Fame & Fortune
World Scripture
Lil' Stinky Creatures
U.S. Presidents
Pre-20th Century
100
His 1983 hit "Beat It" featured Eddie Van Halen on guitar
Michael Jackson
100
Hebrew for "praise God", it's a shout of praise to God
hallelujah
100
Species of these in Africa include the puff adder & the gaboon viper
Snakes
100
Representing Massachusetts' 8th District, Joseph P. Kennedy is the son of this late New York senator
Robert F. Kennedy
100
An 18th century dance & a social ball are both called this, from a French word for "petticoat"
a cotillion
200
This "Men In Black" star earned his "Prince" nickname in school due to his "charming" manner
Will Smith
200
Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your god is a god of gods, and a lord of kings"
Daniel
200
The skull seen here belongs to this creature, Ursus maritimus
the polar bear
200
At his 1969 inaugural he said, "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker"
Richard Nixon
200
In 1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier, sons of a French paper bag maker, invented this
hot air balloon
300
The title character chugs raw eggs & punches slabs of beef in this 1976 Oscar winner
Rocky
300
In Genesis 6 God said it should be pitched within & without with pitch
Noah's Ark (the ark accepted)
300
Rodents native to this continent include the cavy, coypu & capybara
South America
300
On March 9, 1820 his daughter Maria became the first president's daughter married in the White House
James Monroe
300
When the French Revolution began in 1789, he painted its leaders & martyrs; "The Death of Marat" is an example
(Jacques-Louis) David
400
The ever-popular "Evergreen" has lyrics by Paul Williams & music by this singer who introduced it in "A Star Is Born"
Barbra Streisand
400
This Greek messenger of the gods gives Odysseus an herb that protects him from Circe's spell
Hermes
400
In the French dish pieds et paquets, the paquets are packets of sheep's tripe & the pieds are these sheep extremities
feet (hooves accepted)
400
The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot
Garfield
400
Young Russian count wanted for affair with married woman; open to pregnancy & train travel
Anna Karenina
500
Seen here, this model "flowered" as a personality on MTV & MTV Latino:
Daisy Fuentes
500
In the book of Esther, he was hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai
Haman
500
Superstitious sailors have long believed that killing this large seabird brings bad luck
an albatross
500
This grandson of the ninth president commanded troops in the Army of the Cumberland
Benjamon Harrison
500
This pair's 1881 comic opera "Patience" parodies aesthetes like Oscar Wilde
Gilbert & Sullivan