Centipede'
Millipede
400
'This 22 ½ mile Hangzhou bridge will cut 2 hours off the travel time from Ningbo to this city, China's largest'
Shanghai
400
'He joined the British navy at age 12 & died at the Battle of Trafalgar 35 years later'
Lord Nelson
400
'Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme figure prominently in this hit by Simon & Garfunkel'
"Scarborough Fair"
600
'The 5 triangular shapes on the Bahraini flag represent these "foundations" of Islam'
pillars
600
'In 2004, she starred as Jenna Rink, who's "13 Going on 30"'
Jennifer Garner
600
'The new Colorado River bridge downstream of Hoover Dam will connect these 2 adjacent states'
Nevada and Arizona
600
'Returning from the Crusades in 1192, this English king was captured in Vienna & jailed for over a year'
Richard I
600
'This "elder" Roman encyclopedist referred to thyme as a fumigant'
Pliny
800
'Bahrain's capital, it shares most of its letters with a Central American country'
Manama
800
'Huey Freeman of this edgy comic strip is named after Black Panther Huey Newton'
The Boondocks
800
'A bridge over this river will connect Vidin, Bulgaria with Calafat, Romania'
the Danube
800
'There was no royal fun allowed when this man took power in England in 1653'
Oliver Cromwell
800
'Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liquor, one of the "B"s in B&B'
benedictine
1000
'In 1971 Bahrain joined this regional organization that was formed in Cairo in 1945'
the Arab League
1000
'Not to be confused with The Doves or Vines, this Swedish band had a hit with "Hate To Say I Told You So"'
The Hives
1000
'The Binh Bridge is being constructed for this Northern Vietnamese port city'
Hai Phong
1000
'American-born, this first woman in the House of Commons said, "I am the kind of woman I would run from"'
Lady (Nancy Witcher) Astor
1000
'Thyme contains about 1% this type of "oil" used in fragrances & pharmaceuticals'
essential oil
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