THOMAS JEFFERSON'S READING LIST
AMENDMENTS BY NUMBER
"C" PLUS
THE FAST
& THE FURIOUS
200
'Tobias Smollett's on the list with "Peregrine Pickle" & his translation of this Spanish novel'
Don Quixote
200
'"...The right of the people to keep and bear arms..."'
2nd Amendment
200
'Directed by the New York Times' Will Shortz, the annual national tournament for this pastime is held each March'
crossword puzzles
200
'One of this man's 7 Olympic gold medals in 1972 came in the 100m free, which he swam in a world record 51.22'
Mark Spitz
200
'On "The Simpsons", this nuclear plant owner has a pet monkey named Furious George'
Montgomery Burns
400
'T.J. recommends Wm. Robertson's "History of Scotland" & David Hume's "History of" this neighboring land'
England
400
'"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States"'
13th Amendment
400
'"The Battle Road" linked Boston & Cambridge with this famous battle site'
Concord
400
'Hope fans didn't arrive late; this "Brown Bomber" had 3 straight first-round knockouts in title fights'
Joe Louis
400
'Try this more-than-miffed politician seen here on for size; he had a really big shoe in 1960'
Nikita Khrushchev
600
'Under this field, Jefferson includes Kames' "Principles of Equity" & Blackstone's "Commentaries"'
law
600
'"...Against unreasonable searches and seizures"'
4th Amendment
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits on a fitness ball in a gym.) A fitness ball strengthens the abs and back, together called this region like the one in the Earth's center'
core
600
'In 1980 Eric Heiden set 4 Olympic records & 1 world record in winning 5 gold medals in this sport'
speed skating
600
'A handkerchief helps send this title guy of a tragedy over the edge, convincing him of his wife's infidelity'
Othello
800
'In 1771 this man hadn't turned to economics yet, but his "Theory of Moral Sentiments" is recommended'
Adam Smith
800
'"...Where the value in controversy shall exceed $20, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved..."'
7th Amendment
800
'Sadly, this Polish-French composer died in 1849, never having written a symphony, opera or bluegrass tune'
Chopin
800
'Averaging 135.173 MPH, this man, driver of the 24 car, sped off with the win at the 2005 Daytona 500'
Jeff Gordon
800
'In 1811 this lyric poet wrote "The Necessity of Atheism" & was expelled from Oxford, & boy, was his dad mad!'
Percy Shelley
1000
'Read & learn from "Epistulae Morales" by this Roman tragedian & eventual suicide'
Seneca
1000
'"...Manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors...is hereby prohibited"'
18th Amendment
1000
'(Jon of the Clue Crew presents the clue with a video monitor.) The two-dimensional Necker cube can be translated to three dimensions by your brain - it was named for Necker, who was noted for his study of these, a term for many solid symmetrical objects'
crystals
1000
'In 1973 he became the first horse to break the 2-minute mark in the Kentucky Derby'
Secretariat
1000
'Polly Peachum's pop gets his knickers in a twist over her marriage to Macheath in this Brecht/Weill play'
The Threepenny Opera
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