Names in the Dictionary
A Date in History
Geography
Amazing Animals
Princes and Princesses
100

Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving

Nick
100

After this couple's first date in 1894, she went home to Poland while he wrote her letters about his "dream for science"

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie

100

Saying "mount" & adding "yama" to the name of this highest Japanese peak is redundant--"yama" means mountain

Mt. Fuji

100

This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away

Blue Whale

100

Upon marriage, Diana received the title princess of this place that Charles was already prince of

Wales

200

Specifically, the first light of day

Dawn

200

In Tarsus in 41 B.C. Cleopatra wooed this beefy Roman by arriving to a date dressed as Venus

Marc Anthony 

200

In 1922 the area of this Welsh capital was expanded to include that of Llandaff

Cardiff

200

The foveal area in this part of a buzzard's eye has 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter

the retina 

200

Rembrandt did some work for Frederick Henry, Count of Nassau, prince of this house & leader of the Young Dutch Republic

The House of Orange 

300

Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef


Chuck

300

In the summer of 1989, this not-yet-famous couple went on a movie date in Chicago & saw a Spike Lee film

The Obamas

300

The Blue Mosque is across the way from the Hagia Sophia in this city

Istanbul 

300

The cephalopod called the vampire type of this can live 3,000 feet deep & is a gentle scavenger, not an aggressive biter

squid 

300

Edward the Black Prince was one of the noted commanders during this lengthy war pitting the English vs. the French

The Hundred Years' War

400

The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral

Dean

400

On one of this duo's early dates in 1930, he crashed on her couch & in the morning, the Dallas police arrested him

Bonnie and Clyde

400

In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun

Armenia 

400

Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel

the honey badger 

400

Prince Albrecht, pretender to the title king of here, was a grandson of Ludwig III, its last holder

Bavaria 

500

By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone

Mason

500

A tale of a medieval hookup: this pair met in Paris around 1115, had a son, but lived on separated as monk & nun

Abelard and Heloise

500

This strait lies between the North & South Islands of New Zealand


The Cook Strait 

500

As well as humans, many animals were mummified in ancient Egypt, like this primate whose hamadryas species was held sacred

a baboon
500

This prince of Monaco never remarried after the death of his beloved Princess Grace in a 1982 car accident


Rainier