POP CULTURE
& THE AWARD GOES TO...
THE "DEL"s
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
EARLY AMERICA
200
'Bend that beard like him: Gillette gave this athlete a $50,000 diamond-encrusted razor for Father's Day'
David Beckham
200
'Awards for this art form include the Cesar, the Palme d'Or & the Golden Lion'
film
200
'Erase, erase, erase, perhaps with the touch of a button'
delete
200
'On March 12, 2008 this governor announced his resignation'
Spitzer
200
'In 1648 Margaret Jones from Charlestown, Mass., not Salem, was one of the first executed for this in America'
witchcraft
400
'It's the last name of celebrity siblings Jake & Maggie'
Gyllenhaal
400
'A peace prize has the Gujarati word for "peace" inscribed on it & is named for this man who died in 1948'
Gandhi
400
'Major party nominees for president are decided by these representatives'
delegates
400
'In 2008 he reiterated that if the majority of Tibetans resorted to violence, he'd resign as their spokesperson'
the Dalai Lama
400
'In 1757 Philadelphia had its first street lights, whale oil lamps designed by this man'
Franklin
600
'"Run It!" was a smash hit R&B single by this teenager'
Chris Brown
600
'Each year, the Kennedy Center gives a humor award named for this 19th century novelist'
Mark Twain
600
'These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution'
delusions
600
'In 2008 the committee cited "profound impact" & "poetic power" in giving him the first Pulitzer for a rock musician'
Bob Dylan
600
'In 1723 in Boston, construction began on this church, one of the first Georgian churches in the Northeast'
the Old North Church
800
'Travolta found a way into this actress' heart (with a giant needle!) in "Pulp Fiction"'
Uma Thurman
800
'The Turing Award for contributions to this field was first given to Alan Perlis for his compiler construction'
computer science
800
'It's another term for a flood, especially the biblical one'
a deluge
800
'Lawyers took to the streets after the suspension Iftikhar Chaudhry, chief justice of this country'
Pakistan
800
'On March 3, 1513 this Spaniard left Puerto Rico, reaching the American mainland 30 days later'
Ponce de Léon
1000
'In 2007 Rowan Atkinson returned to the big screen in this bumbling man's "Holiday"'
Mr. Bean
1000
'The Fermat Prize in this field is awarded for contributions to "statements of variational principles"'
mathematics
1000
'This Ancient Greek town on Mount Parnassus was the site of a famous oracle'
Delphi
1000
'Erik Prince founded this co., a major presence in Iraq; it gets its name from the dark liquid at its N.C. headquarters'
Blackwater
1000
'Having learned the Narragansett language, this theologian served as a negotiator during the Pequot War in 1637'
Roger Williams
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