ASTRONOMY
POLITICS
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES
THE 1980s
WARS
200
'He discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1610'
Galileo
200
'Only 6% of the Soviet people are members of this party; the rest try to have a good time anyway'
Communist Party
200
'"Tis' a wonder, by your leave she will be tamed so"'
The Taming of the Shrew
200
'Suffering from a little overexposure, Vanessa Williams resigned as this in July, 1984'
Miss America
200
'During a revolt, the Dutch opened these, allowing their navy to rescue a city besieged by Spain'
Dikes
400
'It's thought Egyptians used this Big Dipper constellation to set compass bearings of the pyramids'
Ursa Major
400
'Earliest date in the year on which a US Presidential election can fall'
November 2
400
'"Give me your hands if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends"'
A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
400
'July, 1986 "USA Today" headline, "Sea Creatures Ate Staircase" referred to this'
the Titanic
400
'Foreign war in which the First United States Volunteer Cavalry gained its fame'
Spanish-American War
600
'This giant moon of Saturn is larger than the planet Mercury'
Titan
600
'Founded in London in 1883, Britain's Fabian Society seeks to promote this, not rock-and-roll'
Socialism
600
'"Sir John, to Master Brook you yet shall hold your word, for he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford"'
The Merry Wives of Windsor
600
'In October of 1985, this Italian cruise ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists'
Achille Lauro
600
'Famed for the Charge of the Light Brigade, it was one of the first wars to be reported widely by the press'
Crimean War
800
'The name of this star in Orion is from the Arabic for "the giant's armpit"'
Betelgeuse
800
'Ernest Gruening and Wayne Morris lost re-election after being the only senators to vote against this 1964 resolution'
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
800
'"And then to Rome--Come, Dolabella, see high order in this great solemnity"'
Antony and Cleopatra
800
'"I am a nervous wreck", said this ousted leader on route from an Alps resort to the Riviera'
Jean-Claude Duvalier
800
'The German bulge, in WW2's battle of the same name, was in this forest'
Ardenne
1000
'18th century Frenchman whose catalogue of fuzzy objects given M-numbers is still used today'
Charles Messier
1000
'In 1986, Salvador Laurel, already vice-president, was also appointed foreign minister & prime minister of this country'
the Philippines
1000
'"We came into the world like brother and brother, and now let's go hand-in-hand, not one before another"'
A Comedy of Errors
1000
'US journalist arrested in Moscow shortly after the FBI's 1986 arrest of Soviet physicist Zakharov'
Nicholas Daniloff
1000
'This country's 1745 Jacobite rebellion was led by Charles Edward, the "Young Pretender"'
Scotland
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