This capital's Vladislav Hall, in the Bohemian Renaissance style, was once Europe's largest enclosed secular space
What is Prague?
100
This country emerged from isolation & agreed in 1854 to allow the U.S. trading rights to 2 of its ports
What is Japan?
100
German bibliophiles know that a Buchhandlung is this type of retail store
What is a bookstore?
100
Just like it "sounds", this electric toothbrush from Philips can give you healthier gums
What is the Sonicare?
100
Wooden beams laid down to secure the rails of a railroad
What are ties?
200
The audience hall of Lubeck's Rathaus dates from 1754 to 1761, a superb example of this light, ornamental style
What is Rococo?
200
This runaway slave published his autobiography, "My Bondage, My Freedom", in 1855
Who is Frederick Douglass?
200
To a Dutchman this clothing accessory is a zakdoek, & is something to sneeze at
What is a handkerchief?
200
You get an award if you tell us this term for a film of bacteria around teeth that the FDA says "begins gum disease"
What is plaque?
200
To endow a group with the power to do something, like wear part of a 3-piece suit
What is vest?
300
The vault of Rome's Il Jesu, built in the 1500s for this new society, led to fears it would cause echoes
What are the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)?
300
This act of 1854 named for 2 future states allowed the new territories to decide the slavery issue themselves
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
In Greek this 2-word phrase means "the many"; it refers to the common people
What is hoi polloi?
300
From the Latin for "gums", it's an inflammation of the gums in which they bleed easily
What is gingivitis?
300
Saloonkeeper Clarke & political satirist O'Rourke
What are PJs?
400
Based on the column type, it's a style of classical architecture; the Greeks had 3, Doric, Ionic & Corinthian
What is order?
400
This grandson of a founding father arranged an 1853 purchase from Mexico
Who was Gadsden?
400
According to Grimm's Law, the ancient "D" became our "T" sound, and the German sound "Ts", so Latin "duo" became "two" in English & this word in German
What is zwei?
400
Adjective for a tooth that's embedded in the jawbone or soft tissue of the jaw & usually has to be extracted
What is impacted?
400
For insulting me, you're going to get a "Van Allen" one of these in the chops
What is belt?
500
The Grand Bazaar, one of Tivoli's loveliest buildings, was designed in this exotic style, also known as Moresco
What is Moorish?
500
This British inventor created a steelmaking process allowing large quantities of steel to be produced cheaply
Who is Henry Bessemer?
500
"Margaritas ante porcos" means this in Latin, not "Your aunt has had too many margaritas"
What is pearls before swine?
500
From the Latin for "around the tooth", this type of chronic disease is caused by bacterial infection
What is periodontal disease?
500
& for insulting my friend, you're going to get a "wind" one of these in the eye