Countries of the World
Literary Villains
Big Animals
Art and Artists
Comedy
100
In 2018 new president Miguel Diaz-Canel became this country's first non-Castro leader in nearly 60 years
Cuba
100
He tells Sherlock Holmes, "If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you"
Professor Moriarty
100
Michelangelo's scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling include this pair's "temptation and expulsion"
Adam and Eve
100
CONTROL was a D.C.-based counter-intelligence agency on this TV comedy.
Get Smart
200
This country on Hispaniola has 2 official languages--French & Creole
Haiti
200
This villain said:
"A crocodile has followed me from sea to sea... licking its lips for the rest of me"
Captain Hook
200
The biggest horse breed, the Shire, has been known to reach more than 21 of these horsey units high
Hands
200
Known for his life-like sculptures, he is the founder of The Grounds for Sculpture
Artist and philanthropist J. Seward Johnson.
200
This classic TV comedy used the haunting instrumental theme "Suicide Is Painless"
MASH
300
In 1974 under King Hussein, this country granted women the right to vote
Jordan
300
In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", she says: ""If Mr. McMurphy doesn’t want to take his medication orally, I’m sure we can arrange for him to have it some other way."
Nurse Ratched
300
He wrote to his brother Theo, "I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day"
Vincent Van Gogh
300
This Grand Ole Opry comedy star wore a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached
Minnie Pearl
400
The Zloty is this country's official currency
Poland
400
Simon Legree has him beaten to death for refusing to inform on 2 runaway slaves
Uncle Tom
400
It is the largest dog breed by weight.
The English Mastiff can weigh up to 280 lbs.
400
Limiting his palette to mostly black and white, he painted "The Praying Jew", also known as the "Rabbi of Vitebsk"
Marc Chagall
400
Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy for 3 years prior to becoming part of a famous comedy team
Stan Laurel
500
The country that is alphabetically last of the all the countries in the world.
Zimbabwe
500
Critics call this "Othello" character Shakespeare's consummate villain
Iago
500
The legs on the giant Japanese spider species of this crustacean may span 12 feet
Japanese Spider Crab
500
Although he painted a couple of much more famous paintings, he also painted the Madonna with the Carnation
Leonardo DaVinci
500
Originally performed by both female & castrato sopranos, Francesco Veracini's "Rosalinda" was based on this Shakespeare comedy
As You Like It