PATERNAL NICKNAMES
ABBREVIATIONS
COMEDIANS
ANNUAL EVENTS
THE 1970s
200

Henry Chadwick & Abner Doubleday are both known as "The Father of" this spor

baseball

200

It's the part of the body abbreviated app.

the appendix

200

Before he became Mork from Ork, he studied acting with John Houseman at Juilliard

Robin Williams

200

Traditionally, the egg roll on the White House lawn is the held the day after this holiday

Easter

200

In 1974 postage for first-class letters rose to 10 & this became the nationwide highway speed limit

55 miles per hour

400

Charles E. Hires is sometimes called "The Father of" this type of soft drink, good with vanilla ice cream

root beer

400

It's the sports organization abbreviated NHL

the National Hockey League

400

Ford Sterling is best remembered as the leader of this silent movie police force

the Keystone Cops

400

There's a whole lot of shuckin' going on when Oyster Bay in this state hosts its annual oyster Festival

New York

400

He succeeded Pope Paul VI in 1978 but died 34 days later

John Paul I

600

"The Father of American Prose" is this author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Washington Irving

600

Your PIN, which allows you access to an ATM, is an abbreviation for this

Personal identification Number

600

After the end of the Monty Python TV show, he co-wrote & starred in "Fawlty Towers"

John Cleese

600

Induction ceremonies & parades are part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival in this Ohio city

Canton

600

On Oct. 6, 1973, this Jewish holiday, a full- scale war broke out in the Middle East

Yom Kippur

800

This Greek is called both "The Father of History" & "The Father of Lies"

Herodotus

800

This Latin abbreviation is commonly used in footnotes to refer to a book or article cited just before

Ibid.

800

This comedian, born Charles Elmer Taylor, said, "Confetti is my life"

Rip Taylor

800

These 2 universities compete against each other in a annual regatta held in New London, Conn.

Yale and Harvard

800

The last known natural case of this disease was reported in 1977 in Somali

Smallpox

1000

This Briton was called "The Father of the New Economics"

John Maynard Keynes

1000

When it comes to recording, VHS stands for this

Video Home System

1000

For 20 years Mark Russell was based at this city's Shoreham Hotel

Washington

1000

The Color Purple Ball held in Eatonton, Georgia helps support a scholarship fund founded by this autho

Alice Walker

1000

In 1971 Lt. Wm. Calley Jr. was convicted of the premeditated murder of civilians in this Vietnamese village

My Lai