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THE FABULOUS LIFE OF...
EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
200
'June 14'
Flag Day
200
'The teeth of this ferocious fish, Carcharodon carcharias, may have been used as arrowheads by Native Americans'
the great white shark
200
'JL'
Japan Airlines
200
'This first lady from VA. called "Patsy" had serious coin, but she dressed so simply people took her for the maid'
Martha Washington
200
'Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams & Brabants'
Dutch
400
'Proverbially, "let's run it up" this "& see if anyone salutes"'
the flagpole
400
'"Off We Go Into" this in the official U.S. Air Force song'
"The Wild Blue Yonder"
400
'KL'
KLM (Royal Dutch)
400
'This New Yorker was all about the boats & trains & was worth $100 mil, easy; even had a university named for him in 1873'
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
400
'Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools & for official purposes'
English
600
'Lowell Observatory is found there'
Flagstaff, Arizona
600
'The Sinai Peninsula juts into it'
the Red Sea
600
'AF'
Air France
600
'It was the sweet smell of success for François Coty, whose wealth in manufacturing this let him buy up newspapers'
perfume
600
'Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century'
Norway
800
'A large container for liquor'
a flagon
800
'When he meets Alice in Wonderland, he's carrying a pocket watch'
the White Rabbit
800
'BA'
British Airways
800
'She had the bling bling from her Nov. 2, 1755 birth in Austria; she'd later wed the Dauphin of France'
Marie Antoinette
800
'Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian & Franconian'
German
1000
'Latin term meaning "caught in the act"'
in flagrante (delicto)
1000
'What a soccer player sees before being sent off the field by the referee for a hard foul'
a red card
1000
'MX'
Mexicana
1000
'If you're "as rich as" this 6th century B.C. King of Lydia, the son of Alyattes, you got it goin' on'
Croesus
1000
'It's also called Ruthenian, & you'll hear it spoken in Odessa & Sevastopol'
Ukrainian
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