CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
NOW WE ARE SIX
CURIOUS
200
'A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham"'
Dr. Seuss
200
'Popular with nutritionists, the brown type of this is intentionally left unmilled'
rice
200
'The split-jawed type of this constricting snake is native to the islands of Mauritius'
a boa
200
'Enacted in 1791, it guarantees the right to a trial by jury'
the Sixth Amendment
200
'Spongebob tells Gary, "Curiosity salted the snail", a play on this feline proverb'
Curiousity killed the cat
400
'Sketches written for punch became his first novel, "Lovers in London"; Winnie-the-Pooh came 21 years later'
(A.A.) Milne
400
'In 1900 this co. introduced the Brownie camera, making photography accessible to the masses'
Kodak
400
'The Amur tiger, aka this tiger, ranges from southeastern Russia to northern China'
the Siberian tiger
400
'Of the 6 prophets of Islam, Muhammad was the last & this early biblical guy was the first'
Adam
400
'"Curiosity" was shortened to this word for an unusual artifact'
a curio
600
'An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens"'
Marley
600
'John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal in this town made him a martyr to the antislavery cause'
Harpers Ferry
600
'Indonesia's the place to see this ape whose name comes from Malaysian for "person of the forest"'
an orangutan
600
'It's the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet, & it's similar to the last letter in ours'
zeta
600
'To look into what's none of your business, or to open a paint can'
to pry
800
'David McKee's stories of this patchwork elephant subtly convey the message that it's OK to be different'
Elmer
800
'The Cobb salad was invented at this Hollywood restaurant named for a hat'
the Brown Derby
800
'Go deep (though not 20,000 leagues) to find Architeuthis dux, this rarely seen cephalopod'
the giant squid
800
'The 6 schools of Hindu philosophy include mimamsa, vedanta & this one, usually associated with serene exercise'
yoga
800
'Spider-Man's alter ego Peter could be called this 2-word phrase meaning a busybody'
a nosy parker
1000
'As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks'
Lewis Carroll
1000
'The Cortland variety of these brown very slowly after they're cut, making them a good choice for garnishes'
apples
1000
'We have good hope you can tell us this alternate name for the African buffalo (it lives in Africa, by the way)'
the Cape buffalo
1000
'A sexangle is another name for this geometric figure, from the Greek for "six"'
a hexagon
1000
'A Latin word for "to ask" gave us this adjective meaning curious for knowledge'
inquisitive
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