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1999

100

This singer crooned we’re going to party like it’s 1999.

Prince

200

This tennis player extended his tennis dominance winning the French Open yet again.

Rafa Nadal

300

This country won the FIFA World Cup

USA

400

This Harry Patter book was published in the US this year (note the US)

Chamber of Secrets

500

This Space Shuttle became the first vessel first to dock with the International Space Station.

Discovery

Travel

100

This country has the world’s tallest men and is known as the worlds flower shop

Netherlands

200

The potato is originally from this country and brought to Europe in the 16th C. This country was also home to the ancient Inca empire.

Peru

300

This country has the oldest known Slavic alphabet

Croatia

400

This country created Europe’s oldest parliament, the Althingi

Iceland

500

This is the only South American country to have a coastline on both the Pacific Ocean and Carribean Sea.

Colombia

Do you know Luke?

100

Luke has played many sports in his day, but he was nationally ranked only in this one.

Squash

200

When Luke had to serve at mass during his elementary school years, he selected this role.

Reader

300

Luke’s confirmation name.

Ignatius

400

As a child, Luke had stitches in these two parts of his body.

Chin, tummy (hernia)

500

Luke is this color in his martial arts belt.

Blue

One Bubble Off

100

Luke lives on Poe. In Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem, this is what “quoth the Raven”

Nevermore

200

Japan is often credited with the founding of Jujutsu. This active volcano is one of Japan’s iconic landmark

Mount Fuji

300

Luke is officially a fighting Irish. This is the year Ireland gain its independence from England through a whole lot of fighting that ended in the Anglo-Irish Treaty (5 years either side)

1921

400

Luke is a Big Brother/big Sister program. This is the decade that the Big Brothers (not the combined BB/BS) group established.

1900s (1904)

500

Until Covid squashed the plan, Luke was supposed to have a summer study abroad in South Africa. This revolutionary anti-apartied South African leader was murdered in jail in 1977, and was memorialized by Peter Gabriel’s song and by Denzel Washington in the Cry Freedom book/movie.

Steven Biko