MOVIES OF THE MONTH
CHINESE HISTORY
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
DEATH SENTENCES
ENDS IN "X"
200
'(1989)
"Born on the Fourth of ___"'
July
200
'On Oct. 1, 1949 the Chinese communists proclaimed themselves this type of republic'
the People\'s Republic
200
'His son Carl Philipp Emanuel was famous for his "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments"'
Johann Sebastian Bach
200
'His famous quip "The report of my death was an exaggeration" was reported in the New York Journal in 1897'
Mark Twain
200
'An evil spell, it's from a Pennsylvania Dutch word for "witch"'
a hex
400
'(2003)
"Pieces of ___"'
April
400
'In the 1700s foreigners' most desired Chinese products were these 2, one to wear & one to drink'
silk & tea
400
'Haydn called this "Magic Flute" composer the greatest composer he knew "either personally or by reputation"'
Mozart
400
'Revelation 6:8 says, "Behold, a pale" one of these "and his name that sat on him was Death"'
horse
400
'Thutmose IV dreamed the god Horus told him to clear the sand from this statue'
the Sphinx
600
'(1981)
"First Monday in ___"'
October
600
'In the 840s Wu-Tsung, a fanatical Taoist, suppressed Buddhism & laicized thousands of these men'
monks
600
'At 17 he composed an overture for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; he later wrote the "Wedding March" for it'
Mendelssohn
600
'In Plato's "Apology", he's quoted as saying, "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings"'
Socrates
600
'Last name of the Dodger pitcher who won the Cy Young Award 3 times in the 1960s'
Koufax
800
'(1987)
"The Whales of ___"'
August
800
'Wei Chung-Hsien dominated the court in the 1620s but couldn't start his own dynasty, as he was one of these'
a eunuch
800
'This "Peter and the Wolf" composer wrote the music for the classic film "Alexander Nevsky"'
Prokofiev
800
'"Death destroys a man: the idea of death saves him", he wrote in "Howards End"'
Forster
800
'This city in a wine-producing area was the seat of the French government briefly during both WWI & WWII'
Bordeaux
1000
'(2001)
"Sweet ___"'
November
1000
'This "Great" program launched by Mao in 1958 cost millions of lives in an attempt at industrial development'
the Great Leap Forward
1000
'In 1838 Paganini sent this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer 20,000 francs to further his career'
Berlioz
1000
'Keats' "Ode to" this includes the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!"'
a nightingale
1000
'Described in the "Iliad" as a hero of great size, he led the Salaminian warriors in the siege of Troy'
Ajax
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