American Literature
Name That Muppet
A Walk Up Fifth Avenue
Capes
Winston Churchill
100

Novel in which Hawthorne wrote, "On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth,...appeared the letter A"

The Scarlet Letter

100

He had a hit with "Rubber Duckie"

Ernie

100

Fifth Avenue starts at this square in Greenwich Village

Washington Square

100

This promontory on a barrier island is the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral

100

Churchill's mother, Jennie Jerome, was a native of this country

The United States

200

This vice president is the title character of a 1973 novel by Gore Vidal

Aaron Burr

200

"The Muppet Show" debuted in 1976 with this Muppet as host

Kermit the Frog
200

For a cinematic rendezvous atop this building, get to 34th by 11:30 P.M., when the elevators stop

Empire State Building

200

In 1620 the Pilgrims dropped anchor in Provincetown Harbor on this cape

Cape Cod

200

In 1938 Churchill told this prime minister, "You have chosen dishonor, and you will have war"

Chamberlain

300

He won a 1951 Pulitzer for his "Complete Poems" & one in 1940 for "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years"

Carl Sandburg

300

This "Great" hooknosed Muppet has a hankering for chickens

Gonzo ("The Great")

300

Take a left on 52nd to eat at this "club" named for its numerical address

21 Club

300

No point on any continent is closer to Antarctica than this Chilean cape

Cape Horn

300

Completes Churchill's line about the RAF "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed..."

by so many to so few

400

When featured on "Oprah", her 1977 novel "Song of Solomon" returned to the bestseller list in 1996

Toni Morrison

400

"Sesame Street"'s largest Muppet, his first name is Aloysius

Snuffleupagus

400

At 57th you can gaze in this store's windows as Holly Golightly did at "breakfast"

Tiffany

400

Cape Morris Jesup on this Danish island was named for a pres. of the American Museum of Natural History

Greenland

400

Churchill's January 1965 state funeral was held at this London church built by Christopher Wren

St. Paul's Cathedral

500

Francis Phelan an ex-baseball player, is the main character in this author's "Ironweed"

William Kennedy

500

"Sesame Street" denizen who has appeared on a "got milk?" billboard

Cookie Monster

500

A 70th Street mansion displays the art treasures amassed by this Pittsburgh steel mogul

Henry Clay Frick

500

Cape Campbell & Cape Palliser are on opposite sides of the Cook Strait in this country

New Zealand

500

At 18 Churchill entered this British military college where he graduated 20th in a class of 130

Sandhurst