17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
BESTSELLERS
SONG VERBS
3-LETTER WORDS
GEO-PARTY
200
'Her death in 1603 ended her 45-year reign, & a total of 118 years for the Tudors'
Elizabeth I
200
'His "Dolores Claiborne" & "Gerald's Game" were 2 of the top-selling novels of 1992'
Stephen King
200
'Featuring Eric Clapton:
"While My Guitar Gently ___"'
Weeps
200
'It comes between ready & fire!'
aim
200
'The Festival of Setsubun in this country features mame-maki, tossing dried beans to drive out devils & bring good luck'
Japan
400
'Because plague closed this university, Newton went home to Woolsthorpe, where he saw that apple fall'
Cambridge
400
'In 1997 this memoir by Frank McCourt burnt up the nonfiction charts'
Angela\'s Ashes
400
'From "Purple Rain":
"I ___ 4 U"'
Would Die
400
'An old saying or proverb, or a tool you'd find in the garage'
a saw
400
'This spring holiday in Mexico celebrates a Mexican army's victory over French troops in 1862'
Cinco de Mayo
600
'The mutineers who left this navigator on James Bay in 1611 were jailed when they got back to England'
(Henry) Hudson
600
'His "Never-Say-Diet Book" was a bestseller in 1981; his "Never-Say-Diet Cookbook" followed in 1982'
Richard Simmons
600
'CSN&Y:
"___ Your Children"'
Teach
600
'It's the vestment in the picture seen here'
an alb
600
'Frisian, the language most like English, is from a northern province of this Low Country'
Holland (The Netherlands)
800
'As Charles I couldn't attend this in Paris in May 1625, the Duke of Buckingham was his proxy'
his wedding
800
'Jon Krakauer ascended to No. 1 with this "personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster"'
Into Thin Air
800
'Covered in 2004:
"___ A Little Bit"'
Give
800
'Often preceding "about", it means to wander restlessly or idly in search of pleasure'
gad
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a brewery in Copenhagen, Denmark.) Carlsberg lager, claimed as probably the best in the world, is often this type, named for a Czech city'
a pilsner
1000
'Charlie Brown could have joined this group of Oliver Cromwell's that beat the Cavaliers in battle in July 2, 1644'
the Roundheads
1000
'The title of this Rosamunde Pilcher bestseller referes to a painting of the heroine as a child on this beach'
The Shell Seekers
1000
'A Supremes classic:
"You ___ Love"'
Can\'t Hurry
1000
'To stitchers, it's a bit of leftover thread; to others, a scrap of food left at a meal'
ort
1000
'Rondonia, Matto Grosso & Rio Grande do Sul are regions of this South American country'
Brazil
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