AROUND THE WORLD
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
A VERY SPECIAL PULITZER PRIZE
STATE OBJECTS & SYMBOLS
TRAIN-ING DAY
200
'Oskar Schindler is buried on Mount Zion in this city'
Jerusalem
200
'He's the funny man who played the title role in the movie version of "The Cat in the Hat"'
Mike Myers
200
'1984:
To this "physician", for his books of playful rhymes, nonsense words & strange illustrations'
Dr. Seuss
200
'This ditty about a pony-riding gentleman is Connecticut's state song'
"Yankee Doodle"
200
'Catch an express train to the Algarve from the Barreiro Station in this Iberian capital'
Lisbon
400
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from outside a black brick edifice in Lubeck, Germany.) The elaborate use of brick in Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157'
fire
400
'This innovative Polish director brought Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" to life in 2005'
(Roman) Polanski
400
'1960:
To Professor Garrett Mattingly, for his study of this 16th century Spanish fleet'
the Armada
400
'How sweet it is that this is North Carolina's official state insect'
the honeybee
400
'President Harding drove the golden spike at Nenana for this state's RR & died on the way home'
Alaska
600
'This capital's Plaza Independencia has a statue of Jose Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independencia'
Montevideo
600
'"Zathura" is from a book by Chris van Allsburg, author of this "cool" story, later a Tom Hanks animated film'
The Polar Express
600
'1978:
To Richard Lee Strout, for his body of work for this "Christian" publication'
the Christian Science Monitor
600
'The state motto of Pennsylvania is "Virtue, liberty, and" this, quite a declaration'
"indepedence"
600
'Commuter maglevs are still being tested in this country, so take a ride on the slower Shinkansen bullet trains'
Japan
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.) The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture'
the flooding of the Nile
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the set of Zathura.) The heroes of "Zathura" meet up with one of these mechanical devices, not the helpful kind, but one with claw hands that smashes through walls'
a robot
800
'1952:
To this Missouri city's Star newspaper, for its coverage of a series of natural disasters'
Kansas City
800
'This arthropod, seen here, Delaware's state marine animal, shares its name with quadruped footware'
a horseshoe crab
800
'The Eurostar chunnels from London to Paris & this other nearby capital'
Brussels
1000
'Somalia is on the geographic projection usually called this "of Africa"'
the horn
1000
'In 2004 Reese Witherspoon starred in the big screen version of "Vanity Fair" by this author'
Thackeray
1000
'1938:
To this Alberta city's Journal newspaper, for its freedom of the press editorials'
Edmonton
1000
'This state gem of Washington was once a tree, or at least a piece of it'
petrified wood
1000
'This country's royal trains will take you from a Jain temple city to the Arabian Sea'
India
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