AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
AN ABBREV. CATEG.
FICTION
WINTER SPORTS & GAMES
THEY'RE OUR GODS
200
'As a result of the 1851 discovery of this in New South Wales & Victoria, Australia's population almost tripled by 1860'
gold
200
'At the end of a letter:
P.S.'
postscript
200
'Characters in this S.E. Hinton novel include Ponyboy, Sodapop & Two-Bit'
The Outsiders
200
'In 2006 Michigan Tech staged one of these fun winter battles with 3,762 participants'
a snowball fight
200
'Eros,
Poseidon,
Zeus'
the Greeks
400
'From 1793 to 1810, this liquor made from molasses or sugar cane was used as currency in Australia'
rum
400
'A U.S. president:
LBJ'
Lyndon Baines Johnson
400
'In Book One of the "Inheritance" trilogy, this title teen discovers his destiny as a Dragon Rider'
Eragon
400
'Vermont's Catamount Trail is made up of 300 miles of this type of skiing'
cross-country
400
'Cupid,
Bacchus,
Pluto'
the Romans
600
'Due to Australia's vast distances, in 1928 K. St. Vincent Welch became the 1st doctor to reach patients in this way'
by plane
600
'A U.S. postal abbreviation:
MO'
Missouri
600
'In "Flowers for Algernon", Algernon is one of these'
a (lab) mouse
600
'The markers in World Cup slalom skiing are called these, and missing one means disqualification'
gates
600
'Anubis,
Ra,
Isis'
the Egyptians
800
'In 1999 voters rejected a proposal for Australia to withdraw from this collective'
the British Commonwealth
800
'Doctors' group:
AMA'
the American Medical Association
800
'This classic by Aldous Huxley takes place in the year 632 A.F. (after the birth of Henry Ford)'
Brave New World
800
'Resembling racquets, these winter transport & recreation aids are called raquettes in French'
snowshoes
800
'Freyja,
Baldur,
Odin'
the Norse
1000
'In Jan. 1788 a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts & soldiers sailed into this bay & founded what became Sydney'
Botany Bay
1000
'A Southern ACC college:
FSU'
Florida State University
1000
'The son of a zookeeper is stranded on a 26-ft. lifeboat with zebra, hyena & tiger in this 2002 book'
Life of Pi
1000
'Making its third debut in 2002, this sled gets its anatomical name from what people thought an early one resembled'
a skeleton
1000
'Bolon Tzacab,
Itzamna,
Kukulcan
(known to other peoples as Quetzalcoatl)'
the Mayans
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