READ AMERICAN!
"PIT AND THE PENDULUM" IS AMONG HIS MACABRE MASTERPIECES
WHO IS EDGAR ALLEN POE?
IN 1990 YORK REINSTATED THIS AGE-OLD JOB CALLING THE LOCAL NEWS THROUGH THE CITY
WHAT IS THE TOWN CRIER?
ACCORDING TO THE DALAI LAMA'S WEB SITE, "DALAI" MEANS THIS, PRESUMABLY THE PACIFIC ONE
WHAT IS OCEAN?
IT'S "THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS"
WHAT IS A STRAIGHT LINE?
IN AN EARLY ACCOUNT OF JAMESTOWN'S FIRST YEAR, HE MADE NO MENTION OF HIS RESCUE BY POCAHONTAS
WHO IS CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH?
MARK TWAIN'S TALE OF SWITCHED IDENTITIES IN TUDOR ENGLAND
WHAT IS "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"?
YOU CAN'T MISS YORK MINISTER, ENGLAND'S LARGEST CHURCH IN THIS STYLE NAMED FOR A GERMANIC TRIBE
WHAT IS GOTHIC?
THE DALAI LAMA'S MOST FAMOUS DISCIPLE, THIS ACTOR PUBLISHED A BOOK OF PHOTOS OF BUDDHIST CULTURE
WHO IS RICHARD GERE?
IT'S WHERE SOMETHING EMBARRASSING IS SWEPT
WHAT IS UNDER THE RUG?
A CITY & ISLAND IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE NAMED FOR THIS SEA CAPTAIN WHO EXPLORED THE AREA IN 1792
WHO IS CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER?
STARTING N 1914, HE WROTE 26 TARZAN BOOKS
WHO IS EDGAR RICE BORROUGHS?
YORK IS A HUB OF THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION & HAS A NATIONAL MUSEUM DEDICATED TO IT
WHAT IS THE RAILROAD?
THE DALAI LAMA IS THE SPIRITUAL REINCARNATION OF THIS ENLIGHTENED ONE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS GAUTAMA
WHO IS BUDDAH?
POOL TABLE PIECE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE "BEHIND"
WHAT IS THE 8-BALL?
KING LOUIS XVI GAVE THIS AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY FIGURE A GOLD SWORD & MADE HIM A CHEVALIER OF FRANCE
WHO IS CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES?
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER WROTE 5 OF THESE "TALES" NAMED FOR AN ALIAS OF NATTY BUMPO
WHAT ARE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES?
ALAS, POOR YORK! IT WAS BURNED BY THIS NEW RULER OF ENGLAND IN THE 11TH CENTURY
WHO IS WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR?
AFTER HIS EXILE IN 1959, THE DALAI LAMA WENT TO LIVE IN THE HIMALAYAN TOWN OF DHARMSALA IN THIS COUNTRY
WHAT IS INDIA?
SHIFTING YOUR DEBTS IS "ROBBING PETER TO PAY" THIS SAINT
WHO IS PAUL?
IT TOOK HIM & HIS CREW 37 DAYS TO TRAVERSE THE SOUTH AMERICAN STRAIT NOW NAMED FOR HIM
WHO IS FERDINAND MAGELLAN?
HE COMBINED FANTASY & SATIRE IN WORKS LIKE "CAT'S CRADLE" & "GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER
WHO IS KURT VONNEGUT?
THESE MEDIEVAL PLAYS, NONE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE, ARE PERFORMED IN A CYCLE AT YORK EVERY 4 YEARS
WHAT ARE MYSTERY PLAYS?
AMONG BOOKS THE DALAI LAMA PUBLISHED IS "THE ART OF" THIS: "A HANDBOOK FOR LIVING"
WHAT IS HAPPYNESS?
ALEXANDER POPE CRITICIZED THOSE WHO CLAIMED TO BE AUTHORITIES WITH "FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS" DO THIS
WHAT IS "FEAR TO TREAD"?
IN 1642 & 1643 THIS DUTCH CAPTAIN CIRCUMNAVIGATED AUSTRALIA WITHOUT SEEING IT
WHO IS ABEL TASMAN?