Farmville
World Geography
Fun With Colors
Prefixes
The 18th Century
200

It's a 4-letter wired cage or enclosure for chickens, though they may wish to fly it & go free

What is a coop?

200

Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria

What is Vienna?

200

Shades of white include oyster & this oyster gem

What is pearl?

200

Before -naut & -physics, it means "star"

What is astro?

200

The problem with the story of this queen saying, "Let them eat cake" after being told Parisians had no bread?  It's false

Who is Marie Antoinette?

400

Hey! Usually the hay you use on a farm is tightly compressed in this 4-letter bundle

What is a bale?

400

The Ionian Sea & the Tyrrhenian Sea are parts of this larger sea

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

400

A moderate to brilliant shade of yellow is named for this citrus fruit

What is lemon?

400

The manu- in manuscript literally means it was written this way

What is by hand?

400

In 1752, Britain finally adopted this calendar, originally issued as a papal bull in 1582.

What is the Gregorian Calendar?

600

It's the time when ripened crops are gathered, or the yield of crops themselves.

What is a harvest?

600

Hokkaido is one of this country's main islands

What is Japan?

600

A pale tan, or the color of a certain nut used to make marzipan

What is almond?

600

It it lived up to the milli-part of its name, a millipede with have this many feet

What is a thousand?

600

The Tay Son brothers reunified this country for the first time in 200 years in 1778.

What is Vietnam?

800

Important breeds of this on a farm include the brown Swiss & Holstein

What are cows?

800

The smallest country in the world, its capital is also its only city--but its presence across the world is "universal."

What is Vatican City?

800

Something that demands attention, or a warning banner you might want to "raise"

What is a red flag?

800

Before sphere, it means "half"

What is hemi?

800

On May 17, 1792 an agreement was signed outside of 68 [this street] that would establish the N.Y. Stock & Exchange Board

What is Wall Street?

1000

True angora wool actually comes from this animal, not mohair sheep or cashmere goats.

What are rabbits?

1000

This city, now called Istanbul, was originally named after this groundbreaking Roman emperor who is also a saint in the Eastern and Orthodox Rites.

What is Constantinople?

1000

The Netherlands' Prince or Princess has this color in their official royal title--though their name comes from the Gaulish "Arausio," instead of the color.

What is orange?

1000

An -ologist who specifically studies birds gets this Greek prefix before his or her name

What is ornith- (or ornitho-)?

1000

Carl Linnaeus' 1735 book "Systema Naturae" introduced a new system of classifying these.

What are plants?