Potpourri
Around the World
Siberia
Ageless Quotes
Modern History
100

"Henge", a term for a circular monument comes from the name of this monument on Salisbury Plain

Stonehenge

100

The national anthem of this small country is "Innu Malti

Malta

100

The Chukchi tribe is known for raising this dog breed

Huskies 

100

Whale tale author who wrote, "Youth is immortal; 'tis the elderly only grow old!"

Melville 

100

In 1952 President Truman signed a G.I. Bill of Rights for veterans of this war

Korea 

200

These fluffy, affectionate little dogs who love to be pampered are called "Poms" for short

Pomeranians 

200

The cross of St. George on Manitoba's flag symbolizes its ties with this country

Great Britain 

200

At age 17 this "White Fang" author headed to Japan & Siberia to hunt seals

Jack London 

200

In "The Brook" this "Light Brigade" author wrote, "For men may come & men may go, but I go on forever"

Tennyson 

200

In February 1986 the Marcoses fled the Philippines & this dictator fled Haiti

"Baby Doc" Duvalier 
300

In a famous story, Philip Nolan was "The Man Without" one of these

Country 

300

Prince Henry the Navigator's tomb is in the church of Santa Maria da Vitoria in Batalha in this country

Portugal 

300

This Karamazov creator was once exiled to Siberia

Dostoyevsky 

300

Oscar Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one" this; she "would tell one anything"

her real age 

300

In 1957 Sir Bernard Lovell built what was then the largest radio telescope in time to track this 1st satellite

Sputnik 

400

The Joe chair named for this Yankee is shaped like a huge baseball glove

Joe DiMaggio

400

The ballet "Apollo" is set on Delos, an island in this sea

The Aegean 

400

This lake is about the size of Belgium

Baikal 

400

Ben Franklin said, "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander" this, "for that's the stuff life is made of"

time

400

From 1961-65 this revolutionary served as Cuba's Minister of Industry

Che Guevara 

500

She wrote the 1965 work "Normality and Pathology in Childhood"

Anna Freud

500

The Bayeux Tapestry is on display in this country's Museum of Queen Matilda

France

500

Until 1984 it was the only thoroughfare from one end of Siberia to the other

the Trans-Siberian Railroad 

500

Roman orator who said, "No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year"

Cicero 

500

In 1975 this Communist movement led by Pol Pot seized control of Cambodia

The Khmer Rouge