THE AUTOBAHN SOCIETY
A CAPITAL IDEA?
THE SISTINE CHAPEL
WHO'D YOU KILL TO GET THAT JOB?
"H_BO"
200
'From Dresden take A13 north to this city where you can visit the Brandenburg Gate'
Berlin
200
'Mentioning a Mediterranean city, it's the only Shakespeare play with a national capital in the title'
Timon of Athens
200
'The Sistine Chapel is best known for its ceiling painted by this man'
Michelangelo
200
'He led Charles I's trial & execution in 1649 & later became Lord Protector; sometimes it's not good to be the king'
Oliver Cromwell
200
'Ship anchoring spot'
a harbor
400
'Little Uli should have gone before we left Darmstadt; now he'll just have to wait 20 km for the next Raststatte, this'
a rest stop
400
'Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C.'
a Lhasa Apso
400
'The Sistine Chapel was built during the 15th century reign of the fourth pope of this name'
Sixtus
400
'After leading the fight for Louis XVI's execution, he joined the Committee of Public Safety in July 1793'
Robespierre
400
'An instruction manual like the one Boy Scouts use'
a handbook
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) If you drive on A3 in Germany's extreme southeast, from Passau to Wurzburg, you've been in this geographically largest state the whole 3 hours'
Bavaria
600
'A vacuum cleaner salesman & spy named Jim Wormold is the protagonist of this Graham Greene novel'
Our Man in Havana
600
'The ceiling depicts the creation, Adam & Eve & 3 scenes concerning this sailor'
Noah
600
'I, this Roman emperor, may have been killed by my wife Agrippina in 54 A.D. so Nero could take over'
Claudius
600
'It's at one end of your bed'
a headboard
800
'In 2008, citing safety & CO2, Bremen became the first German state to legislate these on all its Autobahnen'
speed limits
800
'Hostages who under stress grow emotionally attached to their captors are exhibiting this syndrome'
Stockholm syndrome
800
'The chapel was built to the dimensions of this man's temple, as described in the Old Testament'
Solomon
800
'In 1040 Macbeth killed this king to take the throne of Scotland; there's a play in there somewhere...'
Duncan
800
'Anatomically, the ischium is part of it'
your hip bone
1000
'In Hamburg Autobahn A7 includes a tunnel under this 4-letter river'
the Elbe
1000
'Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut!"'
Sofia Coppola
1000
'One use of the Sistine Chapel is when this group gets together periodically to elect a new pope within its confines'
the Cardinals
1000
'Killing Shawar, vizier of Egypt, helped put this future foe of the Crusaders in that job in 1169'
Saladin (or Salah ad-Din)
1000
'Heading for perdition'
hellbound
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