PEOPLE
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THE COMMON COLD
MEDIEVAL WORLD
100

Her name is now on a line of luggage, which is apt, since she's been missing since 1937

Amelia Earhart

100

Green stuff, mazuma, or dough, for example

cash (money)

100

Answers to personal ads are usually sent to these "addresses", not to homes

post office boxes

100

It's estimated that 50% of all people acquire colds during this season

wintertime

100

From Latin for "horseman" it was the code of behavior knights were to live by

chivalry

200

This "E.T." said she has "every intention of playing E.T. in the remake"

Elizabeth Taylor

200

Not your coffee cup, it's what someone would find funny if they laughed at your "ugly mug"

your face

200

For the Beatles, the 3 words which follow "there will be an answer..."

"Let It Be"

200

Of 4, 40, or 80, age at which you're most susceptible to catching a cold

4

200

Though he was a famed astronomer & mathematician, Omar Khayyam is best known for this poetic work

the "Rubaiyat"

300

Larry Hagman says he once dated this "Dynasty" star when she was 16

Joan Collins

300

Referring to the hair on one's head, it's "pulled over the eyes" to deceive

wool

300

Jesus' answer to this question from Peter was "I go to Rome to be crucified"

"Quo vadis, Domine?"

300

Guinness says highest speed of expelled particles produced by 1 of these is 103.6 mph

a sneeze

300

Granada was the last stronghold in Europe of these Muslim people

the Moors

400

Las Vegas star who says his museum is the 3rd biggest attraction in Nevada

Liberace

400

In British slang, it's what they watch "Kojak" on

the telly

400

Jeanette MacDonald character who answered "The Indian Love Call"

Rose Marie

400

Nobel Prize winner who claims large doses of vitamin C can prevent or shorten colds

Linus Pauling

400

In the 13th century they began building their empire, centered at Cuzco

the Incas

500

He said NBC marked his 60th birthday by naming a speed bump in the parking lot after him

Johnny Carson

500

Slang for a small town where trains would stop only to pull spout to get H2O

a jerkwater stop

500

"A man: he crawls on all fours as a child, walks erect on 2 legs as adult, & when old uses a cane"

the riddle of the Sphinx

500

Medical name of the virus causing cold sores

herpes

500

500 years before the Reformation, this church broke with the Roman Catholic church

the Byzantine church (Eastern Orthodox)